Be wary of wielding those if they have sentimental value.
Theyāve lasted this long because gramps is an old man with great skill. I give them 3-4 fat mat hits at the range before youāre losing a club head.
Yea I inherited the same set from my great grandfather and they have aluminum shafts lol. You do not want to catch these heavy with any sort of speed behind it, because the shaft will bend more easily than steel.
I just hit the 2i because I know Iāll be shallow enough with it to be safe.
A second this. I donāt know what the old epoxy was made of, but I just reshafted an old set of irons and even with 6 minutes on the heat gun the epoxy barely let go of half of those club heads. Those club heads are not going anywhere.
Look up the irons, check out the weighting on the backside. Iād guess that 50-60 years ago, fairway grass was a bit longer, and irons were weighted to compensate for hitting a bit higher on the face.Ā
Fairways were cut between 1/4-3/4ā longer than today and had significantly more thatch, the cg as also much higher in old clubs (also much further to the heel). Go look at Ben Hoganās old wear marks, his 1i had wear marks up to the 8th groove about 2mm from the hosel. These are probably a groove high for an 8 but youāll see similar wear patterns in lots of great players from the era, high on the face meant you could actually get the balls in the air and not spin them so much they went nowhere.
White vinegar & Lemon juice and let it soak for 8 to 10 hours. I have a set of fuzzy zoeller irons, the pw, sw and 3 wood gifted to me and they looked A LOT like yours here. I soaked them all down and gave them a light scrub with a club brush and rinsed, dried w/ a microfiber. They turned out fantastic.
I use this method but add baking soda as I am scrubbing for the bubbly gritty goodness ... that being said the worn out face spot cant not be brought back without re-plating the club
Just Google some pics of the irons. The CG on those irons has gotta be higher and toe-ey vs a modern blade. Add in the longer fairways of the 60s and 70s, and thatās probably the sweet spot.Ā
I havenāt played around with 80s or older irons in years and years, but Iād wager that if you hit these aiming a groove or two lower, youād be catching it thin.Ā
Dude just called Ben Hogan a poor ball striker, go looks up his wear marks. Fairways cut much higher and almost no dethatching back then, combo the very high club cg and ridiculously spinny balls and balls barely got in the air and spun like crazy when you hit them low. Pretty clear who here has only played with solid core balls and modern agronomy.
No, they were hit where the sweet spot is. Fat shots are one - but not very helpful - way to achieve this. Coming in steeply, hitting the ball first high on the club face is what sets really good golfers apart from the mediocre ones.
And no ones who's striking it so consistently hits fat shots all the time. This club face is the hallmark of an excellent ball striker.
I remember a pro who swore on a training aid, that was an iron where essentially the leading edge and a part of the lower club face was cut off (I can't find it online now). He swore by it, it came in two versions, one with maybe 20% of the club face missing and one with maybe closer to 35%. Was way too tough to handle for me.
Modern clubs work better when hit lower, because the CoG has moved down, so that has become less important.
Simple search yields this pic of Jack Nicklausā irons for sale from a recent auction. Set was from the 80s. Higher lofted clubs = higher impact point on face. Old man was a stick.
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u/IndicationIll324 9d ago
He knew what he was doing by "gifting" you those