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@853superfly the dropouts intrigue me, as you have noticed they aren't forged. But the rest of the frame has fiddly fancy lugs. Seems odd! I guesstimate that the frame is from the 50's but have no evidence to support this. I bought the frame stripped of paint so know nothing about it. It has 531 stamped on the seat tube and a serial number on the bottom bracket shell, but that info has never helped me identify it.
The original headset cups had on OD of 30.7mm. Which apparently, according to sheldon brown, means its either Austrian or East German.
I agree tugs will likely be a pain, but will see how i get on.