Oldest irons you game regularly

[BIG STU]

Glad to see you on here again. You always find such nice stuff---- BTW a certain 1 iron will be in play since I plan on playing vintage today

[Richard 77]

 

Disregard the botton picture. Do t know how to remove it. Played the Top Flites yesterday.

[Richard 77]

Hi Stu and all you others. Finally got sorted out the new system . I’m in process of taking pics of all my stuff, what I’m keeping and what I’m getting rid of.

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[fluffy265]

Im sorta in the same boat... haven't been here in a while, part from being busy and not playing , I really just didn't like the new format here.

But hey, after a month of lockdown I'm finally back on the course... everyday!

J

[Richard 77]

High Jiggered, think is said previously I’d found a 2,6,8. Dunlop Stan Thompson. Iron s like your picture. They are stamped on sole Great Britain. I wonder how hard it would be to find a 5, 7, 9 and maybe a wedge or 10:iron and how many dollars if they could be found. Thanks for your help.

 

[Jiggered]

Hi Richard,

They don't come up very often and are usually in part sets, price isn't usually excessive for part sets but full sets can be expensive.

I'll keep an eye out for them and let you know if I see any.

[Richard 77]

Anyone here that is an early Spalding fan? A fellow called Balloon used to be here but I haven’t seen him since the change over. I need some info on 53 and 54 Spalding synchro dyned TopFlites 53 with green rockets and 54 with dynamics. Anyone?

[LeftyMac]

Richard,

What exactly do you need to know about the TopFlites?

[BIG STU]

Warning Danger Danger Will Robinson ( ya'll remember that don't ya?) Never mess with a man with 99 Hogan blades in his bag and especially if he has a chattered battle worn Bulls Eye or 8802 in the bag.

[RobotDoctor]

Lol, I'm just a hacker!

[Richard 77]

Balloo was looking for a set of green Rocket shafts . I have a set 2 thru 9.

[Ray M56]

I found this thread when researching a set of clubs I rescued from the tip (garbage dump). A Gene Sarazen Ogg-mented matched set in excellent condition numbered 1 to 9. Interestingly the club numbered 9 appears to be the putter as it has no loft, but it otherwise matches the rest, they all have the three brass toe inserts. They have steel shafts with a wood pattern paint finish with hardly a scratch on them. The would leather grips are a bit shiny but nice too. 

 

They have both the Stag (St Andrews Golf of Glasgow) and Wilson (red and blue flags) logos on them, they worked in partnership. The clubs were made in Scotland. There are UK and US and Canada patent and registered design marks. 
 

I haven’t done photos but if anyone is genuinely interested please reply and I’ll find out how to do it. 

 

Here are a couple of links for info on Willie Ogg and his Ogg-mented clubs, they seem to have been a step-change advance in golf club design. 
 

https://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/golfd/article/1966jun35.pdf

 

Golf’s game changers

 

 

[cold_war_era_golfer]

My set of 1954 Top Flite Synchro Dyneds are my oldest set that get regular play.  Although, I feel like  a better question around here would be, "What is your newest regular gamed set"?

[Hickory4ever]

I play my hickory clubs more than 100 rounds per year. My set of Pre1900 clubs get played 5 or 6 times, several sets from the 1920’s can be played 3 or 4 times per week. I play my classic sets between 40-50 times, mostly from the 60’s and 70’s.

 

I don’t buy anything without the intention to play myself or introduce someone else to vintage golf. Clubs are meant to be played, not hung on walls.

[sratacik]

I have a set of 70's Hogan Apex Cameos that I take out once and a while. Still feel incredible when you pure them.

[Hickory4ever]

Regularly play clubs from the 1920’s with hickory shafts (106 rounds in 1922). My favourites are a mixed bag of Stewart, Jack White irons with an occasional Maxwell irons. An assortment of period woods.

 

Play classic clubs at least 40 games a year.

[Swingingk]

On 12/28/2022 at 3:56 PM, Hickory4ever said:

Play classic clubs at least 40 games a year.

I know you meant to say that this is what you do yourself but it sounds a lot like a stern suggestion.  I like it.  Very good advise I'd say.  😆

[Hickory4ever]

7 hours ago, Swingingk said:

I know you meant to say that this is what you do yourself but it sounds a lot like a stern suggestion.  I like it.  Very good advise I'd say.  😆

I did not mean it to be a stern suggestion.

[Swingingk]

5 hours ago, Hickory4ever said:

I did not mean it to be a stern suggestion.

Oh I know, I was just kidding around with you. 🙂

[DB Golf]

On 4/18/2020 at 7:54 PM, sachdog said:

I have a set of 1969 Wilson Staff x 31 iron set, is it too old to be played?

Not if you enjoy playing them and if you keep them tuned up. Don’t believe the hype. 

[Six Pints]

Here is my hickory play set as it stands today.

MacGregor #37 brassie

Spalding bulldog

Jack White #4

Tom Stewart irons are: Cleek, Mashie Iron, Mashie, Mashie Niblick, Niblick (I also have the jigger but it's in and out of the bag... currently out)

Putter is a Tom Stewart Gem

The bag is a Belding.

[Wham49]

On 4/21/2020 at 6:32 AM, Foozle said:

Jiggered,

Thanks for the info on the Persimmon Golf Society; I will check that out. Lancashire is at least at the right end of England for me so maybe....

My Tom Stewart's are the Argyle model.

Sorry about the picture! They are wedged in the middle of my rack! I am a little behind in my cataloguing otherwise I would have better pictures and they would also be cleaner!

These are from the St Andrew's Golf Company era after the merging of the various historic names under that banner. As I said, not touched by the master himself! Any thoughts / information welcome?

The car anology is a bit eccentric but actually works chronologically too!

Have never seen a non-hickory stew before

[Wham49]

54' top flites

59' wilson dynas

 

are the 2 oldest modern clubs, But I have played hickory exclusively since October

 

[Wham49]

24 minutes ago, Six Pints said:

Here is my hickory play set as it stands today.

MacGregor #37 brassie

Spalding bulldog

Jack White #4

Tom Stewart irons are: Cleek, Mashie Iron, Mashie, Mashie Niblick, Niblick (I also have the jigger but it's in and out of the bag... currently out)

Putter is a Tom Stewart Gem

The bag is a Belding.

very nice especially the bag, I have only a mash nib in a stwert, Have a Forgan driving iron, then from 25d-42 degree have 4 gibson superiors and 1 stella Gib, still looking for a Stew Niblick, KNow where I can get a 54d but want to wait to see if I can find one without paying top $ for it

[Six Pints]

1 hour ago, Wham49 said:

very nice especially the bag, I have only a mash nib in a stwert, Have a Forgan driving iron, then from 25d-42 degree have 4 gibson superiors and 1 stella Gib, still looking for a Stew Niblick, KNow where I can get a 54d but want to wait to see if I can find one without paying top $ for it

Sounds like you have a good set!  I have a lot of hickories but really wanted to build a Stewart set. Took a long time to find them with his name only in the oval and dot punched faces... and without initials and such. My niblick is line face and I paid more than I wanted to for it, but probably only as much as buying a new Titleist wedge which I have no use for. I'll keep an eye out for a dot punched face niblick and then I'll probably work on a line face set for a spare.

[Is Golf Fun or Work]

I haven't pulled out my Hogan FTX lately, this thread reminded me I should.

 

Oldest set I play with occasionally is 2005 Cally X-Tour forged CBs, good ol' DG S300 shafts.

[Wham49]

26 minutes ago, Six Pints said:

Sounds like you have a good set!  I have a lot of hickories but really wanted to build a Stewart set. Took a long time to find them with his name only in the oval and dot punched faces... and without initials and such. My niblick is line face and I paid more than I wanted to for it, but probably only as much as buying a new Titleist wedge which I have no use for. I'll keep an eye out for a dot punched face niblick and then I'll probably work on a line face set for a spare.

everything but my Nib is fine a a punch face, but want a Stew nib lined face for a little bit of control

[Boricua Golf]

I "sometimes" use Callaway RAZR X Forged Musclebacks or Ping iBlades, but this don't happen often...