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Take a white sheet of paper on a flat surface, set the razor down (perpendicular to the surface) view the razor from the side and see if any light can shine through.
Just because we see a frown...

I also see a frown. That's more than a coti job, it needs some real work on a lower grit.
I don't think that those scales will ever look new again. You could save them, but I would carefully unpin...