Object Name: Club, Golf
Other Name: CLUB, METAL, WOOD SHAFT
Date: ca. 1905
Description:
Leather grip, medium brown shaft with no varnish layer, no shaft stamp. Maker’s mark, reseller’s mark. Hand stamped enclosed dot face.
1930s grip, ca. 1905 clubhead.
Maker: GIBSON
Dimension Details: Overall: 36 5/8″; grip 12 1/2″; clubhed: 6″ (hosel to toe); 3 1/2″ x 2″ x 7/8′
Marks/Inscriptions: MASHIE NIBLIC (sic) by ALEX MILNE, PERIOD 1930, Donated by Old Dominion Golf Club, Newport News, Va. 10J (on card attached to shaft); (Gibson Star mark) SPECIAL, STARONA STAINLESS STEEL ((all on toe)); WARRANTED, HAND FORGED, MADE IN SCOTLAND, MASHIE NIBLICK; H.R. ROBERTS SWITZERLAND, MONTREUX G? (Roberts logo in oval shape) ALEX MILNE , JR. SPECIAL, (at heel), G.W. (owner’s initials)
Additional Notes: 1930s grip but earlier clubhead. Hand punched enclosed dot face with Gibson star mark. Made in Scotland by Gibson, possibly Milne patent. Resold by back is stamped Made in Scotland above the William Gibson open Star Mark, Warranted Hand Forged, Mid—Iron, Special, Starona Stainless Steel in a banner.
Object ID: GM 116