Putter collar
A millimetre proud is a speech at address
Putter ferrules are tiny. They sit in the only place a golfer stares on purpose. A proud ring on a plumber’s neck is not “character.” It is a step in the sight line. We check sit at address height, not only on the bench.
Necks
Plumber, heel, and the odd slant
Plumber’s necks wear a short collar where the bend lives. Heel-shafted blades often wear almost nothing, which means the ring that is there had better be flush. Slant necks vary; we dry-mock twice because the paint line is a curve, not a circle. Corinne turns these slower than woods. The lathe does not mind. Golfers who want it “while I wait” do mind, and they still wait.
Color at address
Black disappears. Amber becomes a second sight line. Some players like that. Most who ask for amber on a putter change their minds when they see it at their own eye height, not in a bench photo. We will stand you over the vise (carefully) before we commit to a stripe.
What we will not do to a neck
We will not bore a putter hosel. We will not “tip it a little” to change lie under the cover of a new ring. If the neck is bent, say so and we will send you to a bending shop. A pretty collar on a banana neck is a lie you will still see at six feet.