I have a vintage blade problem...

I am finding myself wanting to buy every classic blade I see on eBay. Even ones I’d never heard of, if the backs are shiny and the grooves look good, especially if there is a 2i... or even a 1i... Anyone else have this issue? I think I need to join a support group.

A few that I am dying to get my hands on:

Spalding Tour Edition, Custom Crafted

Wilson Staff fg-17

Ben Hogan Apex

Macgregor VIPs

I know the feeling. I love old irons and woods. And wedges.

You have good taste. I have been looking for a set of Spalding Tour Editions for awhile. I like 80’s era as well as 1950’s. I haven’t started in buying 1960’s or 1970’s sets...yet. ?

You think you've gotta problem. I've bought more sets of clubs than the number of rounds I've played this year.

It's not your fault you wanting more clubs....it's your wife's problem. She's not doing her job well enough....she's supposed to give you 'living hell' for even thinking about getting more blades! She needs to kick it up a couple of notches getting on your case big time for you getting too many golf clubs.

It all started with a set of Macgregors that I got for twenty bucks

There is nothing wrong with your desire to own these beauty.

Just be choosy, don't want to collect a pile of something that you don't use and have little value to the others.

I did notice here has been a revived interest in the older golf equipment. The asking price for the persimmon and blades had been going up steadily.

Those 17s are sweeeeet. I’ve seen the asking price on those in the pic and lawdddd I’d love to have them. They’re hard to find in good shape. I back to playing mine regularly. Awesome irons that flat out work for me!! > @SpaldingBear2PW said:

> I am finding myself wanting to buy every classic blade I see on eBay. Even ones I’d never heard of, if the backs are shiny and the grooves look good, especially if there is a 2i... or even a 1i... Anyone else have this issue? I think I need to join a support group.

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> A few that I am dying to get my hands on:

> Spalding Tour Edition, Custom Crafted

> Wilson Staff fg-17

> Ben Hogan Apex

> Macgregor VIPs

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I don't see any problem :)

Spalding-

Do you plan on playing golf with any or all of these sets?

The choices will become endless... "Shiny and New" is indeed an addiction.

"Not that there's anything wrong with that." -Jerry Seinfeld

Good Luck.

I think i am going to play with my recently acquired titleist 841s. The bears would need new grips but are gleaming and would look great on display. I am a bit of a diy handyman and plan to make some shadow boxes to show them off. In case anyone is concerned, no I will not cut the shafts to make coat racks with them. Though I may do that with my big bertha ‘04s now that I know what garbage they are.

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> I think i am going to play with my recently acquired titleist 841s. The bears would need to new grips but a gleaming and would look great on display. I am a bit of a diy handyman and plan to make some shadow boxes to show them off. In case anyone is concerned, no I will not cut the shafts to make coat racks with them. Though I may do that with my big bertha ‘04s now that I know what garbage they are.

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You will love them. The dowelled hosels give them a unique “strong” feel and nice ball flight.

I love mine.

Nice. I can’t wait to get out and use them- unfortunately I am in the “kids” phase of my life and golf was the first thing to go.

> @Bigarch said:

> I don't see any problem :)

I'll second that. The only problem I can think of in relation to blades would be never having played them. Many of my golfing partners have never played blades based solely on what they read online. To me that's just sad...

Bear-

These Titleist Tour Model 841 irons were Titleists answer to losing their golf ball market share on Tours with those Tour players who were on different equipment staffs, and were paid to play other golf balls.

Note- It was the Maxfli HT ball that won all 4 Grand Slam events in 1988.

The "feel intensifiers" aka wood dowels inside these Titleist forged irons were part of their ad campaign. These were the irons which were made in conjunction with the Titleist Staff Tour Model Persimmon Woods, done under contract for Titleist by Joe Powell. LH Joe Powell persimmon woods were available.

Both these Titleist TM Persimmon woods and 841 TM irons were RH Only.

My names Dave and I have an addiction ?

Yes I'm exactly the same in two weeks I have bought 6 sets of irons and a few sets of woods and putters and still looking for more. I will play all the clubs I've collected though as that's what they are for.

A few of my sets over the last two weeks

Some nice clubs there, I particularly like the Haig Ultra's.

> @SpaldingBear2PW said:

> Nice. I can’t wait to get out and use them- unfortunately I am in the “kids” phase of my life and golf was the first thing to go.

SpaldingBear - where you located at in PA? I have a few old sets. I'd like to get in touch with you to see if you want. Message me back

Some nice clubs there.

We are all addicts on this page. But there is no 12-step program here. We are really enablers as well as addicts

I have the same problem just don’t tell my wife!

Sweet sets

> @Signman150 said:

> I have the same problem just don’t tell my wife!

Where do you stash your finds??

> @"Ironmaster Oddities" said:

> We are all addicts on this page. But there is no 12-step program here. We are really enablers as well as addicts

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Ain't that the truth!

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> > @"Ironmaster Oddities" said:

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> Ain't that the truth!

12 steps starts with 12 sets.

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> 1> @No_Catchy_Nickname said:

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> > > We are all addicts on this page. But there is no 12-step program here. We are really enablers as well as addicts

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> 12 steps starts with 12 sets.

That should be the slogan for this site.

> @Nard_S said:

> 1> @No_Catchy_Nickname said:

> > > @"Ironmaster Oddities" said:

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> 12 steps starts with 12 sets.

I think 14 steps?

Step 1. Driver

Step 2. 3w

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Step 14. Putter

I have found that restricting myself to buying the same brand keeps the count down. So aside from the Titleist, Lynx, Ram, and MacGregor sets, and the odd one-off Tommy Armour or Nicklaus, I stick to buying Wilson blades.

So far.

> @Thinset said:

> I have found that restricting myself to buying the same brand keeps the count down. So aside from the Titleist, Lynx, Ram, and MacGregor sets, and the odd one-off Tommy Armour or Nicklaus, I stick to buying Wilson blades.

This is what I do as well. I only buy Ben Hogan, except for the occasional emergency purchase of Mizuno, Bridgestone, Powerbilt, Spalding and the others you mentioned above.

One thing that i have found guys is to have a wife that is terrified of spiders and cobwebs and therefore detests going to the basement