April 9, 201016 yr Try this: http://www.iseekgolf.com/clubfittingandrepairs/5808-the-making-of-a-forged-club
April 10, 201016 yr Author The modern method is interesting but I am interested in how the clubs were made when wooden shafts were used and the club maker ,I assume, was a skilled blacksmith. Bob
April 10, 201016 yr Why not start with a socketed tool design, like the spear points that are popular right now? Phil
April 11, 201016 yr Author Why not start with a socketed tool design, like the spear points that are popular right now? Phil I suppose I could take a piece of 3/16 by 1 1/2 and swage a neck and spread the end into a socket and weld the socket closed. After that, angle the socket to form the hosel. . In the early sixties, I caddied and our old pro was from Scotland and he said in his day, in order to be a pro, you had to be able to make clubs. I am not sure if that meant putting shafts on heads or smithing the entire head and shafting the club. I remember he said he still had the tools he used to make clubs. I would like to learn the method as practiced by club makers. Bob
April 11, 201016 yr Bob: My first clubs in the early 1960s were old hickory-shafted and leather-handled forged irons, a 5, a 9 and a putter in a canvas bag. I wonder what wood the Scots and Brits used for their shafts.
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.