Hey everyone. I've recently purchased a Planet X Kadmos, and my sword came warped out of the box. It's not bent, thank god, but I need some wisdom and advice about how to fix this. I've heard that some people do things like use a hairdryer to fix warped plastic, but I'm completely new to this, so can some of you experts weigh in on what to do? Also, I'll provide a picture of the sword in the follow up post.

 

Sword in question:

 

I just use hot water from the tap. Run it under the water for about 30 seconds and then hold it straight until it cools. You can press the blade between two books or something if you like - might make it easier to get it totally straight.

 

Thank you.

 

If your tap water isn't warm enough (and it's entirely possible it isn't. Lots of boilers/hot water tanks set to lower temperatures for safety reasons) you can also boil some water in a small pot then take the pot off the burner for like 30 seconds to a minute before you dip the sword in. Hold it in for 15-20 seconds and then try to gently reshape it as you want. You might need to slightly overcorrect (as in bend it completely the opposite direction past being even/true) because of how the plastic may have ended up taking that shape, but just be very cautious/gentle about doing so. It's easy enough to try again if it doesn't work because you had too light of a touch, but hard to impossible to fix it perfectly if you are too aggressive and bend/break it in the other direction

Like Snaku says, it's also easier to clamp or press them down to let the plastic cool while straightened. Books work great but you might find the hilt of the sword gets in the way. If you're really enterprising you can make a damage-free straightening jig with some small wood scraps, scrap bits of soft cloth, and cheap hardware store C clamps (and by "cheap" I mean you can get the clamps for $2-$4 apiece and you'd only need a couple)