Total Newb Question DASS

[Putterfan13]

Im sure there is a great thread on here about this I just need to be pointed in the right direction. Im thinking it is Double Aged Stainless Steel, but is there a place I can get more info on it or some input for you guys? thanks for any help!

[jr]

From what I understand Bettinardi gets his steel manufactured locally in the Chicago area from mills that will offer him the specific combinations of metals he needs for putters that he will mill in house at Studio B. I believe Double Aged refers to the smelting process that Bob requests and relates to the extra steps taken to make sure all the impurities are removed from the steel before it is made into billets.

[Putterfan13]

Thanks John that is what I was looking for!

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From Bob himself during an industry chat at golfwrx.com in 2006:

http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=22102&hl=


Here's the DASS section:

RJB: I would say in materials Frank, we have a wide range of materials that Bettinardi Golf uses, and some of it is proprietary, and some of it is just as simple as a very soft carbon steel and there’s some numbers behind that and there’s some numbers behind the stainless steel. The stainless steel we call a DASS which is a double aged stainless steel. It’s a very, very soft stainless that gets annealed twice which gets all the impurities out of the metal and makes it even more malleable and more machinable, which makes it more softer for me to machine, which gives you a better feel at impact. The carbon steel is a very soft carbon steel there happens to be... actually a material that’s imbedded in the carbon steel that makes it soft for me to machine, and again gives you that soft feeling at impact, when you putt the ball. So a lot of it is proprietary, I don’t want to go into great detail as far as my materials but I’m a very, very stickler when it comes down to materials and what I use to make my putters I just don’t want to grab anything off of a distributors shelf. I ‘m pretty particular when it comes to that.