Description: ""Practical Clubmaking" combines insights into both woodworking and golf history so that the reader may feel confident to craft a replica 19th-century long nose era club applying the methods of the original clubmakers. The book starts with a historical section about the influence of the golf ball on club design. Next is a section on 19th-century clubmakers allowing the reader to step back in time to better appreciate their trade and the club design features. The main section elaborates on the process of clubmaking as described by J.H. Taylor in his chapter called "Practical Clubmaking" in the 1899 book "The Book of Golf and Golfers". J.H. Taylors pages are combined with hundreds of modern shop photos along with explanations of both technique and historical context to assist the reader in understanding our predecessors methods in crafting 19th-century golf clubs"--

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