Improvements in and connected with Golf Clubs.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 18th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 18th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 2nd Apr., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Golf Clubs.
I, THOMAS WILLIAM WARD, of Fitzalan Chambers, Sheffield, in the County of
York, Iron Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:
Golf clubs as ordinarily made, are constructed of wood, and in order to obtain
the necessary weight the striking or club end is loaded with lead. The underside
and edge of the striking face of the club is subject to rapid wear and is generally
protected by a piece of horn, metal or other suitable substance which is inlaid
or otherwise secured to and over such wearing surfaces.
The object of my invention is to construct a golf club so that its striking or
club end shall be more durable and heavy enough not to require loading.
I effect this by employing specially prepared horn such as buffalo horn, the
solid portion of which has a specific gravity about equal to the loaded hickory,
so that I am able to produce a club end made entirely of horn of sufficient weight
without loading. The preparation of the horn consists in subjecting it to heat
so that the tine or pointed end of the horn can be twisted or turned to the requisite
angle or curve to fit the stick of the club.
As a modification of the foregoing, in some cases golf club ends made of horn
may be loaded with lead and also have the wearing surfaces protected in a manner
similar to that described for the wooden clubs as ordinarily made.
Dated this 28th day of April 1897.
R. HEBER RADFORD,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in and connected with Golf Clubs.
I, THOMAS WILLIAM WARD, of Fitzalan Chambers, Sheffield, in the County of
York, Iron Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
Golf clubs as ordinarily made, are constructed of wood, and in order to obtain
the necessary weight the striking or club end is loaded with lead. The underside
and edge on the striking face of the club is subject to rapid wear and is generally
protected by a piece of horn, metal or other suitable substance which is inlaid
or otherwise secured to and over such wearing surfaces.

page_text: The object of my invention is to construct a golf club so that its striking or
club end shall be more durable and heavy enough not to require loading.
I effect this by employing specially prepared horn such as buffalo horn, the
solid portion of which has a specific gravity about equal to the loaded hickory,
so that I am able to produce a club end made entirely of horn of sufficient weight
without loading. The preparation of the horn consists in subjecting it to heat
so that the tine or pointed end of the horn can be twisted or turned to the requisite
angle or curve to fit the stick of the club.
As a modification of the foregoing, in some cases golf club ends made of horn
may be loaded with lead and also have the wearing surfaces protected in a manner
similar to that described for the wooden clubs as ordinarily made.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my sail
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. In the construction of a golf club the application of specially prepared horn
such as buffalo horn, for the formation of the striking or club end of the said golf
club whereby such end is made more durable and heavy enough not to require
loading, substantially in the manner and for the purposes as herein described.
Dated this 17th day of February 1898.