SIM Card Not Reading

I have a Kyrocera Brigadier, and it needed a nano sim, well I cut down a regular sim to nano size(It worked with the iphone 5s) and put it in, however, I had to shove it in. Then I could not get it out. Finally, very carefully I pulled it out with a pocket knife. The sim reader does seem to have some damage on the housing, perhaps stretching, anyways I put in a nano sim inside the phone, and it wont read it, I tried the paper trick and it still didn't read. I read somewhere that on this specific phone, if the sim card reader is screwed, then the phone will brick, however the phone works just fine. Any ideas on how to fix this issue?