Late yesterday, I actually found a metal repair guy who builds custom steel bikes. He fixed the dropout by cold bending it back into place. He said he didn't see any micro cracks and that it should be like new (minus the paint job chipping). He also pointed out that the bent part doesn't take on as much pressure when riding - it's the bottom side of the dropout, so the majority of the bike's and bike rider's weight is put on the other unbent side of the dropout.

But now I'm leery about riding it based on comments here. I want to ride it asap, but don't want to risk a bigger personal injury. I'll still send it to Gunnar to fix in the long-term, but does it make sense what he said - that this high quality fork's cold bent steel back into place is rideable like new? He pointed out that the steel in question is a higher quality steel like chromoly and wasn't stamped from sheet metal like some cheaper bikes are.

For reference, Gunnar's website says that the bikes are TIG welded steel, if that helps.