*UPDATE*
Well I tool the blade and began to sand and sand. Here it is after 350g
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I then moved to 600 then 1000 and finally 1500. So although I left a few faint pits due to the fact that major contouring would need to be done I instead left them. Here is the finished blade ready to go into the new scales.
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