Lot # 348: Early 1900s Mills BSD 1 Cleek Model

Category: Golf Clubs

Starting Bid: $25.00

Bids: 16 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "2025 Golf Antiques - Hosted by Jeff Ellis",
which ran from 2/13/2025 5:00 PM to
2/23/2025 9:00 PM



Produced by William Mills of Sunderland, England, this early 1900s BSD1 Cleek Model aluminum metalwood has a long-nose-style clubhead that measures 4 3/8" in length and 1 1/16" in face depth.  In the Mills catalog for 1909, the BSD line of metalwoods had long heads and deep faces while the BS line has long heads and shallow faces.  The catalogs compared the clubs in both lines to the old school long, mid, short, and baffy spoons. However, the Mill's clubs were designed to take the place of irons. Hence the "Cleek" model offered here, which the catalog describes as a long-spoon, is only 37 3/4" in length. It has its original leather-wrapped grip.

Aluminum is a soft metal, so many aluminum clubs look well worn. This aluminum head shows only moderate use. The hosel is solid, with no cracks. 

For more on Mills clubs see The Clubmaker's Art 2 ,Volume 1 p338-341.