Dunlop Maxfli Australian Blades. A Missing Link in the Story? Greentree Lee Trevino Personal.

[@adrianleman5158]

my favourite channel,as a golf historian and collector myself.

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

Thanks Adrian!

[@paulmcgee1867]

Another great review

[@Ryglado]

This is great stuff. Subscribed.

[@wadepatton2433]

No doubt I need those with "Scotland" on the shank. And I'm not watching any more vids here until I set aside more funds for club collecting. 🤣 I'm already over my limit. Love learning some history on all these clubs. Just watched the back nine of the final round of the 86 US Open because the Power Ridged Ray Floyd irons vid. Thanks 👍

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

There's so much great vintage golf viewing on KZbin that you could spend days going through it all, no doubt that I have!

[@BradMeehan]

I just restored one of these on my channel! Great history of these great clubs.

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

Cool! I'll go and take a look. 👍

[@raindogred]

Saw that one..great channel

[@Chendoart]

I'm a big Lee Treviño fan. Thanks bro. Very informative. KZbin's algorithm couldn't find me this out of all the times I typed in Lee Treviño. Data collection is a joke 🤣

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

You're right there, I waste hours trying to find videos on golf history.

[@tadhgoconnor434]

Very interesting really enjoyed. The story really links everything together.

[@16pennynails]

That name stuck in my head when I learned of the "Australian Blade" in the very late nineties,, the only two singles I own are the last incarnation which I think is a cast muscleback, a 5 iron demo and a SW. I have to admit that 5 iron is something nice....on a good swing, lol! Made In Australia, those are highly collectible now days, I have access to a set of "DP30 Australian Blade irons, think they are from '91 or so, but I'm hesitant to buy them. They are for really good ballstrikers no doubt.

[@geoffreyclark2805]

Quite a bit of detective work on your part Nick, amazing how a design develops and progresses. Thanks for all your research, great vlog.

[@mikejarrett6144]

i remember buying a Greentree Lee Trevino 2 wood from Woolworths in Hemel Hempstead in about 1979/80 !! My son used Maxfli Australian blades to good effect 25 years ago when he played County Golf. Really nice clubs.

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

They were the days, when you could buy golf clubs at your local Woolies!

[@rhv84060]

Outstanding. Thank you!

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

Thanks!

[@martinwright6255]

Another fantastic and informative video - and with a little help from the great Ross Baker.

[@16-bit-trip5]

Great video. I just found your channel and as soon as I did it was basically an instant subscribe. Love this kind of content!

[@FORE_GOLFS_SAKE]

Great Video again Nick, and Ross Baker is definitely the man , when it comes to Australian made golf clubs, he has been a massive help to me personally with help with Classic golf clubs, and restoring clubs etc. I look forward to seeing your next Video, always great to watch and learn.

[@edwinlambley2801]

Absolutely fascinating you must have spent hours researching these irons. Thanks for producing this history series it can so easily be lost in time.

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

Thanks! Yes, each one takes a good while to make.

[@markcook4693]

I played nine holes this morning and when I returned the sand bucket to the shed it goes in I found there was a set of the Maxfli made in Australia red dot blades and a persimmon 4 wood with a clear dot in the middle of the face. Couldn't resist giving the 2 iron and the 4 wood a hit, felt nice.

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

What a find!

[@salfordnick5336]

Got a full set of the greentree accurists irons....still good to hit, a classic blade

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

Great looking clubs, I especially like the touch with the green topped ferrules.

[@salfordnick5336]

@ClassicGolfClubs Great for practice, as if you can hit the 3 iron well you can hit anything ha

[@MjKestrel]

Owned a set of Maxfli Australian blades which i loved the shaft that my set were fitted with. They were "Alta" steel shafts, a black shaft band label lettering with 2 separated black circle lines below the shaft sticker, i remember the shaft in the grip area was curved slightly (like a banana, leaflet came with the new irons stating this) i also remember when i had the grips changed by a pro the new grips kept twisting after being correctly fitted so this spoiled the set as the old grips were cut off, were they a special grip for the curved Alta shaft i always thought years later ?..✴️🦅⚪

[@davidrfedwards]

Australian red dots were forged from stainless steel, & finished in the slazenger factory in sydney, if they have a serial number on the ferrule they were a custom order. 56 degree sand iron then 4 gaps.

[@MrUlfdub]

According to "The Golf Club Identification & Price Guide" Dunlop's version first surfaced in 1976: Stamps: Sole - Dunlop. Back Pad - Block Letter Maxfli. Top Line - Red Dot + Made in Australia. 1977-78 version: Same head style as 1979-80 but Stamps are different: Sole - Dunlop. Back Pad - Red Dot Logo + Script Maxfli. Top Line Australian Blade. 1979-80: Same head shape as 81 but stamps are: Sole - Dunlop. Back - Block letter Maxfli. Top Line - Australian Blade. 1981: Same as 1982-83, but NOTE sole construction is NOT radiused but is flat. Also, speaking from experience, there MAY be slight color variations from one year to the next in paint fill. I have a "set" I purchased second hand (1977-78 2-P.W.) that are identical except the 7 and 8 irons have RED paint in the numbers and the rest BLACK. (could be done by a previous owner but it doesn't appear to be the case).

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

Thanks, that ties in with what I thought for the "Made in Australia". Beyond that the waters get muddy as different versions seem to have been produced in different countries. The Maxfli in script seems to have been an American version as the block letter Maxfli was available in Europe from early 1978 and maybe even 1977.

[@deetee2219]

I believe the story with the Black Dot Australian Blade you used in your comparison was that the American pro's were so impressed with the Red Dot Made in Australia blade that they wanted them in the USA. The blanks were shipped to the USA and ground there. The result was very similar but not quite up to the quality of the Red Dot Made in Australia iron.

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

The black dots were sold in Europe too, the one I used in the comparison is one of the European Black dot versions. I think that the first set of USA forgings were based on those red dots but as you say, they didn't quite get it right first time out.

[@alpistor]

Looks like a sombrero, just like Jack N's golden bear symbol. Fine video. Thanks.

[@wadepatton2433]

Interesting to read (in the advertising shown) how the "Controlite" shafts were designed by Trevino to be stiffer in the shorter irons for more control. I recently read that's exactly what Hogan's Apex shafts were about-less stiffness in the long irons and more in the short ones. Great minds thinking in parallel or did one predate and influence the other? I came back to examine the info here as I'm now curious if Greentree forged these irons or cast them, if indeed they specified one or the other as the heads are not marked "forged" only "handmade".

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

The irons are cast, in the Golf World article at 7:50 it says that the heads are supplied by Precision Products of Cumbernauld, who were a precision casting company who developed some very accurate processes.

[@djelalhassan7631]

Great

[@Tonyparr79]

I have a set of red dots and a set of black dots. The red dots came with maxfli persimmon 1, 3,4 woods.

[@jakobnordin]

Just found a MAXFLI Australian Blade from the late 70’s for 4 USD at a thrift store and I’m down the rabbit hole…..

[@wesbutler8289]

Have a set I bought in 78-80 time frame.

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

You've done well to hang on to them! Hope you still give them an airing occasionally. 😄

[@markb7857]

Nice follow up to a comment I made on your last video... or it could be a coincidence ofc.... :)

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

I've been wanting to do something on Australian Blades for a while so when these Greentree clubs turned up and I researched more about them it seemed a good opportunity. It does follow on nicely from your comment though. 🙂

[@robertsharp5863]

Every time i bid on a set of the Australian blade or green tree irons I always get out bid

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

I don't know where you're based but here in the UK clastic club prices do seem to have crept up slightly over the last year, but they're still ridiculously cheap for what they are!

[@andrewh6034]

I just watched a video of Lee Trevino in the pro-celebrity golf series from 1979 and he had a bag with John Letters on the side.

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

He was with John Letters from some time in the late 1970s. Two club designs were produced in 1979; the Master Mex and the Super Mex but neither bears much resemblance to the Australian Blade. (The Master Mex was the slightly more expensive) There was also a Letters "MM II" model from around 1981 which is closer to the Australian Blade in design, it features Lee's trade mark sombrero but not his name.

[@kieranhimself3655]

The two iron in the top right corner could be the best looking iron ever made

[@julesdowner5585]

i now want to try all these irons! aarrgfghh! , i go to my local tip and over the years i have seen most of these clubs being scrapped! , now i have started collecting which is probably a bad thing! ha . i have a few sets of Browning irons and Wilson clubs too but only one set of maxfli blades and a set of 'Super Mex' clubs! . i probably get as much enjoyment polishing them as i do playing with them!

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

That's great Jules! Handling the clubs is definitely as much fun as playing them. If you're in the UK keep your eyes open for classic/vintage competitions, there are a few over the year across the country.

[@julesdowner5585]

Ah, thankyou , i will look out for them . A happy New Year To You. I am now going to celebratev but looking at a set of Leyland (?) irons . (i don't drink so why not!)@@ClassicGolfClubs

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

@@julesdowner5585 Happy New Year to you too. I spent ages trying to find a set of Leyland irons, found what I thought were a good set but when I got them home they were left-handed! Then got another set but the shafts were so badly rusted that they were snapping just by waving them around a bit!

[@julesdowner5585]

@@ClassicGolfClubs Ah!, Thats what you get for having a Rory McIlroy swing speed!| If these are any good you are welcome to them. Tomorrow lunchtime i will find out!

[@oldniblick]

Great work Nick, your vid tells the story very well! 👍🦘

[@ClassicGolfClubs]

Thanks Ross!