How to remove a small bend in a blade?

[Sprayman]

Hello, BladeSmiths;

I'm making a skinner out of 15n20. I'm getting ready to heat treat it, but there's a small bend in it, which I hadn't noticed in the steel before I started it. What is a good way to take that out? I don't have an anvil.

Thanks,

Sprayman

 

[Bill DeShivs]

Bend it the other way....

 

[Drew Riley]

Bend it the other way....

[/thread]

You don't need an anvil. You should be able to straighten it by hand, or just lay it on any hard, flat surface and give it a few sharp wacks with a dead-blow mallet. It usually doesn't take much.

 

[john april]

if you do not have a dead blow mallet just put it on the bench with the peak of the bend facing up, put a piece of wood over the peak and hit with a hammer, lightly at first.

 

[Karl B. Andersen]

Bend it the other way....

That's what I would do.

 

[12345678910]

Bend it the other way....

and refer to the story of Goldilocks.

Not too much, not too little, just right.

 

[weo]

No, but seriously, just bend it the other way.

 

[JTknives]

I heat treat a lot of 15n20 and I don’t worry about bends in blades befor heat treat. Heat treat the blade and after quenching clamp it straight using a steel bar and c clamps and temper it while it’s clamped.