LaMont walked over to the belt sanders and started going to town. Once the putter was done with the Bridgeport machine, there is still quite a bit of work to be done.
I asked LaMont if it'd be okay if we did that to this one. Not only does it look different, but boy does it ever feel soft. I have a friend who has a MannKrafted putter that has some awesome barb wire style milling pattern. Here's a picture of the face after a pass with the mill. Here is a video I took of some of the milling process. Unfortunately I had the stupid slow motion setting on my IPhone when taking videos. I think this is the old measure twice cut once theory. Lots of measuring and testing and measuring. Here are some pics:Īfter setting everything up, he took some measurements and gave it a test run. I don't really know much about the Bridgeport machine or milling putters, but this was neat. This was a pretty loud process and there was metal flying, but I was able to snag some pretty cools pics and videos of the process. So LaMont says, “How much time do you have? Want to watch me make your putter?†HELL YES! Here are some random things to be worked on as well Really big fan of the putter that is on this desktop Since I came after hours, LaMont brought back where all the magic happens! I snapped up some pictures of some random things: I snapped a pic of the work shop and boy do they have a great setup!
They were closed, but the facility is beautiful. After an $8 Uber ride, I arrived at Hot Stix. Hmmm, I had a busy week, but I knew that I just had to make it out to see LaMont. Extremely excited for this opportunity I said order up, baby!įast forward another month or so and I was making a business trip to Scottsdale. I can honestly say I've owned hundreds of putters in my life although none of them have been made of brass. He mentioned that he had some brass available. Sometime in April, when I first saw pics of the MA66 model, I reached out to LaMont and told him that I had to have one! Going through some career and life changes, I told him to take his time on this because golf season was nowhere near the future. When I saw pictures of LaMont's first true take on a Ping Anser head, I just had to have it. I for one don't really care if they make putts, but I'm a HUGE sucker for the classics. However, he's never afraid to take risks and I think that the art that has become creating putters could really use some more LaMont Mann. I'm sure many were turned off by his slow turnarounds back in the day, but for those who knew the quality of his work, everything was worth the wait! LaMont's ability to always acquiesce to someone's requests has led to some serious outside of the box and sometimes off-putting designs. If you know LaMont as I have come to know him, you will instantly realize that he has a hard time telling people “No.†Obviously in the business world that can lead to some serious back logs and pissed off customers. His pricing was great, quality of work was top notch, but his turnaround time was subpar. Long before LaMont was producing putters for Hot Stix in Scottsdale, Arizona and now Jim Butler of Table Rock, he was refinishing putters for golf geeks on numerous forums. So, I will gladly admit that I am a little biased when it comes to MannKrafted Putters. I have been a pretty vocal supporter of LaMont Mann in his endeavors over many years. MA66 Brass Head with Double Bend Shaft- 35†3* loft and 367 gram head
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