KL Hickory Golf
412 Grassmere Rd. R2V Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Running low on play clubs and long spoons. Very early into the shaping process. From handle to tip: McEwan L/S. Jackson L/S. Morris P/C. Forgan P/C.

This is the lead my supplier had for me this time. It’s a recycling place and they let me look through the barrels for the type I prefer. This one was done over the phone. I’ve never seen it like this before and I don’t want to cut it. It says pure lead on a couple medallions. Curious to find out if it’s heavier than previous leads I’ve used.

Been busy with my other job and haven’t had much time other than weekends in the shop. Here is a comparison of a Troon 15* club and a McEwan long spoon also 15*. This I believe was one of the most slender of the Troon clubs.

A Troon long spoon received by its new owner yesterday. I wasn’t able to leave the lead proud due to going to deep with the cavity. At 46 in length, I had to go with hickory for the shaft. Ash would have made it unplayable. Overall, the club is one ounce heavier than the original. I made the whipping myself. It looked great on the spool until I transferred it onto a different spool in attempt to remove more of the secret sauce it began to fray. This did not affect the strength in any way. I love the colour and will be interested in seeing how it ages.

Installing a leather insert in this W. Dunn play club. You really have to appreciate the old cub makers. All done by hand, this is a lengthy process. Achieving the accuracy needed requires much patience.

A Dunn/Wilson play club. Tested it yesterday and it hit and felt great. This one is headed to New York.

It’s been a while since I made a brassie. Figured I should do one to maintain the skills. All my other brassie had a very narrow lead cavity located in the middle (height) on the back, this made it easy to do any final filing on the brass perimeter. This long nose poses a problem for perimeter filing because it is so close to the edge and the lead gets in the way.

Three Forgan play clubs and one McEwan middle spoon. There is a second McEwan middle spoon but since it was the last to get lead, it’s cooling. As of posting this, all 5 clubs are ready for shafts. That will be this mornings task.

Doing a batch of 8 clubs (7 in pictures). Philp, Dunn, Forgan, Jackson, McEwan and Ferguson. Horn in 6 of them. Total of two lefties in there. No putters. Play clubs, long , middle and short spoons.

This is a Mungo Park putter. During shaping I purposely lowered the head height. It seemed too high. I asked a couple people and it wasn’t unusual for later long nose putters to be higher in the face. Next one I build I will follow the template. This putter is quite flat. That seems to be common. I have more templates that are flatter than upright.

Here we have a R. Forgan play club. This club was built for play with a low compression ball. I left certain parts of the head a bit more robust, but not much. Just enough to stand up to the heavier LC ball. Face height is 1 1/8 which was common and the shaft is a bit stiffer. This Forgan starts off as a bigger head than many of my others. One thing that is very clear now (after 15 years of building clubs) there were many clubs built by many makers. Generally, they look relatively similar but shapes, sizes and dimensions did vary. There was definitely no cookie cutter used when making long nose clubs.

This T. Morris 14* play club/ long spoon slipped through the cracks. I came across a club in one of my spec books that was completed but didn’t have an identification number. Luckily with the roughed up face I found it rather easily. I then stamped the end of the shaft and it’s officially complete.

It’s been a very busy construction season keeping me from much club building. The last of 6 of my high school friends turns 50 at the end of November. His putter is ready to go with time to spare. A Willie Park Sr. putter.

Very busy time for a ditch digger. Haven’t had much shop time this summer. Here is a John Jackson baffing spoon. The finish on this club is a new method (to me) its been around for a long time. I love the lines of this club and the finish is the cherry on top.

A Forgan playclub hitting a Wilson Zip off a sand tee. The club performed very nicely. This shot was paced out at 185 yards and the other 7 hits with it were all around this distance. This is a gutty club but I have a customer who is interested in using it with a LC ball. Since this club was only tested earlier with gutties, I needed to see how it would handle the softer but heavier ball.

Here we have a John Jackson baffing spoon. This club was finished using a new technique. I absolutely love the depth of colour. This will be my finishing method going forward.

Thanks to @practicalclubmaker, I have started using a completely different finishing process. This is a club that went through a leather insert repair and more than a year later, I decided to reshape the neck. The old finish was terrible. I didn’t think I could improve it, was considering a solid. The new finish has given this club a new lease on golf. Oh, it hits great.

Hitting a gutty with a W Dunn long spoon replica I built.

A Bennett Lang middle spoon. It hit very well. Sorry about the wind. Rain clouds were moving very fast and my window to test clubs was unknown.

Some lefty love. This is a McEwan long spoon. Looking forward to finding a lefty to see how it performs. Roughed up face using a rasp at quite an unusual angle.

Figured I’d get a little gripping done. Morris, McEwan, Philp, McEwan, Dunn and Neilson. Whipping tomorrow.

A 20* Philp short spoon hitting a Lane feathery off the grass. I say the shot went around 50 yards but after pacing it off, the actual distance was 65 yards. This shot elevated nicely and landed softly.

Philp 20* short spoon. Sorry, a phone call came which cut my post hit report short. Club hits beautifully. This club seems to go around 135 yards.

This is one of two @steurerjacoby golf bags I have. Using it to haul these clubs out for testing last night. Absolutely love these bags. The craftsmanship and simplicity is second to none.

A Philp play club with a Lane feathery on a sand tee. Wind was 30 kph or 18.6 mph. This was down wind. Distance was 120 yards. This was a very good strike. I don’t think I can get any more distance from the feathery.

Testing a Philp 20* short spoon. It performed very nice. I hit two shots consecutively with this club. They were very similar in length with the longest being 160 yards. In my next video I will show you the first shot.

This batch of 4 is well on their way. Philp, McEwan and Willie Dunn.