This putter is from the Fred X Fry Collection and its original condition is well above average.  He had two of these!  The head shows minimal dings. The two arms are solid, not cracked like they sometimes are.  The lead on the sole is perfectly flush and untouch. The sole itself is marked "Otto Hacbarth / Pat 687,539." The head is very clean, with sharp lines along all edges.

The original shaft bears Fry's two inventory labels.  A copy of Fry's notebook page about this club will be provided to the winner of this lot. For national magazine articles and more on Fred X. Fry, America's first major golf club collector, Click Here.

Otto Hackbarth began advertising his forked hosel putters in 1910, taking order by mail.  Chick Evens, the winner of the US Open and US Amateur in 1916, made it famous.  Evans used this club during a good portion of his career, and with great success.  Hackbarth wanted a center-shafted putter, but to help prevent the putter from twisting when putts were struck off center, he devised a forked hosel that would attach at both the heel and toe. 

TCA2: V1 p 214-215