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As far as what to do about it now. The best way I've found so far with minimal chance of breaking the blade is this. Use a piece of angle iron. Clamp the blade up against the angle iron with a shim in the outside of the bow, and between the angle iron and the blade. just snug it up to start. Put the whole thing in your tempering oven. and bring it up to your temper heat. I like about 410 for Alabama damascus. when it all gets up to temp (10-15 minutes) turn the clamps to bend it back just a little beyond straight and return to oven for an hour. Then remove and cool in water and check to see if its straight. It usually is. If not repeat the process but bend a little further beyond straight. FWIW ive had my very best results with Alabama damascus and Its my go to Damascus. I've tried several other suppliers and was less impressed.
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