New (longtime guest) member. Macgregor and golden bear irons re-furb project

SylvesterLundgren · January 13, 2019

Hello fellers, this is my first post and its exciting to share knowledge and talk golf. Ive been a long time viewer since highschool (2011-14). but now to the golf talks. i got a full bag of Macgregor MX custom irons (3-pw) and Woods (3-5). i want to reshaft the irons and maybe redo the finish, now thats where i need some direction, because i dont have a gauge to see the fitting of the shaft size and i dont know anything about re finishing irons (although i have seen alot of the custom stuff the top tier WRXers post lol ) so id gladly take the advice. Now onto the second set, i have some golden bear irons (missing the 8 iron and pw). Any help and knowledge of the history of the clubs etc will be awesome.

roundersmitty · January 13, 2019

In the forum;

Classic Golf And Golfers

Hickory, Persimmon and Classic Clubs, they can help you. Great bunch of guys.

SylvesterLundgren · January 13, 2019

In the forum;
Classic Golf And Golfers

Hickory, Persimmon and Classic Clubs, they can help you. Great bunch of guys.

thanks

carrera · January 13, 2019

The Golden Bears were my first set back in the late 70's. Pure garbage.

tommg · January 14, 2019

Mine too, they tended to bend at the hosel.

No_Catchy_Nickname · January 14, 2019

Definitely one for the Classic Forum people. Post plenty of pictures because they/we love 'em.

I think the MXs are likely to be 1970s. Any serial number or shaft label on them? The serial number should tell you if they're really a custom order.

They should clean up nice, anyway.

cgasucks · January 14, 2019

Best of luck rerfurbishing those irons. I really hope you're doing this for sentimental reasons because you'll be lucky if you break even if you're trying to resell them for a profit (no offense).

SylvesterLundgren · March 20, 2019

cgasucks said:

Best of luck rerfurbishing those irons. I really hope you're doing this for sentimental reasons because you'll be lucky if you break even if you're trying to resell them for a profit (no offense).

I wasn’t going to resell