Byron Putters Thread

[reflog74]

Thanks LaMont and Drew. I will post some more pics in a few days. Right now I'm up to my A*& in alligators. LOL!

 

Byron is great. I love this putter, and I think he's pretty proud of it too. A Dalehead is not easy to handmake. Byron was wonderful about sending the "progress" pics as he went. Very interesting to see.

 

Happy New Year to all!

John

[pm hacker]

Model Name: Sterling Dale

 

Year Made:?

 

Material (e.g., 303 stainless, carbon steel, etc.):?

 

Grip: Black Velvet

 

Neck Style: Plumber

 

Face Stampings: 407/500, Silver Plated, John Byron

 

Back Stampings: John Byron, Huntington Beach, CA, MADE IN USA, Dale Head (on bumpers)

 

Sole Stampings: Sterling Dale, 10th Anniversary

 

General Description: Pitbull808 influenced me to purchase this putter which was severly tarnished. After several hours of buffing by hand, this is the final result.

 

[drewspin]

Thank you. That Sterling Dale is fantastic!! I would love to find one of those for my collection.

 

I think it was made in 1999.

 

Try some Tarn-X to keep it from tarnishing.

 

[geogolf]

Drew. Looks like a lot of the early Morgans (the dale's with the soft necks etc) were Cast and have milled faces.

And the Ones like your handmade are spectacular! Were the cast ones out to get a name in the marketplace...and the handmades Custom only? Thanks!

[drewspin]

Geo,

 

The first models which started in 1989 were the TourAngle M029, which was cast with a milled faces. There were versions in carbon steel, gun blued and hand finished, manganese bronze and later stainless. Longneck versions too. They were hand-finished some were bead blasted, etc. There was a big demand for dale heads at that time and there were a few people making copies.

 

The handmade I have dates from around 1992 and was an early one. Byron hung onto that one for about 10 years until he sold it to a collector.

[golfluvzme]

Model Name: DR-1 High Beam Proto

 

Year Made: Approx. 1996

 

Material (e.g., 303 stainless, carbon steel, etc.): 303 Stainless, I believe

 

Grip: John Byron Lamkin

 

Neck Style: High Beam, milled out long neck

 

Face Stampings: None, just milled

 

Back Stampings: John Byron, Huntington Beach

 

Sole Stampings: None, that I remember

 

General Description: Sweet rolling mallet that was one of a kind.

 

Interesting story, history, etc.: On my first ever visit to John Byron Golf, I got to spend some time with John in the shop part of the business. The test strip was in the corner with putters from one end to the other. I saw this one and just had to have it. Turns out it was just something they put together to see how it looked and felt. I think they let me take it on the promise that I would send payment when I got home to Arizona. Both John and Byron were very nice guys and it all took off from there, for me. Sorry for the quality of the pic, but it was before the digital camera made its way into the Mann household.

Thanks for checking this one out.

LaMont in AZ

[golfluvzme]

Model Name: Byron No. 2 handmade

 

Year Made: 2005

 

Material (e.g., 303 stainless, carbon steel, etc.): Carbon Steel

 

Grip: Leather with a gold weave throughout

 

Neck Style: Plumber's neck, 3/4 shaft offset

 

Face Stampings: "BYRON NO.2"

 

Back Stampings: none

 

Sole Stampings: none

 

General Description: Sort of a carbon steel MyDay, with a Byron personal touch

 

Interesting story, history, etc.: My very first handmade putter and it is a gem. I ordered it raw and then applied a gun blue to it, myself. I went with minimal stampings (made up for it on my second custom putter). I'll get some better pics, this weekend.

Thanks,

LaMont in AZ

[golfluvzme]

Model Name: Dale Head 2, Copper Proto '98

 

Year Made: 1998

 

Material (e.g., 303 stainless, carbon steel, etc.): Carbon steel with copper plating

 

Grip: Not original, but a classy Winn Heritage model

 

Neck Style: Long Neck, plumbers' style

 

Face Stampings: Hand stamped "JOHN BYRON"

 

Back Stampings: None

 

Sole Stampings: Hand stamped "PROTO TYPE 98"

 

General Description: Super-sweet long neck DaleHead 2 Proto, done in copper with a gorgeous long neck hosel. All handstamped and the patina is unreal! The cavity looks like a darned rainbow.

 

Interesting story, history, etc.: This putter was given to me by a Cameron Collector that saw it on eBay, couldn't let it sell for such a price, and then decided that it didnt' fit in his collection. I offered to buy it, but he refused. It wound up on my porch a short time later. I rolled it for a while, as a gamer, but it is still mint. I hope you enjoy the pics.

LaMont in AZ

[pitbull808]

Model Name: Sterling Dale

General Description: Pitbull808 influenced me to purchase this putter which was severly tarnished. After several hours of buffing by hand, this is the final result.

 

 

Russ..glad to see I'm influencing others to buy putters. I can live vicariously through them instead of satisfying my own "needs". :) Sterling Dales are definitely cool and IMO one of the harder to find models especially in pristine shape. I'll have to get mine cleaned up as well as my "few" other Byrons to join this thread. :)

[kyle_m1]

Model Name: Byron JAT handmade

 

Year Made: 2006

 

Material (e.g., 303 stainless, carbon steel, etc.): Carbon Steel

 

Grip: Leather

 

Neck Style: 2.5

 

Face Stampings: marshall 1 or 1

 

Back Stampings: handmade byron

 

Sole Stampings: none

[Z-Man]

Byron is working on a handmade something like that for me.. How does that beauty feel?

[kyle_m1]

Byron is working on a handmade something like that for me.. How does that beauty feel?

 

i love it!!!!! its so soft

[pitbull808]

Due to a friend of mines who's been bugging me to take some pictures of my collection of putters....I figured I'd start with a few Byrons that I could find. Hope you like them. :drinks:

 

Model Name: DHLNI...Dale Head Long Neck Insert

 

Year Made: 2000

 

Material: I'm guessing Stainless with copper insert

 

Grip: John Byron Lamkin Crossline

 

Neck Style: Long Neck

 

Face Stampings: 2000 DHLNI & John Byron.....face milled

 

Back Stampings: John Byron Huntington Beach Made in USA

 

Sole Stampings: None

 

General Description: Long Neck with Insert

 

 

Model Name: John Byron Dale Head Eleven

 

Year Made: Unsure...late 90's/early 2000

 

Material: Stainless

 

Grip: John Byron Golf Pride Pro Score

 

Neck Style: plumbers neck

 

Face Stampings: John Byron..milled face

 

Back Stampings: Blank Cavity

 

Sole Stampings:Dale Head, John Byron Limited Production, Huntington Beach CA, ELEVEN

 

General Description: Limited Edition Dale Head Eleven

 

 

 

Model Name: John Byron Dale Head

 

Year Made: Unsure

 

Material: Guessing Stainless...possibly carbon

 

Grip: Pink Winn at the moment.....stock is a John Byron GP Velvet

 

Neck Style: Plumbers

 

Face Stampings: John Byron.....milled face

 

Back Stampings: John Byron Huntington Beach, Made in USA

 

Sole Stampings: Blank

 

General Description: Black Dale Head

 

 

Model Name: Byron Morgan...Custom VVS1

 

Year Made: 2006

 

Material: 303 Stainless

 

Grip: Gripmaster Mahogany Pistol

 

Neck Style: Plumbers

 

Face Stampings: R O, Vertical BYRON MORGAN, Diamond with an X in the middle

 

Back Stampings: Cavity/BYRON VVS1 (Byron Very Very Special One), Bumpers/PROTO OOO (One Of One)

 

Sole Stampings: Blank with Sound Slot

 

General Description: Custom just for me

 

Interesting story, history, etc. :STORY HERE

 

 

Model Name: John Byron Sterling Dale....Limited to 500 pieces

 

Year Made: 1999......10th Anniversary.

 

Material: Stainless....Sterling Silver Plated

 

Grip: John Byron GP's

 

Neck Style: Plumbers

 

Face Stampings: ###/500 Silver Plated, John Byron

 

Back Stampings: John Byron, Huntington Beach, Made in USA

 

Sole Stampings: Sterling Dale 10th Anniversary

 

General Description: One darn nice looking putter

 

Interesting Story: Although this putter looks unplayable because of the shine...give it some time untouched and it developes a fantastic patina that doesn't have any glare.

 

 

Oh....and finally.....what's better then a Sterling Dale????

 

Having a few of them.

 

 

[drewspin]

Reid- That is a FANTASTIC collection!

 

I'm going to have to find something special to entice one of those Serling Dales to cross an ocean and a continent to come live at my house :drinks:

 

This one below is a Hand-Crafted Dale Head in carbon steel and gun blued.

 

[Z-Man]

Very nice.. That Dale Head 11 sure does look like a 00-.. Imagine that. Nice collection of Byron`s work

[pitbull808]

Reid- That is a FANTASTIC collection!

 

This one below is a Hand-Crafted Dale Head in carbon steel and gun blued.

 

 

 

I thought that was a special DH which caused me to email Byron. Byron told me it was just one of the few Dale Heads he did in a different finish. It's really a different finish that amazingly needs zero care. I'm not positive but I think Byron told me it was a version of Black Oxide but gloss. I hate to admit but I've really have done barely nothing to keep this putter looking good. Nothing close to the Camerons I've had. :drinks:

[drewspin]

Reid- That is a FANTASTIC collection!

 

This one below is a Hand-Crafted Dale Head in carbon steel and gun blued.

 

 

 

I thought that was a special DH which caused me to email Byron. Byron told me it was just one of the few Dale Heads he did in a different finish. It's really a different finish that amazingly needs zero care. I'm not positive but I think Byron told me it was a version of Black Oxide but gloss. I hate to admit but I've really have done barely nothing to keep this putter looking good. Nothing close to the Camerons I've had. :drinks:

 

Interesting. Thanks.

[pitbull808]

Reid- That is a FANTASTIC collection!

 

This one below is a Hand-Crafted Dale Head in carbon steel and gun blued.

 

 

 

I thought that was a special DH which caused me to email Byron. Byron told me it was just one of the few Dale Heads he did in a different finish. It's really a different finish that amazingly needs zero care. I'm not positive but I think Byron told me it was a version of Black Oxide but gloss. I hate to admit but I've really have done barely nothing to keep this putter looking good. Nothing close to the Camerons I've had. :drinks:

 

Interesting. Thanks.

 

drew...what I really think I need to do is send one of those pics to Byron to double check everything on it. When I first asked him...I just used a simple description but that Dale Head feels really soft compared to other's I've had. :D

[drewspin]

Reid -

 

Definitely follow-up with Byron. It looks exactly like the Hand-Crafted Dale Head from the old JB brochure (when the shop was at 411 Main Street).

 

Here's what the brochure says about it:"HAND-CRAFTED DALE HEAD: The ultimate in the Dale Head series is the hand-cracfted putter. This version offers a precision milled face and beautiful hand-finish unequaled by any other." Those are carbon steel and have the gold paintfill over a hand-finish.

 

There was also a version in melonite finish, which is very durable, but that version had white paintfill.

 

Whatever it is, it looks great. Now about one of those Sterling Dales :drinks:

[Z-Man]

Byron sent me a very slick new gamer.. 3 -x black welded neck, half stick offset.5:00 toe hang,with 350 gram head and a fly cut milled face. I like this alot..He only gets better..

[Z-Man]

Thats why we make more than one putter. There is no one putter for everyone

[scullman]

Drew,

 

Do you still have the Black Byron Handmade from 2006?

 

Dan

 

 

Model Name: Byron Morgan un-named early handmade. I will call it the MO-Daddy, as the ancestor to the MO.

 

Year Made: circa 1991

 

Material (e.g., 303 stainless, carbon steel, etc.): Carbon Steel

 

Grip: Black Lamkin John Byron embossed leather stitch-back (still in plastic).

 

Neck Style: a beautiful welded goose neck that is round at the hosel and transitions to square to match the top line and tail. The weld is hand-filed flush.

 

Face Stampings: None

 

Back Stampings: BYRON MORGAN

 

Sole Stampings: None

 

General Description: This is one of Byron's very first handmade putters and a museum piece. The pictures don't do it justice at all. Somewhat reminiscent of TP Mills model 1 with a softtail and ferrule. The sole is hand sanded and highly polished with a flat portion in the middle back and trailing edge relief.

 

Interesting story, history, etc.: Byron made this in his old shop at 411 Main Street. Byron had this putter with him at the 1992 PGA show in Anaheim, CA, where his friend Scott C. held it and "seemed very impressed with it," according to Byron. Byron kept it for years but sold it 4-5 years ago to a private collector. I was lucky enough to win it on eBay (by far my best purchase ever).

 

 

 

 

 

More pictures here

[Z-Man]

I will check with Drew.. He was trying to sell it earlier this year

[drewspin]

Nope, i sold it. Beautiful putter!

[kints]

any remorse ???

[emo]

hey guys and gals i just purchased my first morgan putter came across this thread , was hoping someone eles can post more pictures i will soon as i take some clear picts.

[scottland]

Model Name: Byron 006
Year Made: 2010
Material: Carbon Steel, Black Oxide finish
Grip: IOmic Black Midsize
Neck Style: Plummers Neck
Face Stampings: Byron Morgan Vertically near the heel
Back Stampings: Three 4-leaf clovers in the cavity
Sole Stampings: None
General Description: Just a really clean and simple 006. This was my first Byron, and it's also my gamer. I've dropped more birdies with this putter than any other. the finish is starting to fade a touch on the sole, but it still looks great. Probably the one putter I'll never get rid of.

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[Medson]

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Some amazing John Byron stuff.

[Canesfan101]

So many amazing putters

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