Several years ago I purchased a L-N #2 from a private party as part of a larger group of planes he was selling off. It was obvious he wasn't too careful with his tools as a number of the planes had significant rust. This was an older production plane as it still had the old style chip breaker. A few years ago I purchased the new style chip breaker for it but never installed it or used the plane. I recently rediscovered it in my shop during a move and decided to set it up and try it. After installing the new style chip breaker I found that wood would pack between the chip breaker and the blade. I initially thought the chip breaker needed a bit of tune up to make sure the leading edge met the blade cleanly but after stoning the chip breaker to form a sharp leading edge, found I couldn't resolve the problem. I thought that perhaps the blade had been ground excessively to flatten the back but that didn't appear to be the problem. I finally evaluated the flatness of the blade on a straight edge and found the blade has a bend it it that allows a .020" feeler gauge to slip into the end gap when the blade is placed on the straight edge or a a flat surface like a table saw or jointer table. I've thought about attempting to flatten the blade by triangulating it in a vise but am apprehensive about doing that for fear of creating more of a problem. I'm sure L-N would replace or repair the blade if I send it to them and maybe that is the best course of action but I'm open to any suggestions here on how to solve this myself. I really don't understand how the blade could have been bent. Seems it would need some serious abuse to cause the problem. Thanks in advance for any recommendations.