Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Japan Only Pivot Tools



Rating: 7 points

Pros: Only released in Japan
Cons: Not released in the United States

No way around it... Japan gets cooler stuff than America. That's a slight exaggeration, but there does seem to be a trend towards very unique and exciting items that are only released through the Scotty Cameron Museum & Gallery. More often than not, we, as collectors, concentrate on putters and headcovers (think Damascus 009 and Patchwork Headcovers), but there have been several Japan Only Pivot Tools released in the past few years that really stand out against their stateside counterparts.

These two tools are no exception. The first is identically marked as a USA only version of a Scotty Cameron Studio Store released pivot tool, but in silver. Okay, so maybe our stuff isn't too different, however the unique color is one of the more popular that Scotty has released in the past few years. The second is a version with graphics closely matching the carbon steel Timeless putters released at 2009's M&G meeting in October. Anodized in "Solar Squeeze", this tool uses another of Scotty's more popular pivot tool colors and really stands out against the rest of my collection. The aforementioned graphics also appear sideways, something we have not seen very regularly on pivot tools.

Two great additions to my growing pivot tool collection... I wouldn't have them without the help of a very dear friend from Japan who helps me obtain Japan Only items on occasion.