Hi; I just finished reading the catalog page by page. RK is correct I suppose but I think that that crusty old fart doesn't have the patience to deal with lessers. (Take that RK. Maybe I'll replace Vice Admiral Taylor on your screw 'em list? ;-)
But . . . but . . . the interesting things I saw in the catalog were mostly in the club assembly area; e.g., remove grips with either a knife or a hacksaw (!) And, cut steel shafts with a tubing cutter (o.k.) and graphites with a hacksaw (not o.k. unless more info is provided.) Regripping? "Leave 2" of tape off the butt end of the club for sealing the butt end." That's o.k. but 2"? Seems like a lot. I realize this may seem a quibble but wow! If you're a new guy it can be confusing. I note a couple of other things. Pricing. $.0.30 each for a ferrule? Kinda high? I think so. Pix of mixie stix with no pricing? That's fine but why show them? Interpretive, intuitive, rhetorical. I realize it appears I'm being overly picky, but consider this blurb from the Leyland ad ( I must paraphrase here since I don't have the catalog before me) "the Leyland xxx shaft, the number one selling shaft in the US". Or words to that effect. I can't remember, in the nearly 4 decades I've been mucking about with this stuff, ever having sold a Leyland shaft - or for that matter, any Leyland product. I've heard the name. I've heard good and bad comments about it/them. But I'll be damned if I can recall ever having seen one. Other ads are not to be blamed on CSG. Most particularly those from Harrison; but then that's a subject for another post. So. . . I'm not particularly pissed at CSG. They're a couple of guys trying to make a living, as most all of us have done or are doing. I just don't like the forwarding of information to the unsuspecting; many of whom will and do take a lot of the crap sent as gospel. Man, I'm glad I'm retired! I anxiously await delivery of my Harrison shafts that I will honestly and honorably examine, test, and report upon. Until then, I remain, your constant curmudgeon . . . TFlan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Reeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 5:50 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Another catalog > TFlan, > If you recall, they are one of the people RK doesn't do business > with, because they don't sell individual irons - just sets. > > You are screwed if you or your customer loses an iron and you > just need the lost one. > > FWIW - I did order a single 3w from them. Quick and accurate > service. Head was nicely finished (just bare metal, no paint). > > /Ed > > tflan wrote: > > I rec'd a catalog today from a company called "CSG Component Golf > > Supplies." I have no idea how they got my address other than the > > possibility some other catalog company is sharing info. Pisses me off. > > Their primary offering are the Leyland line of clubs and shafts, along > > with Apache and Penley graphites, and some TT steels. They also have a > > line of Leyland graphite and steel shafts. I read some of the comments > > re;Leyland stuff here a week ago or so. Now I'm wondering if any of the > > new stuff has been used by any of y'all. > > > > Thanks > > > > TFlan > > >
