Todd Burch
01-01-2004, 10:33 AM
This sentence is from a Ben Hogan book on Golf, ("Secrects") and he is explaining the manufacturing process for the old hickory shaft golf clubs.
"Hickory was bought in sticks measuring 1" square by 40" to 48" long. The hickory was then planed and sanded into a perfectly round shaft, which was them tapered into a hosel (the upper part of the head) and secured with a rivet. Pitch was added to harden it and linseed oil to bring out the grain and season the wood, it was then ready to pass its final tests."
I've never heard of using pitch in any way, form or manner, and even where one would buy it, and how to apply it.
Can any old timers out there explain this to me (us?)
Thanks, Todd.
"Hickory was bought in sticks measuring 1" square by 40" to 48" long. The hickory was then planed and sanded into a perfectly round shaft, which was them tapered into a hosel (the upper part of the head) and secured with a rivet. Pitch was added to harden it and linseed oil to bring out the grain and season the wood, it was then ready to pass its final tests."
I've never heard of using pitch in any way, form or manner, and even where one would buy it, and how to apply it.
Can any old timers out there explain this to me (us?)
Thanks, Todd.