Thread: I want some advice on this Landers, Frary & Clark razor

I just got this in the mail today from ebay. I wanted to find out if it is any good, or if it is an early example of the razor manufacturing trade in Pakistan.
I think it is a Landers, Frary and Clark. But all the other examples I have seen here have this name spelled out. This one just has the initials. Underneath L.F and C it has New Britain. Conn. USA. To the left of this I can make out what looks like a series of patent numbers. On the other side of the razor it just has Universal.
One thing I would really like to know is what are the scales made out of and would it be sacreligios to un-pin it and re-scale it. The scales themselves don't look to be anything special. I suspect they are just black plastic. One curious thing is that the scales don't have any spacer.
Another curious thing with this razor is that the jimps on the thumb notch end and then there is one last huge single jimp. What would be the reason for this?
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.
Cheers.