What kind of golf clubs are vintage Hickory?
Vintage Hickory Shaft Wooden Golf Club Guides to Identification and Value As collectors of vintage golf equipment, those of us who are fascinated with wooden shaft golf clubs share a passion for these classics not only as vintage equipment, but also as art work and decor. After all, some of these hand crafted relics can be candy to the eye.
How much do iron hickory golf shafts cost?
Iron hickory shafts are $19.50 a shaft We have recently been able to offer shafts in a variety of stiffness grades in accordance with the 1929 US Department of Commerce Hickory Golf Shafts Commercial Standard CS18-29. Shafts are graded according to the following table:
What’s the maximum length of a hickory iron?
The overall shape of our iron shafts was taken from a composite of several Tom Stewart shafts from the 1920s. The tip of the shaft will fit snuggly into most Stewart irons as well as other iron head manufactures from the hickory era and will allow a maximum shaft length of between 40 and 41 inches depending on the height of the hosel.
What’s the best way to drive a hickory golf club?
You should tee the ball a little lower than with a modern driver. Hickory shaft woods are usually more lofted like fairway woods between 12-20 degrees. These wooden golf club heads will naturally hit the ball lower than today’s drivers.
Vintage Hickory Shaft Wooden Golf Club Guides to Identification and Value As collectors of vintage golf equipment, those of us who are fascinated with wooden shaft golf clubs share a passion for these classics not only as vintage equipment, but also as art work and decor. After all, some of these hand crafted relics can be candy to the eye.
Iron hickory shafts are $19.50 a shaft We have recently been able to offer shafts in a variety of stiffness grades in accordance with the 1929 US Department of Commerce Hickory Golf Shafts Commercial Standard CS18-29. Shafts are graded according to the following table:
The overall shape of our iron shafts was taken from a composite of several Tom Stewart shafts from the 1920s. The tip of the shaft will fit snuggly into most Stewart irons as well as other iron head manufactures from the hickory era and will allow a maximum shaft length of between 40 and 41 inches depending on the height of the hosel.
What kind of wood are hickory golf shafts made out of?
The Hickory Golfer is manufacturing high quality, strong and yet elastic hickory golf shafts as replacement shafts for hickory era iron and wood heads. The shafts are cut on a CNC lathe from hand selected premium hickory planks. Each shaft is individually weighted and hand inspected for straightness of grain and appropriateness for play.
