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They are unbelievably rough!!!!

These were Found by a guy clearing his father in laws shed where that had been sitting for years. Unfortunately the rust is pretty heavy but I am going to try to resurrect them. Pitching wedge is missing sadly. Any ideas how to gently bring them back? These pictures are the condition they came out of the shed.

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1 hour ago, Ping_Enthusiast said:

They are unbelievably rough!!!!

These were Found by a guy clearing his father in laws shed where that had been sitting for years. Unfortunately the rust is pretty heavy but I am going to try to resurrect them. Pitching wedge is missing sadly. Any ideas how to gently bring them back? These pictures are the condition they came out of the shed.

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Awesome! Nothing a buffing wheel and polish can’t fix.

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There is a lot of chrome loss so that can't be restored, unless you want to invest in re-chroming.  The buffing wheel is definitely an option, if you don't have one you can also soak them in white vinegar (or coke) for a few hours then do some scrubbing with 0000 steel wool, then clean them up with some liquid barkeepers friend. 

 

I would also be wary of the shafts, based on the amount of rust on the heads they may have significant rust inside and out.

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Basically what @hammergolfand @Brewski_golfssaid. If you want to totally restore them (I feel I'm obligated by some unwritten WRX rules to say you will  lose some weight in the clubhead by doing so), send them off to have them stripped and re-chromed to bring them back to their original appearance for the most part. You can polish what you have there, but you'll still be able to differentiate between the areas still with chrome vs those without. I'm wanting to say re-chroming is something like $35 per head but I could be off there.

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With vinegar and buffing, I reckon you could make those head look pretty decent. I'd be more worried about the shafts. If they're rusted like the heads, they are liable to snap, so I'd be looking at reshafting. 

 

Pity about the lack of a PW. May be try iron finder and eBay for a replacement?

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Great find!

There aren't many steel Slazengers about, makes me wonder where they were made.

 

Some of the clubs should come up well with a good polish, but the chrome looks to be lifting quite badly on a few of the heads, if you want a pristine set then re-chroming is the way forward.  

 

And as has been said a few times already, have a serious look at the shafts, they could be gone.

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9 hours ago, Ping_Enthusiast said:

A night of wd40 and light abrasive resulted in this so far. Still rough but better.

 

Has anyone had any experience with Keracote? Think these may be a decent candidate.

 

 

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Try putting them in vinegar, it will help dissolve some the surface rust and pitting, Then if you can get some polishing compound and a drill with a buffing pad. Some more of the surface pits will come out, but nothing will help where the chrome is chipped or missing. They do look much better.

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Just found this online. http://www.scottishgolfmuseum.co.uk/golfinglegendsballesteros.html

 

There's a photo of some irons half way down the page that look basically identical to yours.

 

Underneath the photo, is a letter from English Golf pro Mark Roe stating that the irons in the photo is one set OUT OF 4 that was made for Seve in Japan.

 

I think it's possible that you've come across something incredibly rare.

 

Edit: I also found this, so I'm not so sure now. https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/seve-ballesteros-set-of-10-slazenger-seve-ballest-1141-c-c4d49f4964#

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On 7/26/2021 at 10:35 AM, Ping_Enthusiast said:

Thanks for that! Great find with those articles. I remember my friend when I was 15 lusted after a set of these because he was a huge Seve fan. They were pretty expensive and rare back then so I was very happy to find them.

 

Sweet looking blades man. They probably have the wrong grooves for todays requirements though. But who's checking, right?

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On 12/5/2021 at 6:53 AM, CD17 said:

Here’s a photo of my Dunlop Seve blades which are exactly the same irons, just stamped Dunlop. These were limited edition 999 sets & they came with 1,3 & 4 woods. 

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Those look absolutely amazing!  Wow!

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On 12/5/2021 at 8:53 PM, CD17 said:

Here’s a photo of my Dunlop Seve blades which are exactly the same irons, just stamped Dunlop. These were limited edition 999 sets & they came with 1,3 & 4 woods. 

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I have the one iron in these... I always forget which number of /999. I took it out a couple years ago and had some fun with it. Good fun. Those are X100 shafts?

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On 12/9/2021 at 3:47 AM, Christen_The_Sloop said:

I have the one iron in these... I always forget which number of /999. I took it out a couple years ago and had some fun with it. Good fun. Those are X100 shafts?

Yes X100s so I’m not sure how illy get on with those, I think they all came with X100s, although when I hold them they don’t feel to bad, so they may be okay, they’re pinned so would be difficult to change the shafts. 

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On 12/9/2021 at 3:47 AM, Christen_The_Sloop said:

I have the one iron in these... I always forget which number of /999. I took it out a couple years ago and had some fun with it. Good fun. Those are X100 shafts?

Yes they all have X100s, I usually use S300s, but the X100s actually feel okay to me, I've not hit them though.  

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On 7/20/2021 at 3:58 AM, Ping_Enthusiast said:

A night of wd40 and light abrasive resulted in this so far. Still rough but better.

 

Has anyone had any experience with Keracote? Think these may be a decent candidate.

 

 

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I would not cerakote those irons or any irons.  
 

This is just me…if I found my holy grail irons and they were in that shape, I’d probably send them to Flaniganbilt or Oughtons for a rebuild and go with a smooth satin finish (I love that look by the way).

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