Hickory Golf Shafts
The Hickory Golfer is manufacturing high quality, strong and yet elastic hickory golf shafts as replacement shafts for hickory era iron and wood heads. The shafts are cut on a CNC lathe from hand selected premium hickory planks. Each shaft is individually weighted and hand inspected for straightness of grain and appropriateness for play. Handles of the shaft are the right width so installers can add one layer of friction tape and a user desired leather grip to create a standard grip for use by most golfer. The shaft has a smooth finished sanding that after minor fitting sanding is ready for stain and a protective coating.
Iron Shafts
The overall shape of our iron shafts was taken from a composite of several Tom Stewart shafts from the 1920s. The tip of the shaft will fit snuggly into most Stewart irons as well as other iron head manufactures from the hickory era and will allow a maximum shaft length of between 40 and 41 inches depending on the height of the hosel. The installer is expected to perform a small amount of sanding on the cone and the hosel to achieve a perfect fit. Iron hickory shafts are $19.50 a shaft
We have recently been able to offer shafts in a variety of stiffness grades in accordance with the 1929 US Department of Commerce Hickory Golf Shafts Commercial Standard CS18-29. Shafts are graded according to the following table:
| Grade | Minium Load in lbs |
|---|---|
| Goose(G) | 40 and over |
| Owl(O) | 34 to 39 inclusive |
| Lark(L) | 28 to 33 inclusive |
| Falcon(F) | Below 28 |
Wood Shafts
The overall shape of our wood shafts comes from a composite of several manufactures shafts including Jack White and Thomas E Wilson. Unlike the iron shaft the wood shaft is a straight with a standard tip that can be sanded to fit into most manufactures from the hickory era. The installer is expected to perform some amount of sanding on the tip to achieve a perfect fit. The maximium length of a raw wood shaft is 44.5 inches in length. Wood hickory shafts are $22.50 a shaft.
Hand Selected Weight
The weight
of a hickory shaft is the best criterion of its strength. That said, an installer might want a shaft at a particular weight to enable a matching though Swing Weighting or MOI matching. As an option on each shaft we provide a service to hand select a shaft to within 2 grams plus or minus of the customers desired shaft weight. Shaft weights are measured at the full length of the shaft. Hand selection is $5.00 per shaft.
Custom shafts – While the stock shaft that we have provided will fit most of the clubs we realize that some players may want a custom shaft build. With our CNC lathe this is possible for a one time setup fee. Once the custom shaft has been saved we can reproduce the shaft time and time again at our standard shaft rate.
Shipping – All orders are shipped USPS priority mail within 24 hours of receipt of payment. Shipping price is based upon weight.
Either an Owl or Lark.
brinkleyrATgmailDOTcom
We my brother gets his keester in gear…If you’re looking for shafts send me an email and I’ll put you on the list. Seems like we’re in a perpetual state of backorder so those that notify me by email get a preference when new shafts are finished.
Binky
Hope the US Hickory Open was fun for you…Enjoy the shafts and thanks for making the exchange with Paul Dietz.
binky
Custom order yes, but it would be expensive. The alternative would be to take one of our standard shafts and sand it down. Lots more work, but cheaper.
Seems like we can never catch up…If your interested in shafts it’s best to send me an email and I’ll put you on the list to get the next set that comes off the press. The last time we made 60 they were already sold. We’re in the process of doing another 60 now.
Hope those shafts you got are working for you. Loved playing in San Antonio in June. Little warm but lot of fun playing Old Brek.
Yes we can do special orders, but it would be expensive. Did you ever think of just taking the stock shaft and cutting off the tip and then drilling out for the size you need?
Binky
We don’t make anything that fits the modern putter. You’d have to sand the daylights out of our stock shafts, but it is possible.
I’m interested in getting a few hickory shafts (stiff / Goose? configuration) and some of your buffalo brain-tanned grip material.
Please add me to a list and let me know when items are available.
Thanks,
Frank Coffman
Will do Frank.
Hi Brinkley
Our Stock is nearly empty. do you have about 20 more Iron shafts?
Kind regards
Joe
Joe,
We’re peddling as fast as we can. I hope to have some on Saturday, but I think those will all be spoken for. I’ll put you on the list.
I have picked up a George Sayers putter, circa 1940, and have removed the bent metal shaft. Would you have a hickory putter shaft with a straight hosel? I intend to use one of your buffalo grips to finish it out.
Roober,
You added some information in a direct email that might help others understand.
Our iron shaft would probably work. The OD is .740, ID is .580 and down at 7/8″ approximately it’s .495. Lot’s of sanding on your part. I would recommend ordering an L or F shaft as you don’t need a really stiff shaft in a putter. My only real concern is if there will be enough strength to keep the shaft from breaking. Since you’re putting in a putter it will probably be fine. Wish I had some Danga wood as that would not be an issue at all.
Note: You won’t be able to use this club in hickory tournaments but it should look nice.
Binky,
Do you have a photograph of the business end of your wood shafts that you are willing to share? I have some unfinished wood heads that I want to hickory shaft, and would like to know what they look like prior to starting work.
Thanks & regards
Steve
Steve,
I’m not sure what your looking for. Do you want a picture of unfinished wood heads? I’ve got a few that I’ve bought over the years, but I’ve never finished them.
Binky
Binky,
I was after a photo of the tip of your shafts for woods. You mention in your description that “the wood shaft is a straight with a standard tip” – I just wondered what they look like, and how much work I’d had to do to fit them in the wood heads that I have.
Thanks & regards
Steve
Binky,
Any update on my enquiry from 6 December 2013.
With thanks.
Hallo i’m interested in getting a hickory shafts cca 20 it is possible and its possible shipping to Europe?
Thanks David
I’ll put you on the list…Yes it’s possible to ship to Europe or just about anywhere else in the world. We have customers in Sweden, Scotland, Netherlands, Spain, and Austrailia.
I purchased 7 shafts last year and all worked well in my T. Stewart heads. Three were reset by a professional shop and four reset by me. I used the slow drying shaft epoxy and 1/8th inch steel pins. I look forward to trying the “lark” flex shaft. I have a slow swing speed. Thanks for the advice.
Charlie
Binky,
I’d like to purchase 8 – 10 of your Owl shafts. Do you have any estimate of when you will again have them in stock?
Thanks & regards.
I am building some custom putters and I was thinking to try a couple with wooden shafts? Thoughts please.
I will take what ever you have available.
Thanks Scott
Scott,
It really depends on what your hosel looks like. I’ll reach out to you via email, but traditional iron shafts are tapered and driver shafts are straight. That said we can make whatever you need.
Binky
Hello, Do you have time to answer your phone? If you do please send me you phone # and I will contact you. I will be in the market for some shafts to go on the long nose heads that I build. I’m not in a rush for the shafts but I would like to speak to someone before placing my order. Thanks.
We actually have a shafts that we designed specifically for splice neck shafts. They more or less flare out at the bottom making matching up with the head easier. These shafts aren’t on the web page but due to an error in production we have plenty in stock. There is a head maker in Tasmania that found them very useful.
Thanks Brinkley. Sounds correct. The butt and tip of the shaft would be similar in diameter with the shaft tapering in between. What length do they come in and how much do they cost?
Do you still have any of the scare/scarf/splice neck shafts? If so, what is the diameter of the club at the tip and grip end? Are the shafts riven or sawn?
I have made each style of modern day club set, I was wanting to make something a bit unique. Question, will your hickory shafts work with modern day club heads? My thought was to combine your shafts with mizuno iron club heads.
Highly unlikely they would work with a modern club head. The width of the shaft would not provide enough support during impact. My guess is the shaft would snap within one of two hits.
Yes, we have a very large stock of splice neck shafts. The grip end is the standard grip size end. Which off the top of my head is .740.
Not sure what you mean by shafts riven or sawn.
Binky
I am in need of a shaft for a gutta niblick. The hozel is 0.77″ in diameter. I know this isn’t your normal “run” of products. Please let me know if you have something at least 36″ long. Thanks,Chris.
If you do not have any appropriate shafts for my Gutta Niblick project (mentioned in the previous post), then what is the diameter of your blanks should I decide to turn it down myself. Thank you, Chris.
I have just tried to buy 10 of anything from you and just got “out of stock”. Are you still in business?
I had enquired previously about scare/splice neck shafts. Riven wood means that the wood is split with a froe or other similar tool so that the split naturally follows the grain. Sawn wood does not necessarily follow the grain and the grain will “run out” making it more likely for the shaft to split.
No one that is currently making any number of hickory shafted club would be using the riven wood means for making blanks. That said, when we are creating our blanks we make every effort to make sure that the grain runs straight and true through out the blank.
Wood being the way that is can take some twists and turns that you aren’t expecting though. For instance we found a silver bullet once we started shaping one blank.
As for run out, there will always be run out in a shaft because of the difference in the diameter of the butt and the tip. If you have 10 growth rings in the tip you won’t have 10 in the tip. You might be lucky and get 4.
The key is to make sure that the grain runs straight through the shaft. This will create a run out that occurs evenly on both sides of the shaft and shaft that will remain straight through out its lifetime.
Note that according to the 1924 US Department of Commerce document on wood golf shafts there can be waves in the grain as long as they are not in certain areas of the shaft (butt is ok for instance). It is rather perfunctory though because any shaft with the grain movement in stress area will bend shortly after it’s milled.
That’s great if your looking for St Andrews or Carnoustie bend in your shaft, but most of us are not.
What your really asking in your question is if our grain is straight through out the shaft and the answer is yes. We do everything to make sure the shaft is straight in the key bending areas of the shaft and with any luck through out the whole shaft.
Yeah we’re just making limited amount right now. We can put you a waiting list with no obligation to buy.
brinkley….i need a dozen putter shafts…they can be falcon ….would you have them in stock? tim alpaugh
Hi Brinkley, I have to replace a split iron shaft in a 1890’s smooth faced iron. Hosel opening is around .650″ and tapers down to .320″. The length is 2 1/16″. I might make the shaft myself if I can find a good blank, but if I can’t, do those numbers match up with some of your shafts? Thanks. Kelly Leonard.
brinkley,…i have an order for shaft ends….would you have any severely bowed or twisted shafts that are not sellable but that would meet my needs….if so….what would you want per shaft and shipping…thanks, tim
Is there a minimum number of shafts for an order, and will you ship to Sweden?
No minimum but if you ship to Sweden you better order at least 10. And yes we ship to Sweden.
What would the shipping cost be for 2 or 4 or 10 shafts?? I guess by your earlier comment that the cost will be the same or…?
Another question, will a modern regular stiffness shaft compare to an owl-shaft or is it more like the Lark??
Please let me know if your still doing business, and if there is any quanity discounts ? What is the timeline for wood shafts
Still in business. Quantity discounts on very large discounts. Send us an email and we can discuss.
I’d like to purchase 25 iron shafts, roughly 50/50 Owl and Lark.
Any ETA on availability?
Regards.
i was wondering if you still have a supply of hickory shafts for irons…i would need perhaps 6 to 12 that can be a combination of goose and owl….leaning more toward the goose…thanks, tim
Is this site still active? I was interested in hickory shafts, but am leery to order with no activity showing since 2013