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Becu putters can no longer be made (or refinished) as the dust and fumes is toxic - can cause serious lung conditions.

great looking material and a little softer than stainless or manganeze bronze. Just my pals - a pair of pal4’s in becu as well as a pal6. The pals are manganese bronze. A pal2 I recently picked up in beryllium nickel. I also have numerous sets of ping irons as well as individual wedges in becu.

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BeCu will feel a little denser than Manganese Bronze but slightly softer than stainless steel.

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That's a very nice line up. I think the Pal 2 is a late-period steel one, however (black paintfill, which Ping latterly changed from white). BeNi heads have gold paintfill.

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The metal finish is not the same as my other stainless models. I too thought the same as I own nickel ping irons with the gold. Was told the seller changed the paint fill. I wish the nickel putters had a BeNi marking like the becu models as it can be tough to tell. Is there a sure fire way to “test” that this is nickel?

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It's certainly possible that the seller changed the paintfill (although as I said, the factory paintfill was changed to black on SS). Magnetism might work as a test - see if the head reacts differently to a magnet than steel. The only other way would be to pull the head and weigh it to compare to the steel, as it'd be 10-15g heavier.

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I've got a soft spot in my heart for the Pal series after playing a Pal 2 stainless for many years and loving it.

Contrary to what some think BeCu is not outlawed. The difference between now and when Ping was making BeCu and BeNi putters by the thousands is that we now have a better understanding of the risks involved and OSHA has guidelines which would add a lot of production costs to the process, thus a Be putter would not be economically feasible these days. https://www.osha.gov/dts/hib/hib_data/hib19990902.html

Personally, I had a BeCu Pal 4 a while back and thought the feel was pretty bad. I also have various Ansers, including a hard metal 17-4 jobbie, and they all felt better than the BeCu Pal 4 so I sold it.

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Per Wikipedia —- In solid form and as finished objects, beryllium copper presents no known health hazard.However, inhalation of dust, mist, or fume containing beryllium can cause the serious lung condition, chronic beryllium disease. That disease affects primarily the lungs, restricting the exchange of oxygen between the lungs and the bloodstream. The International Agency for Research on Cancer(IARC) lists beryllium as a Group 1 Human Carcinogen. The National Toxicology Program (NTP) also lists beryllium as a carcinogen

the answer is No - it’s not safe,

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Wet sand the head and collect the drippings for disposal and you will be fine. That "chronic beryllium disease" was something that occurred in people that worked with the stuff on a daily basis. Not some guy restoring a putter in their garage once every few years.

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Those are cool putters! I might have to add one to my bag. I put together a used set of Zing 2’s last year and a Ping Pal would look good with them ! Am I one of the few that love the classic look of the Zings and ISI clubs? I guess I grew up in the 90s and my neighbor across the street always had the nice pings and I was always jealous but could never afford them so I put together that set last year. Thinking about buying a set of ISI next... any input ?

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I played a BeCu Pal 4 for several years (90's) until it was stolen. Back then, there wasn't as much detail to specs, fitting, etc. It was too long and too light, but I thought it looked cool, felt good, and that was what counted.

One thing I remember is the sound. It was like a block of wood at impact standing over the ball, but people 5' away would comment on the wonderful noise it made. Always wondered if they heard what I was hearing.

Also, I've been told, these are very brittle. If you can find someone to bend it, they'll need to be careful. Enjoy!

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I bought a PIng Pal 2 BeCu back in the late 80s after saving my money all summer long.   I was 15 I think and the putters probably cost $85 or so back then.   Anywho....  In high school I ended up trading the putter for a different style Ping putter and kind of forgot about it.  Fast Forward almost 30 years and just a few years ago I reached out to my old high school friend to see if he would like to trade putters back if he still had the Pal 2.  Miraculously he still had it so we met up and I traded him his model back with a brand new Super Stroke grip on it and I got my first club I ever purchased back. 

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