For centuries, splice neck joints were the territory of wood head clubs, and wood head clubs only.  That ended in 1910 when Frank Murray received a British patent for his splice neck iron, which now stands as the only iron made with a splice neck joint in the history of the game.

The Murry splice neck iron offered here is the very club shown in The Clubmakers Art 2nd Edition, v1 p 180-181.  It is a cleek in wonderful original condition, complete with its original grip.  Some of the whipping is missing along the side of the splice joint, but this allows the connection between the head and shaft to be observed. 

In the accompanying images the viewer can see the top of the shaft low on the back side of the hosel, and the tip of the hosel well up on the back side of the shaft.  According to the patent, the hosel was made with a series of serrations in order to help the glue bind the head to the shaft. 

The shaft is original to this club, as is the neck whipping. This club sold as one of a two club lot at the Sothebys JBE golf Auction in 2007, and the tag is still on the grip.  Because Murray irons are the only irons that possess a splice joint, the ability to see the joint is a good thing!