Warped stock for stock removal :/

[oic0]

I bought a piece of D2, thin stuff, 1/8th" thick. Its not perfectly flat. What can I do to straighten it? I was wanting to make a knife with about 12 inch OAL from it which is too long for me to grind the curve out of it. What should I do? just use that stock for shorter knives?

 

[Hesparus]

Clamp it down (or in a vice) and bend it straight.

- Chris

ETA: you can also cover an anvil with leather and hit it with a mallet or a hammer with leather over the face.

 

[Frank Niro]

Yes, and you can do some hammering on it and as well place it in a vice and pull on it. Frank

 

[Fred.Rowe]

Most knife stock comes cold rolled and annealed these days and can be easily straightened prior to the heat treating process.

 

[Troop]

Make sure you do a stress relief cycle after you straighten, before hardening.