Jim: Can an oval be inletted just under the tang to cover the point and 'maybe' hide the off-centering of the boarders as well - at least for some portion? From the photo it's hard tell how far off center things are 3/4" - 1" down from the tang? You could even put your initials, crest etc. on it.
I think a lot of originals had errors and they were well hidden - like checkering on escussions on percussion keys.
Rick