Improvements in Golf Clubs.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 18th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 20th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Golf Clubs.
1, Sir WALTER HAMILTON DALRYMPLE, Baronet of North Berwick, The
Lodge, North Berwick do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention. relates to a double faced or hammer headed golf club which as
the name denotes, has, two striking faces one at each end of the hammer or head.
Each end represents a different club according to the face put upon it one end may
be a driver and the other a "brassey or one end may be a
"and the other
a driver or any other combination.
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The head can be made of wood, of metal or a combination of both. The shaft
which is an ordinary one passes through the centre of the head at right angles and
is fitted in in the same way as the handle of any ordinary hammer or mallet. The
hammer or head would be oval shaped were the two bases not beveled off to give .!
a lie to the club and by this it takes a heart shape. The head if made entirely of.".
wood is weighted with lead.
By the use of the hammer shape as applied to a golf club greater strength and
durability is obtained owing to the use of end wood (the upward growth of the tree)
which it has been found impossible to use in existing golf clubs which are all side
wood and easily broken. By the shaft passing at right angles through the centre
of the head of the club the point of impact is in line with the shaft thereby securing
accuracy of aim and greater driving power also it is also impossible for the club to
turn in the hands of the player. By the said formation of the head a universal lie
is obtained or in other words the angle of the sob or base suits every one be they
short or tall,
The said construction of the club may also be employed with a single face instead
of a double face..
In either case whether the club is double or single faced the sole of the club may
be chamfered or beveled towards the striking face, the said formation being useful
in order to cause the ball to rise quicker in order to surmount an object immediately
in front.
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The club may be weighted entirely behind the shaft or partly behind and
partly in front of the shaft or any other suitable way.
When my said club is used with a single face, the weight may be used or partly
used in the form of a metal cap on the back end of the club head.
Instead of the shaft being fixed right through the head it may if desired be only
fixed partially through.
As a modification of my invention the whole of the sole may be covered with
brass or other metal or material, so mounted that a brass sole is presented to the
ground whichever face of the club is used; in this case the brass might cover the
end of the shaft. Or the two faces as well as the sole may be covered with brass
or other metal or material, and the sole of the club may be a solid piece of brass or
other metal.
In lieu of the head being heart shaped in cross section, it may be round or of
other equivalent shape.
Dated shin 9th Joy of Santamber 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Golf Clubs.
The
1, Sir WALTER HAMILTON DALRYMPLE, Baronet of North Berwick,
Lodge, North Berwick, in the County of Haddington, North Britain, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My said invention relates to a hammer headed golf club and is illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a side view of a double faced hammer headed golf club; for example
the right hand face looking at the drawing may be a "driver and the left hand
face a "brassy."
Figure 2 is an end view which is of a heart shape so as to give a "lie" to the
club whichever face of the club is used. The shaft passes through the centre of
the head at right angles thereto and may be fitted after the manner of an ordinary
hammer or mallet. The head may be made of wood or metal or a combination of
both for example the club shown in Figures 1 and 2 may be of wood with a
sheathing a of brass secured by screws so that a brass sole is presented to the
ground whichever face of the club is used.
The sole of the club is preferably chamfered or bevelled towards the striking face,
as shown in Figure 1 in order to cause the ball to rise quicker to surmount an
object immediately in front.
The club may be weighted entirely behind the shaft or partly behind and partly
in front of the shaft or in any other suitable way.
In lieu of the shaft being fixed right through the head it may if desired be only
fixed partially through.
By the use of the hammer shape as applied to a golf club greater strength and
durability is obtained owing to the use of end wood (the upward growth of the tree)
which it has been found impossible to use in existing golf clubs which are all side
wood and easily broken. By the shaft passing at right angles through the centre
of the head of the club the point of impact is in line with the shaft thereby securing
accuracy of aim and greater driving power also it is impossible for the club to turn
in the hands of the player.
Also by the said heart shape of the head a universal lie is obtained or in other
words the angle of the set or base suits everyone be they short or tall.
Figure 3 is a modification of my invention, the right hand face of which may be
an " iron "and the left hand face a "bleek," Figure 4 is a face view of the same
club. In this case the two faces c, c' and the sole c² may be formed as one brass
casting the central part D being wood.
Figure 5 represents a further modification of my said invention in which the
right hand face may be
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"mashie" and the left hand side
a
a putter." Figure 6
is an end view of the same. In this case the whole of the head may be cast in
brass with the exception of the part marked e which may be of wood or other light
material.
My said hammer headed club may also be employed with a single face instead of
a double face.
In lieu of the head being heart shaped it may be round or of other equivalent
shape.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. The hammer headed golf club substantially as and for the purposes herein-
before described and shown in the accompanying drawings.

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2nd. The combined "driver" and "brassy as shown in Figures 1 and 2.
3rd. The combined "bleek" and "iron" shown in Figures 3 and 4.
4th. The combined "mashie" and "putter" shown in Figures 5 and 6.
5th. Forming the hammer heart shaped substantially as and for the purposes
ereinbefore described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 17th date of A muil 1002
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.