Re: ShopTalk: Wood head problem

[Al Taylor]

So, if you bring the head back to normal address, with sole flat on ground, 
the head appears open, correct?  Remember they used to make heads open 2 or 
3 degrees as normal.  Sometimes older wood heads will appear more open than 
actual due to the bulge and roll.  Interesting stuff.  What kind of a head 
is it?  Wood wood blank?  Got me curious now.

Al

At 02:40 PM 3/13/2003, you wrote:
On a sample wood head that is 46 degrees I ran into a strange looking 
problem. When setting with the sole flat on the floor, the
head is about 6" ahead of the butt of the shaft. The hosel is the same in 
others of the set so it must be designed that way. If I
square up the shaft and face to hit a ball in the right direction, the 
back of the head is 1/2" off the ground! Until I noticed this
I kind of liked the wood. Anyone know why something like this wood be used??
DeanS