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Thanks @lorenzojose for your advice. I have had some success straightening the plane iron by putting it in a vice and hitting it with a hammer. I got a good bit more from reshaping the cap iron a bit by striking it the same way. It needs more work, but the gap between the cap iron and the plane iron is mostly gone. I am going slowly since I do not want to overcorrect. When I do get a nice tight fit, I will test it in the plane and report back. I have seen Paul’s video on removing a belly from a plane iron and Charlesworth’s ruler trick.
This is my first plane blade with laminated steel and it got me curious. For those interested, I found an episode of the Woodwrights Shop where Roy Unbderhill has a guest demonstrating the making of a plane iron by welding a piece of tool steel to wrought iron. They also sometimes welded the tool steel to mild steel instead of wrought iron.