ROBERT CONDIE Anti-Shank HICKORY SHAFT Fairlie Patent PLAYABLE Made in Scotland

This is a rare Robert Condie of St. Andrews, Scotland, anti-shank iron, with the loft of a mashie niblick from circa 1910.This is the Fairlie Patent anti-shank iron with the face-forward design; there also exists the 1894 Smith Patent anti-shank as well.  These clubs worked very well in eliminating the shanked iron shot and each has been copied extensively down through the decades.This all original club is playable with a tight shaft/hosel connection in a firm flex at 36 1/2" in length.  The shaft has the purposeful "St. Andrews bow"---a slight downward bend of the shaft that helped produce straighter shots---but was later deemed illegal.The club features the Robert Condie rose cleekmark and is stamped "D & W Auchterlonie, St. Andrews" on both the clubhhead and on the shaft, just below the grip.  The face is line scored.Condie was considered on a par with the great Tom Stewart, both of St. Andrews, Scotland; and both of whom apprenticed with Robert White of St. Andrews---at the same time.This club was made BEFORE the invention of the swingweight scale; and the swingweight is D-3!  Robert Condie knew what he was doing!