On 7/26/2014 7:07 PM, Chuck Ramsey wrote:
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> > Maybe they would cut just fine without tempering. Wouldn't stay 
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> > long, but better than broken, no? And maybe I'll get lucky trying to
> > temper them afterward. It's happened before... I'm more concerned about
> > figuring out a method for applying force in a distributed fashion along
> > the curve. I know that bends are sometimes corrected using a solid rod
> > in a vice, but that applies a fairly concentrated force to the bent
> > object. A bigger rod would help, but I would need something with a
> > shallow curve about 6 in wide, Maybe just a softwood jaw in the vice?
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> > Don, still looking for ideas
> Don-
> If you said how much of the blade length was affected I missed it.  If 
> it's only the tip or
> a little more then grinding might be a solution.  Shorter better than 
> broken also, no?
> chuck
> (who last week cleaned, sharpened and fettled a few pair of flea 
> market scissors)

No. It's a big long gentle curve.

Don