Well guys here is an update, however frustrating it may be.
After SEVERAL emails back and forth I came to the conclusion that I am better off fixing this darned thing myself. After a few emails about how he was going to "fix" it he informed me to send it but his workload was "monstrous". After that email he sends another right after and tells me he has a similar knife that he could just trade for, he sent me pictures and I accepted the offer as it is the SAME design and size with some different scales, pins and a forced patina but was lacking the 4"s of jimping on the blade spine and pommel and a swedged point that mine has. THEN he sends me an email telling me I am going to have to pay for the difference in the knife value of mine and the one he had which was according to him $400 more because it had a mustard patina and some silver mosaic pins. After all of this I am going with "a bought lesson is better than a taught lesson".
I removed the scales(G10) by heating em up a little in the oven to loosen the epoxy(300*F) and clamped the blade to a 1-1/4 steel tube(part of my 2x72 grinder's tool rest) and tempered it @450, this almost got it completely straight, I am going to use some 1/8" shims tomorrow and over clamp it a bit to get it completely straight. I am then going to rework the handle a bit and use stainless 1/4" tube for pins to give it a better look. The maker wasn't refusing to do the work but was pressuring me into getting him out from under another knife he had made for someone else that he needed to get rid of and that alone made me nervous.
I will post pics in the coming days as I get time to play with this project, maybe I can finish some other knives that are sitting in the shop...