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I have a set of 4irons/2 woods jack white of gullane with palonika shafts sit.rite no.777699 iron heads of any interest or value
Bryan McWilliams

Dale Concannon writes:

Palakona or split-cane wooden shafts were introduced in the 1920's. While popular, they never really revolutionised golf the same way metal shafts did a short time later. Endorsed by 1904 British Open champion, Jack White, later of Sunningdale Golf Club, I am unsure what constituted a complete set. (It might even have been the six clubs you describe.) That said, there is still a market for such interesting clubs but only a small one. Consequently, the only clue to price I can offer is that whenever they appear at auction, whether individually or other wise, Palakona shafted clubs fetch about £30 each.