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Highly unlikely unless those steels were made as early as the 1700's.
More commonly iron ores were exported from mines like Dannemora & then turned into cast/blister/shear steel at destination.

And some Sheffields were made with Swedish steel. :)

Maybe not a breeze but certainly not impossible using appropriate stones & techniques.

I'm just having a chuckle over some emails here from someone who's restoring an Iwasaki western razor by...

Here is a list of abbreviations you will see on SRP:
Acronyms and Abbreviations - Straight Razor Place Library

Hard razors need an homogenous grain to not be chippy. A hard razor that is forged & heat treated correctly will always give glorious shaves eg Iwasaki westerns @ 65-66 HRC.
On the other hand, a...