ANTIQUE WOOD SHAFT BUSSEY & CO STEEL SOCKET MULTI PIECE HEAD LONG IRON

Up for sale is a very collectable Bussey & Company steel socket multi piece head cleek or long iron.  William Bussey is recognized as one of the true innovators in golf equipment design and he held the patents on a number of interesting club features.  This particular club was designed during the gutty ball period.  In order to eliminate some of the aftershock of hitting the hard rubber gutty balls he designed this head which is in several pieces.  The first piece is the head itself which goes up an inch or so up the hosel, then there is a copper ring inserted ( which you may be able top see in the pictures) and then the rest of the hosel is added.  The goal was for the spacing with the copper ring to reduce or eliminate the vibration coming up the wood shaft.Markings are faint but readable.  Overall club length is 39 inches.  Shaft is in excellent shape.  Not the original grip.