Persimmon Wood Collections - How do you display yours?

[RobotDoctor]

There are some terrific collections that members here have.  I have worked on my collection for more than a decade (more like 20-25 years) to collect what I have today.  I have had many more woods and have moved many sets and individual woods as they didn't fit what I ultimately wanted.  While my collection is close to being completed I am still on the look out for a handful of models.  The following are the last picture of my collection (as posted here before) when I was living in northern Colorado.  I am also attaching my collection in it's current state now that I reside in northeast Florida.  The tall box, just behind the dresser, was taken at the storage unit it was stored in (yes, climate controlled storage unit).  All our possessions in that storage unit are now in the house we just closed on.  The PowerBilt bag is in the area of our house that will be my home office. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 25, 2023 by RobotDoctor

[Coletrain]

On 10/27/2022 at 3:37 PM, RobotDoctor said:

There are some terrific collections that members here have.  I have worked on my collection for more than a decade (more like 20-25 years) to collect what I have today.  I have had many more woods and have moved many sets and individual woods as they didn't fit what I ultimately wanted.  While my collection is close to being completed I am still on the look out for a handful of models.  The following are the last picture of my collection (as posted here before) when I was living in northern Colorado.  I am also attaching my collection in it's current state now that I reside in northeast Florida.  The tall box, just behind the dresser, was taken at the storage unit it was stored in (yes, climate controlled storage unit).  All our possessions in that storage unit are now in the house we just closed on.  The PowerBilt bag is in the area of our house that will be my home office.  Updated pics to come over the weekend.

 

 

 

 

Congrats on the house did you end up down sizing before the move? I remember you stating you were planning on thinning out the collection before the move.

looking forward to seeing them on display in their new home.

 

Do you worry about yellowing due to sun exposure being next to the window?

 

I'm currently in the process of building a rack to display my clubs in the newly refinished basement next to my desk, Will upload when completed.

[Thinset]

The wood sets and iron sets that I think I most want to play "next" are lined up against a wall in the spare downstairs  "ready" room.  The sets "waiting in the wings" are lined up against a wall in an upstairs spare room.  The sets I won't play "this year" (whatever year this is) are in boxes stacked up in the same upstairs spare room.  

 

I hit everything I own, sooner or later.  I've found that I shouldn't decide what to play on any given day until 5 minutes before I leave the house for the course. 

 

I'd have the same problem of what set to game if I had them all in a semi-trailer and drove the tractor trailer to the course; I'd end up rummaging around in the trailer to pick a set and miss my tee time.  Worse yet, if they were in the trailer I wouldn't get to eyeball these great clubs when I was in the house and agonize over which set I'm going to hit next.  

 

Love your woods collection, BTW; it's got me beat  .

Edited November 7, 2022 by Thinset

[RobotDoctor]

6 hours ago, Coletrain said:

Congrats on the house did you end up down sizing before the move? I remember you stating you were planning on thinning out the collection before the move.

looking forward to seeing them on display in their new home.

 

Do you worry about yellowing due to sun exposure being next to the window?

 

I'm currently in the process of building a rack to display my clubs in the newly refinished basement next to my desk, Will upload when completed.

The clubs weren't really exposed to the sun in our last home in Colorado as I had the blinds generally closed.  I only opened the blinds sporadically.   The bag will be a couple feet away from the window in my new home office and that window faces north so there will not be any direct sunlight.  Here is the bag in the space.  I need to reorganize the woods and iron set in the bag and take better pictures.  I will do so this week once I clear out the storage bins out of the room and clean it up a bit.

 

[raggal62]

Although no classics to see, I find these type of racks do a nice job of displaying clubs.

[Coletrain]

8 minutes ago, raggal62 said:

Although no classics to see, I find these type of racks do a nice job of displaying clubs.

These look great for irons, might have to pick one up if my new rack gets cramped. Although this rack seems a bit cramped for multiple woods, am I correct in this estimation?

[Stephen8802]

Those racks are nice, but where do the rest of the irons go?

 

I just cleaned up my iron rack and organized them chronologically, starting with '56 Staffs in the upper left and down to '91 Staffs in the almost lower left, with two sets of Hogans taking the last two stalls. The hanging rack has wedges and extra Staff sets on the left and loose staff irons on the right.

 

Edited November 8, 2022 by Stephen8802

[Stephen8802]

As for woods, they are spread around the house. The first picture is about 2/3 of what's in my office, with the clubs on the right in the playing rotation and the clubs on the left currently staying in the office; most of those are unhit. The ones the two bags are mostly 50s Macs and part of my way-to-large inventory of clubs to refinish. All of those putters get used on the green there, although some more than others.

 

The second picture is what I picked up since June, mostly in two pics that brought me about 100 40s and 50s Macs that I need to refinish. I know that doesn't look like 100, but the others have the heads facing in. There are also a few thrift store and CraigsList clubs I picked up in the fall, including the Haigs and Hogans on the top. The ones just poking out in the left foreground some of the two sets of Hogan Precision woods I bought this fall. This isn't display as much as storage until I can walk enough to start refinishing again.

 

The rest of the woods are in the basement, I'm not sure how many are down there. I'm going to build a new rack down there this weekend so I can get all those woods in the garage inside before the cold comes. When I do that, I'm going to pull the rest out and try to remember what I have down there. 

 

I'm thinking maybe I should stop buying clubs.

[cold_war_era_golfer]

1 hour ago, Stephen8802 said:

Those racks are nice, but where do the rest of the irons go?

 

I just cleaned up my iron rack and organized them chronologically, starting with '56 Staffs in the upper left and down to '91 Staffs in the almost lower left, with two sets of Hogans taking the last two stalls. The hanging rack has wedges and extra Staff sets on the left and loose staff irons on the right.

 

This is incredible.  If winter wasn't so harsh here in Chicago my garage would look the same.

[tstephen]

Just 1/2 of my collection 2nd and 3rd bedrooms have 6 more bags. 2 bags in the back of this picture are Jones vintage Cypress Point and an early 2000s Jones Pacific Dunes.

[elwhippy]

Some amazing collections gentlemen. 

[Jiggered]

Mine's in a bit of transition at the moment, I recently negotiated the box room for my golf room and have temporarily dumped a few bags in there, the rest are in the garage.

 

The racking in the cupboard was something I did a few years back.

 

[Bigarch]

I'm more of an iron collector at the moment.  But I had to build this rascal last year to keep things a bit organized.  Of course, these are only the ones that made the cut and got to come inside in my office.

 

[Stephen8802]

I finished the rack in my basement. This is less display and more storage. About 90% of these need to be refinished. In that pile is every club I ever dreamed about finding when I was a kid, including M43s, 693s, M75s, M85s, Mac Hogans, Hogan Hogans, and an LFF. Time to get to the bench.

 

 

[Coletrain]

On 11/13/2022 at 2:18 PM, Stephen8802 said:

I finished the rack in my basement. This is less display and more storage. About 90% of these need to be refinished. In that pile is every club I ever dreamed about finding when I was a kid, including M43s, 693s, M75s, M85s, Mac Hogans, Hogan Hogans, and an LFF. Time to get to the bench.

 

 

i see you have quite a few clubs in your garage and basement, i have mine in my basement which is not finished but has a vapor barrier in the form of vinyl wall panels. I was wandering if you had any thoughts about what the ideal humidity would be for long term health of the persimmons. 

[Stephen8802]

I live in Colorado and we have very low humidity, even in August, so it isn't an issue here. A few summers ago I bought 50 clubs from an auction in Pennsylvania, most of which were unhit, and many of them were noticeably swollen with moisture. 6 months in the Colorado air and all of the swollen woods had shrunk back to the original size.

 

So it is a real concern, depending on where you live. Out here, it isn't a big deal at all, but back East where I came from, I would not have put the clubs in the basement without some humidity control. If you store them inside the basement, I'd run a dehumidifier in the summer.

 

You could also make sure they are all sealed, which is practical if you have few clubs, but not practical for me. I have way too many projects to get to them anything soon. I'm just lucky its dry out here.

 

[Coletrain]

49 minutes ago, Stephen8802 said:

I live in Colorado and we have very low humidity, even in August, so it isn't an issue here. A few summers ago I bought 50 clubs from an auction in Pennsylvania, most of which were unhit, and many of them were noticeably swollen with moisture. 6 months in the Colorado air and all of the swollen woods had shrunk back to the original size.

 

So it is a real concern, depending on where you live. Out here, it isn't a big deal at all, but back East where I came from, I would not have put the clubs in the basement without some humidity control. If you store them inside the basement, I'd run a dehumidifier in the summer.

 

You could also make sure they are all sealed, which is practical if you have few clubs, but not practical for me. I have way too many projects to get to them anything soon. I'm just lucky its dry out here.

 

i have a dehumidifier but its a system the basement quys put in and it doesn't have a read out of the actual humidity. just trying to get an idea of what people here are shooting for. 

[cold_war_era_golfer]

11 hours ago, Coletrain said:

i see you have quite a few clubs in your garage and basement, i have mine in my basement which is not finished but has a vapor barrier in the form of vinyl wall panels. I was wandering if you had any thoughts about what the ideal humidity would be for long term health of the persimmons. 

In Chicago it can get pretty humid.  I worry also about shaft rust long term in the garage.

Problem is I only have so much indoor space.

[Coletrain]

Meant to post a pic of my new rack months ago been busy at home with the new baby but snagged a few picks yesterday while I was thinking about it. Kind of crowded but neat enough. Hard to get a decent pic of the left side 

[LeftyMac]

How did that set of lefty 653's sneak in there?

[Coletrain]

Decent price on the bay, couldn't pass them up.

[elwhippy]

A  magnificent selection of persimmons. 

[Foozle]

Someone in the UK has just listed "the largest private collection of classic MacGregor persimmon woods (1950-1970) in the world!" Bold claim!

Total of 1150 clubs comprising 100 restored and 1050 "as they came of the course"

If the pictures are of the best of them then the quality of restoration is not high. 

I hope we can all remain friends here as I am sure bidding will be intense amongst us as we seek to own this ultimate collection! Bidding starts at £150,000 ($180,000)!

I am watching your opening moves with interest!

Ps. Apologies as IT illiteracy prevents me from posting the link but I am sure you will find the listing on Ebay.

[Jiggered]

2 hours ago, Foozle said:

Someone in the UK has just listed "the largest private collection of classic MacGregor persimmon woods (1950-1970) in the world!" Bold claim!

Total of 1150 clubs comprising 100 restored and 1050 "as they came of the course"

If the pictures are of the best of them then the quality of restoration is not high. 

I hope we can all remain friends here as I am sure bidding will be intense amongst us as we seek to own this ultimate collection! Bidding starts at £150,000 ($180,000)!

I am watching your opening moves with interest!

Ps. Apologies as IT illiteracy prevents me from posting the link but I am sure you will find the listing on Ebay.

 

I think that might've been put up for sale a few times over the last year or so, not sure if it's been by the same seller.

 

Zero feedback as a seller. 😵

[ezgoer]

3 hours ago, Foozle said:

Someone in the UK has just listed "the largest private collection of classic MacGregor persimmon woods (1950-1970) in the world!" Bold claim!

Total of 1150 clubs comprising 100 restored and 1050 "as they came of the course"

If the pictures are of the best of them then the quality of restoration is not high. 

I hope we can all remain friends here as I am sure bidding will be intense amongst us as we seek to own this ultimate collection! Bidding starts at £150,000 ($180,000)!

I am watching your opening moves with interest!

Ps. Apologies as IT illiteracy prevents me from posting the link but I am sure you will find the listing on Ebay.

Can’t wait to check it out later. Imagine the shipping cost. Gotta be at least 1100 lbs. What if you were the seller then having to box up “the world’s largest persimmon collection. Yikes!

Edited March 11, 2023 by ezgoer

[teevons]

that same collection was posted over 10 years ago

[LeftyMac]

Does 50+ lefty Macs constitute the Largest Collection of Lefthand MacGregor persimmon woods in the world?  Asking for a friend......

Edited March 12, 2023 by LeftyMac

[No_Catchy_Nickname]

On 3/12/2023 at 3:54 AM, ezgoer said:

Can’t wait to check it out later. Imagine the shipping cost. Gotta be at least 1100 lbs. What if you were the seller then having to box up “the world’s largest persimmon collection. Yikes!

 

Ouch!

 

I hate even having to box up 9 irons to send. 

 

Maybe that explains the ridiculously inflated price? Packaging fees.

[SnowbirdTom]

Parts of my collection can be seen almost daily on the first tee.  They’re rotated out weekly like any good traveling exhibit.  

[No_Catchy_Nickname]

On 3/10/2023 at 4:04 PM, Coletrain said:

Meant to post a pic of my new rack months ago been busy at home with the new baby but snagged a few picks yesterday while I was thinking about it. Kind of crowded but neat enough. Hard to get a decent pic of the left side 

 

Great collection (and nice rack...).

 

That's an impressive collection of Kool Kats, including what looks to be a set of three. Do you have them in every colour? I can see red, yellow, brown, and black. Was there a green one, or am I imagining things?