Rather in the way of sypathetic magic I would use vegatable oil on wood. Naturally I only use the wifes very best virgin olive oil { i'm worth it}. In this case, these club are only roughly finished with no polishing of the surface. So to oil it up I think would be the wrong thing to do. I did use a very small amount of WD40 to remove the auction stain and that can remove some of the surface grime one wants to keep. The handle has a patina just from being handled. I know many clubs are polished in there manufacture and from use but I think many has been polished in the past by collectors. One could see that as part of the clubs history. When I strip varnish off polished clubs, the striper leaves a kind of bloom on the surface but the patina is almost instantly revived with olive oil I show some close ups of the pigment on the club head and sections of the handle .
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