159 $
Description
| Brand: | Hendry & Bishop | Shaft Material: | Wood |
| Club Type: | Single Iron |
Hendry & Bishop
Edinburgh
The company began as harness-makers and ironmongers in Leith around 1890 but turned to golf ball manufacture in the early years of the 20th century.In 1911 they registered the bishop's mitre mark and began to produce iron clubs. Innovative clubmakers, they are known for the Slog-em patent, a nut to tighten the connection between hosel and shaft; giant niblicks (Cardinalmodel); the Stopum backspin iron for ; an early type of sand wedge, the (Archie Compston niblick, named for the 1925 Open runner-up); and putters: the PerWhit with its cylindrical face, and the Viper andSniper models, both with long thin hosels.In 1921 a joint stock company was formed with £10000 capital, 3000 in preference shares and 7000 ordinary. Another company, presumably to separate activities, was set up as wholesale ironmongers with £7500 capital in 1925. Around the same time the old address of 26 West Port was smartened up as the Portisburgh Works. Controlled by the Bishop family they gave up their ownership was sold in 1929. Charles Christie
Forfar/Lanark
An Angus native, he was professional at the long defunct Kinpurnie club at Forfar between 1913 and 1914. He moved to Lanark after the war and served there from 1920-1922. He was then at Kingsknowe from 1922 until sometime in the 1930s.
Edinburgh
The company began as harness-makers and ironmongers in Leith around 1890 but turned to golf ball manufacture in the early years of the 20th century.In 1911 they registered the bishop's mitre mark and began to produce iron clubs. Innovative clubmakers, they are known for the Slog-em patent, a nut to tighten the connection between hosel and shaft; giant niblicks (Cardinalmodel); the Stopum backspin iron for ; an early type of sand wedge, the (Archie Compston niblick, named for the 1925 Open runner-up); and putters: the PerWhit with its cylindrical face, and the Viper andSniper models, both with long thin hosels.In 1921 a joint stock company was formed with £10000 capital, 3000 in preference shares and 7000 ordinary. Another company, presumably to separate activities, was set up as wholesale ironmongers with £7500 capital in 1925. Around the same time the old address of 26 West Port was smartened up as the Portisburgh Works. Controlled by the Bishop family they gave up their ownership was sold in 1929. Charles Christie
Forfar/Lanark
An Angus native, he was professional at the long defunct Kinpurnie club at Forfar between 1913 and 1914. He moved to Lanark after the war and served there from 1920-1922. He was then at Kingsknowe from 1922 until sometime in the 1930s.