Callaway Hickory Stick shafts
| Golfengineering ID: | oth2529 |
| Vintage: | 1982 |
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| Lifecycle: | Good |
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| Golfengineering ID: | oth2529 |
| Vintage: | 1982 |
| Gender-Dexterity: | |
| Lifecycle: | Good |
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These shafts launched the "Callaway Hickory Stick, USA, Inc." company in 1982. The hickory shaft had a telescoped steel
center that kept the hickory from warping and was the design of Richard Parente and Dick de la Cruz, two renowned club designers.
Actually metal core hickory shafts had been manufactured years prior, but the design method was new and patented. The shaft weighed
a lot, nearly a pound, so their utility for other than a putter, was very short lived. These shafts were acquired in the mid 90's from a custom club builder who claimed they were some original prototypes. The first shaft is 34 1/4" from tip to tip and has small diameter tip. The shaft has a couple nails or, more likely, sawed off screws embedded into the shaft, for some unknown reason. These metal remnants could be removed and the holes reasonably repaired; the seamed Callaway logo flat top grip has a good collar but no cap. The second shaft, 31 3/4", with the decal 'steel core hand made Hickory Stick Richard Parente inventor' has a larger diameter tip. This shaft has a perfect top side (top defined as parallel to the grip flat side) but the bottom side has 7 small holes drilled into it, for some reason. The holes had small screws in them and 4 or them are epoxy filled. The Callaway logo seamed leather wrap flat top grip has a good collar and golfer logo aluminum endcap. Both of these shafts should be repairable in the right hands. But they are admittedly a more interesting collectable, if you are a Callaway fan. |