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'Handcrafted America' features local craftsman
LaMont Mann talks with Jill Wagner, host of Handcrafted America, about his custom made golf putters. (Photo courtesy of INSP)
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LaMont Mann of Fountain Hills is a craftsman who puts quality handcrafted golf putters into the hands of golfers all over the country.
Mann was recently featured on the INSP cable television network program Handcrafted America, Fridays at 10:30 p.m. MST (Cox Channel 112). The show will air again on Friday, Dec. 23.
Mann tells show host Jill Wagner that he has always felt that the putter is the most personal club a golfer has in their bag. In 1996 he had still not found the right putter for him, so he set out to make it himself.
Mann made his own putter using raw steel and a grinding wheel. From that one putter, MannKrafted Kustom Milled Putters was founded.
Today, to get that individual touch Mann takes the time to get to know his customers personally and keeps in touch for each step of the process. From that effort he is able to create the club that is just right for them.
“It matters who makes the putter, who forges the putter, who hand-shapes the putter, who stamps the putter,” Mann states on his website. “It matters to me because it’s my name that goes on it.
“I always go back to my original dream which is to take a block of steel and turn it into someone’s pride and joy - it’s your putter.”
In the interview for the show, Mann tells Wagner he takes great pride in making products by his own hand.
“I believe that one of the challenges that we face as a nation is that there is very little pride in workmanship in most industries,” Mann said. “Companies produce such large quantities of products, mostly outside of the USA, and there is seldom anyone held accountable for quality of product.
“When a person takes on a project and creates something with his or her own hands, the resulting pride in workmanship is nearly inevitable.
“Handmade goods can be crafted in such a way that there is a lot more attention to detail, at every step. A mass produced product needs to be made in such a hurry that it is very easy for corners to get cut, sacrifices in quality to be made and the end product is less perfect than that which has been crafted a little slower, but with a human being watching every single step along the way.”
More information regarding Mann’s products can be found at his website, mannkrafted.com.
