One point seems to be missing in the description of restoring a straight razor.
You have done everything you intend to do to the blade. You have made new scales and finished them with your finish of choice. You have made a spacer or wedge. You have pinned the scales, blade, and wedge together. Everything works smoothly.
But something remains to be done.
The final fitting and finishing of the point end of the scales where the scales meet the wedge/spacer needs to be completed. There must be a final shaping and finishing there before the razor is complete.
Or am I missing something.