Par4QC That sounds familiar about shipping items for you to forward, but I wouldn't have remembered the country he was in.

    MidwayJ Yeah he's who I was asking about from

    Bernie died in 2018 at 83. Besides being a pioneer in the long and light driver concept he was involved in the development of the various Neufinder (NF) spine finders. Nice man. I chatted with him often.

        Rickochet Besides being a pioneer in the long and light driver concept he was involved in the development of the various Neufinder (NF) spine finders.

        I helped Dan Neubecker with Bernie, Dave Tutleman and Tim Hewiit develop the NF4 with the kg calibration. Tim Hewitt maintained a deflection profiling site for a few years then took it down.

        Here's an old thread on the NF4. https://golfbuzz.com/d/6748-request-for-your-help-neufinder-nf4-nf4-1-build-calibration/19

            scotts33 I helped Dan Neubecker with Bernie, Dave Tutleman and Tim Hewiit develop the NF4 with the kg calibration.

            I liked the pics you posted of your NF4. I never went beyond my NF2 with the old W99(?) spring. I enjoyed building it and following the NF stuff on a website. Are Dan and Dave still tinkering with golf stuff?

                Rickochet Are Dan and Dave still tinkering with golf stuff?

                Unsure Rick as I haven't been in touch with either of them for a few years.

                There were so many good guys in clubmaking over the years before major brands got involved in their marketing schtick. It more or less ruined the clubmaking for little guys and their improvements and thinking out of the box.

                  fatshot Bernie was probably solely responsible for 75% of the Chicago Gold 966SD driver head. I had an 11 degree that I only sold 2yrs ago and regret it. It was a better head for me than the Big Bertha. I've tried to scrounge up a 13 degree over the years to set up as a mini driver.

                    scotts33 I think Tims site was golfshaftprofiles . com

                    I remember it being free and joining and using it a.few times.

                        Par4QC @MidwayJ

                        Yes I remember sending packages to Ireland but cannot remember the FGI name🤔. I don't.think I ever shipped to Sweden but did to Iceland once. It was a fairly easy process....if the people.at.the PO knew what they were doing🙃

                            ode I think Tims site was golfshaftprofiles . com

                            Yep, I put a lot of deflection shaft profiles on that site.

                                scotts33 👍

                                I still have the Purefit sterling ag putter I bought from him. Best feeling putter I've ever used!

                                    ode Purefit 400cc driver I built for my daughter when she was 14-15. She's 30 now and it's never been hit, lol.

                                      ode Daryl loved playing the components that almost nobody else over there had. Maybe his FGI name will come to me eventually.

                                          I've played golf with @ode and @scotts33 on trips to Wisconsin. Coincidentally, most of my wife's family lives where Chad does and my parents live where Scott does.

                                          The last time I played with Chad it seemed like he was hitting his drive 40 yards longer than the time before. I knew I was probably losing distance with age, but I wondered if he was on the juice. 😉 Didn't look like he had bulked up, though. 😀

                                            MidwayJ yeah I sent him a ton of gear over the years......I think he was Daryl McGuire from Dublin......I just went to the old FGI page where the goodbyes are still there and one of them is from graz .... I think that was him🤔.....but I could be wrong on all accounts (last name and.city)

                                                MidwayJ we went to Quit Qui Oc and played the original 18 or since have learned the front 9 is the only original holes and the original back was let go during/after WWII......back 9 as is now, was later added on, as was the Glacier 9 (newest with separate clubhouse) which is a real treat. I played it for the first time this year and have since went back several times. It's quite the course with lots of elevation change and cool land movement. Tom Bendelow did the original holes....and Art Johnson the Glacial. A shame the the original back Bendelow back 9 is not around as that piece of the property is where it really starts have some roller coaster like land movement, as does the glacial 9. Good clean fun we had that day👍

                                                  ode graz

                                                  That is correct.
                                                  No matter what anyone here may think of it, I can go back and find PayPal transactions I did with him, having all the printouts from such things. 😲

                                                  The only time in my shipping life, I have ever had a lost or damaged package, was a lost box to Daryl. It was a La Jolla driver head iirc. Never found, never received by him. I had a whole case of them so I just sent him another, which he did get.....in 3 days.