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Nippon Shafts
Look at what came in today! Brand new, plastic still on the head. Was getting a shaft and grip. Haven’t seen one of these in a long time. Always thought it was one of the best looking component forged heads.

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MGoBlue said:
Public Service Announcement:
Buying a full set of clubs from Good Will for $20 and putting $265 worth of grips on them doesn’t make them worth $300+. That is all.
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Some of the grips were so deteriorated and stuck I had to torch them off.
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Just now discovered this thread. I played a set of these Dunlop Max Plus metal woods and irons for years (probably 1986 through 2000 or so). They weren't bad at all!
 
Camjr said:
Just now discovered this thread. I played a set of these Dunlop Max Plus metal woods and irons for years (probably 1986 through 2000 or so). They weren't bad at all!
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Hope you enjoy the stories and the pics both crazy and cool.
 
No pictures of this one, but a guy brought in a Scotty today. Newport. And it was MINT. Never hit a ball he claimed. He wanted a new grip and wanted it extended to 35”. When I measured its existing length it was 29” long!! Turns out the guy bought it from another guy who had bought it for his 9 year old son 😲🙄🤯 and it turns out the kid doesn’t like golf. So the guy sold it to the fellow that brought it in for… get this… $150.

Several of us looked this putter over really well and it looks like the real deal.
 
MGoBlue said:
No pictures of this one, but a guy brought in a Scotty today. Newport. And it was MINT. Never hit a ball he claimed. He wanted a new grip and wanted it extended to 35”. When I measured its existing length it was 29” long!! Turns out the guy bought it from another guy who had bought it for his 9 year old son 😲🙄🤯 and it turns out the kid doesn’t like golf. So the guy sold it to the fellow that brought it in for… get this… $150.

Several of us looked this putter over really well and it looks like the real deal.
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So, if you were to take it on to get to to length, are you putting an extension in, or for that nuch of a change are you swapping the entire shaft out?
 
Just_Brad said:
So, if you were to take it on to get to to length, are you putting an extension in, or for that nuch of a change are you swapping the entire shaft out?
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I put an extension in. Worked fine.
 
MGoBlue said:
Look at what came in today! Brand new, plastic still on the head. Was getting a shaft and grip. Haven’t seen one of these in a long time. Always thought it was one of the best looking component forged heads.

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Talked to the guy that brought this in. He has the rest of the set too. Bought them at a yard sale where the guy had passed away. Got the full set of heads for $5.00.
 
MGoBlue said:
We are selling it for $20. You can assume we paid much less. 😉
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You should have called the people who were so proud of those ebay irons. They'd be thrilled to get a modern club.
 
This thread is awesome
 
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