Super-Giant Niblick & Mashie Golf Clubs
The usual “giants” produced intermittently by several different makers between about 1905 and into the 1920’s were only moderately larger than regular irons and were playable. They are not uncommon but have wonderful appeal.
Club expert Jeff Ellis proposes that a true “giant niblick” has between 3 1/4″ and 3 7/8″ of face depth at its deepest point, while a Dreadnought niblick or Junior Mammoth Niblick is usually between 2 1/2″ and 3″ tall. In person, super-giants look more and more massive with even small incremental increases in size. Giant Niblicks are more common than giant irons and putters.
Pictured here, flanking Titleist’s newest Vokey SM10 wedge, are a super-giant niblick made by J. P. Cochrane which measures over 4 1/2″ tall and 5 3/4″ long, and a super-giant mashie of extreme weight, made by W.L. Ritchie measuring 3 3/4″ tall and 5 1/2″ long.
Some believe that such rare, true giants, are so unwieldy that they may have been for sales display or to demonstrate a maker’s craftsmanship.