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There are 4 editions, they all begin 1950 & only include the professional line of clubs. The 4th edition goes from 1950 thru 1998. Maltby stopped after that, I guess cuz so many mergers, new companies etc made it difficult to put into one guide.

Totally agree, have used it for decades...even a couple of bubleshafts - does help to dip into hot water for a few minutes prior to using the tool (and lots of grip solution

@Jiggered @Foozle I'm thinking you're both correct about the Slazenger....forgot to take into consideration - the Jeff Sheets poster is the US version

those are the Sabers....my "Holy Grail" of Hogans

the Jeff Sheets poster of Hogan irons shows blue over red for the '55 & '57 Precision irons... the red over blue begins with the '60 Power Thrust & the '61 Power Thrust uses red on both.

a number of times....I'd rather deal w/actual entities who know about books, not some dude or dudess who thinks they know

no problem...that Tommy Amour VFQ shows up in the Kaplan MacGregor in 1961 - does it have that punch dot pyramid w.the the rest as lines on the face?

btw...I'd be real careful about buying books on the bay thingie - only if you can't find them elsewhere from actual book sites like Abe Books, or HPB on line etc

@DonaldDunes the pictures came thu as attachments...any chance you could resubmit from the "choose files"?

Maltby's for 1950 - 1998 (if you get the IV edition) it has an excellent history of the companies from their start, the 3 Kaplan's Guide (Hillerick & Bradbsy, Wilson & MacGregor) to start.... @Jiggered does an excellent job on history of the clubs he reviews on his YouTube site, "Classic Golf Clubs"...(here I'd give a caution - IMO, the YT channel 'vintage goffer' the past year & half, has gone waaay downhill for some reason, he doesn't seem be using his own source/history material (ie,,he states that Hillerick & Bradbsy is owned by Louisville Slugger), just be aware of that. ... as for book, I've always haunted the book section of GW, thrift stores, HPB etc. You never know what may show up.Here are 3 titles I've come across in the past 30+ Years: "The Golf Club, 400 years of the Good, the Beautiful & the Creative x Jeffery B. Ellis; "Golf the Early Days, Royal & Ancient Game fro it's Orign to 1939" x Gail Concannon; "The Vintage Era of Golf Club Collectables" x Ronald O. John These are large coffee table size for the most part....there are a few others I have, this should be enough to get you started down this alternative rabbit hole 🤣.

Oh My Goddess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations - you have my Hogan "Holy Grail" set (and I don't care what condition they're in).... btw - Jeff Sheets designed them when Spalding bought Hogan: "...This iron is one of my all time favorite designs. I had always admired Mr. Hogan’s company and had my dream job drop into my lap when Spalding purchased the Ben Hogan Company in 1997. My biggest challenge in designing the next generation of Hogan products: Do NOT design a Top-Flite club with “Hogan” stamped on it. This next club I designed must be an authentic Hogan in every aspect. I was ready to pursue this project only after doing much homework, studying every Hogan design I could find and by interviewing past Hogan Company employees. In my research of studying Mr. Hogan’s design characteristics I ended up creating the infamous Hogan iron chart using a 1-megapixel digital camera and black fabric backdrop as I photographed every iron on my credenza “photo studio”. I had two big assets available to me in the execution of the new Hogan Apex irons. The first was my CAD operator Charles Lovett who had a keen eye for blades after he had been hired away from Mizuno. The second was my prototyping contractor Tom Stites, an ex-Hogan R&D staffer who would convert our CAD files to hittable specimens. The ’99 Apex is the epitome of a Hogan forged iron design. It was the first Hogan iron to be forged by Endo Manufacturing in Japan. Stite’s group, Impact Engineering, did such a fine job on the final prototypes that we were able to laser scan them for creating the forging dies..."

easy....put a magnet to the shaft - if it sticks, it's steel, if not, it the aluiminum shaft. not sure on specs....there are Wilson guru's here who can answer better than me.

Abe Books is an excellent site....I used to use Used Book Search, they did an international search w/various sites, but seems as tho they've disappeared now. I usually went to Abe's anyway.

if you're asking about the "440 Gold" set, it's a men's., in the 'cavity' is 440 in gold paint...or were you asking about any of the others (pm me)?

Kro-Flite flew straighter than any crow 🤣

V-foil was Gofsmith...at that time, were also selling full sets, not just components. Spalding Kro-Flite were made back in the hickory era, thu the pyratone/paint era, to 1950. I find it interesting that over the years the Kro-Flite logo changed.(not really interested in Top-Flite which replaced Kro-Flite) Spalding was the total sporting goods company & sold their clubs in both retail and& pro-shops.

I've always wondered - why change the number?

Agree - Welcome to the Vintage club....watch out for the slippery slide into this rabbit hole 🤣 I have a collection of Hogan sets, mostly pre '93 mostly...a "Holy Grail" set for me is the '58 Saber (I don't have the earlier Precisions, but would love to find an affordable set of Slazenger Hogan Precision). My other "Holy Grail" is a '58 Hillerick & Bradbsy Grand Slam Mars 70 (RH) basic set (retail). They were the first clubs I played with. Other sets in the line up: '91 Hogan Magnum Plus, '74 Hogan Saber, Browning 440s (have a set of Gold 440s that need to find a good home), '74ish Haig Ultra 66, '88 Hogan Edge Forged, early Ping Eye2... In the waiting section -both the '99 jeff Sheets designed Hogan Apex & Apex Plus, '88 Tommy Armout 845s, H&B PowerBilt Scotch Blade (I forget the year), '91 H&B PowerBilt TPS standard in melonite finish, MacGregor MT, VFQ, Byron Nelson, Louise Suggs & even Golfsmith Harvey Penick Professional model.... Also have several club head sets that are awaiting reshafting - Wilson Goose necks, Hogan Magnum Plus', & 2 sets of Golfsmith Copper Classic (BeCu) sets...will reshaft a set of Golfsmith Texas Classic heads with Hogan Magnum Plus shafts in the next few days. I helped an Elder Pro, Odel Trueblood, in his ship & ended up with sets that interested me (mostly Hogan, H&B, & early Spalding) & barrels (mostly PW & Putters)...all of which need to culled - find new homes. Yeah, I'm deep in the rabbit hole 🤣🤣🤣

Doesn't matter to me....sell 'em to a collector or play 'em

agree, tho what drives me kinda sorta - the 8802 is just another flanged putter. What makes it "special" is that some Pro's have used it successfully. However, perhaps a challenge to go and find a 'non-flanged' putter of any design that FEELS the same & putt them against each other. For example, my H&B Mrrs 70 putter vs my Ping DOC 17....there is no comparison between the "Calamity Jane" style putter & the massive "D" putter, however the FEEL is EXACTLY the same

@WoodenHead I came across a 1930's MacGregor Bap irons, don't know if they are forged or cast but thinking of the age, perhaps forged. for some reason I like the '70s cast SS - Hogan Producer, H&B PowerBilt Thoroughbred, Foxbat, & MacGregor VIP by Nicklaus (but not expecially the '77 - '84 Spalding Executive). Just a thought or two

agree with the above....Measure the lofts of the clubs you enjoying playing most. Then measure the lofts of the other sets you have (or might be considering to appropriate). Takle into consideration, loft creep over the decades. So when you play sets, other than your favorite, you can still consistently play the lofts you enjoy.

totally agree w/all you said & expecially your last sentence...I think it's why I enjoy @Jiggered YouTube videos.

I have a 6 iron of this club....it's a good looking club.