A couple of questions

I only ordered a 1 foot section of 1080, and it's bent . How would I go about straightening it?
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Nevermind. It straightened out easily by hand. Guess I should have tried that first.
 
The way I straighten stuff is with three L-shaped rods about a half inch diameter. Hang two on one side of your vise and the remaining one on the other side of the vise, between the opposite two. put the convex side on the single rod and squeeze. You may have to work it along the length of the steel but you'll get it straight. Hope that helps. You have a great attitude, I'm looking forward to your first knives!
 
You have a hammer right. How about a vise. It should be in a soft annealed state. The vise should get it close just closing it in the jaws. Then open the vise up a bit and place 3 pieces of about 1/2 round (bolts will work) 2 on one side on each end and one on the other side in the middle on the bowed out side, tighten vise slowly and you will see it reverse the bow. Go easy. and figure out how much spring back you get. Keep moving the piece and spacers, working it and you can straighten. If you have and anvil and a hammer you can use that. Get the piece tapped flat as possible with just laying on anvil. Then if not perfect lift one end with a spacer like the above bolts and tap the high spot. EASY. Work the curves. If you use some care and don't rush you can get it near perfect. Then the grinder and the files will finish the job. If it is just bowed and the steel is soft it should be fine. If it is bend bend like a 90 or something, I would do it red hot myself other wise to much work hardening if worked cold.
 
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