ANTIQUE HICKORY WOOD SHAFT GOLF CLUB OLD SPLICE NECK
February 14, 2010 by admin
Filed under Golf Clubs
ANTIQUE HICKORY WOOD SHAFT GOLF CLUB OLD SPLICE NECK
Current Price: $0.01 | Bid $0.01 Now! | # of Bids: 0
End Time: 2010-02-22T03:33:49.000Z
| Located in Postal Code: 21212
Very good condition hickory wooden shafted Wright & Ditson splice neck driver. Has quite an elongated head shape indicating a transitional wood. Simply stamped, “Wright & Ditson” on the crown. Vintage is circa 1900, certainly dates 1893 to 1895 era. It is very hard to find American made clubs from the mid 1890’s or earlier. A mere 5 years later golf had literally exploded in America and clubs were being made in very large numbers compared to the 1895 and earlier clubs. Nice old spliced neck or scare neck golf club with no chips or cracks to the wooden head, neck, or shaft. Original wooden shaft has a slight to moderate bend and is without chips or cracks. Shaft has the ‘Wright & Ditson’ stamp with the very tiny block lettering. This size shaft stamp indicates a very early production date. Between the shape of this club head and the tiny shaft stamp, this club dates circa 1895 or slightly earlier. Total club length is 42 3/8. Lie is quite flat which is also indicative of earlier clubs from the 1890’s and earlier. Topped with a very nice newer intact sheepskin grip over underlisting. Grip is in the proper period style. There is a small dent at the edge of the face on the heel side. This area is actually an old period repair where a wooden dowel has been inserted to fix an imperfection in the wood such as a knot. This fix does not indicate a compromised club head. This head is absolutely solid. This imperfection detracts very little from this beautiful club and is really just a part of this clubs history. I would imagine it was played well after this repair was done. Splice head woods gave way to the socket head woods at the turn of the century. Please see my other wood shafted and vintage collectable golf clubs. Some are quite rare. All without reserve. THANKS!
Shipping to Canada is $18.00.
ANTIQUE HICKORY WOOD SHAFT GOLF CLUB OLD SPLICE NECK
Current Price: $0.01 | Bid $0.01 Now! | # of Bids: 0
End Time: 2010-02-22T03:33:49.000Z | Located in Postal Code: 21212
