sdandrea1 Best way IMO is use garage sales etc in your area and put together hickory sets. I have reworked some hickories for others that play hickory golf and that's the way to amass sets of hickories. The "new" hickories don't have the play ability and mystique of the "old" hickories.

      scotts33 Best way IMO is use garage sales etc in your area and put together hickory sets. I have reworked some hickories for others that play hickory golf and that's the way to amass sets of hickories. The "new" hickories don't have the play ability and mystique of the "old" hickories.

      You must have forgotten that I was in a hickory phase a few years back. I restored and reshafted and whipped/gripped a bunch of originals from thrift stores and played in a few hickory tournaments. Met and played with Tad Moore and bought one of his reproduction putters. It was an awesome esperience but very time/travel prohibitive to attend the events. It was a blast learning to turn shafts to fit hosels, remove pins and re-pin heads, refinish shafts. I even built my own whipping station. I still have whipping thread and the associated tools. 😉

      P.S. There is a very SERIOUS debate ongoing in the hickory competitive world regarding originals versus reproductions.

          sdandrea1 I knew that but I am saying forget about new stuff and finding the old is much more rewarding and cheaper. New stuff is just that only new but the old stuff was new at one point in time. Part of the issue with the hickory crowd is their elitism.

          I am like Todd I'll play older clubs cuz I like the challenge and feel part of my bag/clubs and walk 9. Part of the Minimalist Golf I like to play and it's walking golf. All part and parcel, they go together.

              scotts33 I am like Todd I'll play older clubs cuz I like the challenge and feel part of my bag/clubs and walk 9. Part of the Minimalist Golf I like to play and it's walking golf. All part and parcel, they go together

              Amen👍

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                SMT It's like bringing a knife to a gunfight. If he truly feels like its "cheating", maybe they will let him play an extra hole than everyone else.

                Let’s see what it feels like when he looks at his 1099 the end of the year🙄🙄.

                  Love a good persimmon, but never really play them at the course. Big props to Dempsey for going out and playing something he made.

                  I should really take one of my deep face classics out this season...

                    AdamMH Love a good persimmon

                    I did too. Loved the feel of a top quality persimmon with a high compression balata ball. The closest I’ve liked since was Titleist 975D or 983K drivers with a high quality ball. 🏌️‍♂️

                      The video of Dechambeau pounding balls on #1 with his persimmon is pretty cool. It's on his Instagram page and will eventually get to it by going through the photos/vids.

                      scotts33

                          Scott and Steve,

                          I have a set of steel shafted Eye 2 woods. Can graphite be installed? Is it risky to the club? I think I read that wooden hosels are usually cracked and that makes it problematic to reshaft.

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                            DonM

                            Not hard at all. Remove the whipping,, then use a red hot heated steel rod to insert down the shaft. After a couple tries, the shaft should come right out.

                            Just make sure you get'm cleaned out before reshafting.

                            You'll have to re whip them once the new shaft is cured. That is a talent in itself.

                                CallMeAl Ok that makes sense. I’ve had to do that on a Ping ISI or whatever model used the big chunky hosel thing.

                                The whipping seems intimidating.

                                    DonM

                                    Not hard to whip. It just takes a little bit to make the finish look nice.

                                    Whipping ferrules will make it easier, but typically you don't use those on PINGS.

                                      DonM The whipping seems intimidating

                                      What Al said. Whipping is easy. Just get the tool in the video and follow this video. I got the hang of it quickly. Building the whipping station helps.

                                          Don measure the BBGM before deciding on shaft and tipping resulting flex. The deal with using smaller heads even the Ping Zing's which were larger than most persimmon heads of their day is tee height and AofA most don't factor that in. It fits my game but for many that have changed their driver swing to an upwards AofA with 460cc heads it's an issue. On average I am about 5 -10 yards shorter with a 43.50" shaft vs a 45" shaft on 460cc at 86 mph driver SS. The older guys with lower driver SS won't see the appreciable gain that modern metal wood heads perform at unless they are over 100 mph from my experience. All 460cc heads do is allow more miss room and lazy golfers. LOL

                                          To do whipping correctly it take experience if you want to have a great looking end result.