The things you find in flea markets...!

[1972Apex]

So I'm at a local flea market this morning looking for a used vice for my workbench. As As I'm about to pay for the vice I say to the guy "hey, you got any old golf clubs?". He says "yeah, Shed 13, way at the end"
It was a long walk to Shed 13 so I almost didn't go, but at the last second I thought "hey I need an Hogan Apex wedge shaft, maybe there'll be an old Apex wedge in there"
In Shed 13 I found the usual assortment of junk. Rusting store-brand clubs all jammed into big barrels, bullseye mini putt putters etc. I sifted through most of the stuff but it didn't look very promising.
As I moved jammed old clubs around in one large blue barrel I could see a red shaft band that looked like an apex shaft. I dig into the the irons and pull out a BRAND NEW Ben Hogan FTX 5 iron with an Apex 4 steel shaft, with the plastic still on the head!
OK, now I dump the whole barrel out and start going through it. Inside were 2 more new FTX 5 irons, one with no plastic on the head and a tiny bit of staining on the back (it'll clean up), 3 or 4 new Ben Hogan BH-5 5-irons and finally a new FTX 6 iron however with a graphite shaft but also no plastic on the head.
So I take the FTX 5 and 6 irons with no plastic on the heads back to the counter, hold them out and say 'how much for these two golf clubs and the vice'. 15 Canadian loonies later I am driving down the road with my workbench vice and two Ben Hogan FTX long irons
I think once I pop an Apex 4 steel shaft into the 6 these should work pretty well mixed in with my old Hogan blades.

[LobWedge]

Nice find!

[fundonny]

Wish I could find some of those antique roadshow finds... Good job!

[Marcos]

Reid is a Hogan magnet!!!

[1972Apex]

Donny, it's my first major find at a flea market LOL!
Marcos, I sure feel like a Hogan magnet this weekend!
It just occurred to me that I could go back there this week and grab another FTX 5-iron with a steel Apex 4 shaft. I should be able to just shorten that shaft a 1/2 inch and pop it in the 6 iron! Or am I missing something here.... let's see, a 5 iron flex is generally 10 cpms softer than a 6 iron... but the 6 iron head is lighter and it will be a half inch shorter so it should flex a bit stiffer...
Oh well, I have my own frequency meter and it's a 5 buck experiment.... only one way to find out for sure

[1972Apex]

Oh wait, the 6 iron head is HEAVIER than the 5 iron head...

[bobblehead]

Nice find. A buddy of mine found a set of Cleveland TA5 irons in great shape for $25 I don't have such luck

[Chieflongtee]

Oh wait, the 6 iron head is HEAVIER than the 5 iron head...

Usually the shorter length offsets the head weight. If you take a weight sorted set and trim the tips in 1/2 increment the frequency will follow suit. Your only problem here is the step pattern since those are tapered and you can't tip them.

[Chieflongtee]

The Apex 4 - 5 iron measures 38.5(well at least the one I have here)
The fist step is at 13 inches from the ground
Then your step pattern is 1.25
then 2 inches twice I believe

Closest replacement shaft is
TT-Dynalite Gold S300 taper tip

Hope this helps.

[1972Apex]

The Apex 4 - 5 iron measures 38.5(well at least the one I have here)
The fist step is at 13 inches from the ground
Then your step pattern is 1.25
then 2 inches twice I believe

Closest replacement shaft is
TT-Dynalite Gold S300 taper tip

Hope this helps.

Thanks Andre! Yes, I will probably go with TT Dynalite if I cannot dig up an Apex 4 6-iron pullout. Appreciate the info.