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Advice here, but I'm sure brazings and their removal leaves marks?
Removing a brazing would probably leave a witness mark visible in the metal after blasting, but the paint (including the primer) should cover this completely.
Since this is a track frame it's not surprising there were no brazings - even having pump pegs seems a bit much!
There were a few pre-war frames with steep head angles - I've got one myself.
Is it possible that your frame was built to order? I'd be surprised if Holdsworth would not have done this if requested, in which case the frame would not be recognisable from a catalogue.
Those head lugs: they are quite a common '50's pattern - I don't know what they're called, but I bet somebody does. Although you can see the frame has been repaired, it's probably not possible to know who did the work - not necessarily Holdsworths.
Are you aware that the Veteran-Cycle Club has a marque enthusiast for Holdsworth? He is the most knowledgeable person on the firm (and a lot of other subjects) in the entire old bike world.
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Thank you for that.
It's a bit of a mystery. Firstly I've not been able to identify the head lugs. The head tube seems original, and there's no evidence of an oiler ever been on it. There is absolutely no evidence of the frame ever having braze on's. Advice here, but I'm sure brazings and their removal leaves marks? Then the forks, only one model of that 1938 era had such steep forks. That was the Roi Du Velo, and no one seems to know anything about this model.
So I can see them replacing top and down tubes, which means the head is likely to be original. Surely they wouldn't have fitted new lugs to new top and down tubes and kept the old head tube?
Just posting another pic.