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Antique Golf Clubs from Scotland
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Scareneck Sabbath club
Maker: Unknown , Unknown
Date: 1905

I’m struggling a little with this club other than to say its unusual and that my mum likes it which is usually a good recommendation if you are looking for a golfing gift. It is 31.5” long, including the brass ferrule which is about the only absolutely tradition thing about it although this is a few inches shorter than the usual Sabbath stick. Perhaps that with the lightness (see below) means it is for a lady? Beyond heresy. Not only is she potentially missing Sunday service in the kirk she is not slaving over a hot stove making the Sunday roast.

It is very, very light. The head has no lead backweight. The hickory stick/shaft appears to be hollow. This I have never seen and much complicates the construction in a scareneck. A scareneck Sunday stick in itself is unusual (although the first Sabbath sticks are from around 1890 predating socket woods) because, in its miniaturised form, the scare is not ideal for bearing the load someone would place on it by leaning on the head of the walking stick. That is compensated for here by not tapering so much which looks a little odd.

The head is beech (though I’ve swithered over this). Looking at the banded sides, no doubt but then looking at the smooth sole, it looks different. Perhaps it’s the cut which is not the way it would be on a “real” club. There the grain runs up the neck to the shaft to give the support. Here the grain is parallel to the ground (as can be seen on the striking face).

There is no maker’s name and the style is so unusual it gives no date clues. On the basis that it’s a scare joint and the head is beech I’ve gone for 1905. If it doesn’t sell quickly it’s probably heading for the autopsy table so I can find out more about it by taking it apart.

Price $510.00
Reference: SAB216

Scareneck Sabbath club
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