This one has the same issue! Blade hits the wedge! Not sure what's up with that, but the spike point certainly isn't very forgiving of it. I straightened the scales as much as I could but they are pretty flimsy. A couple of taps with a 40oz Snap-On ball peen dead-blow hammer tightened the pins.

I wonder if there's some trick to stretching these scales back out? Maybe some mild heat and a bungee-cord jig?