[JPsuff]

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To each his own, but the installer tool has many advantages over using the clubhead - particularly for someone who has never installed ferrules. I remember the first time I put a ferrule on using the clubhead, I nearly broke a few knuckles when the hosel slipped off the ferrule and the shaft went into my hand.

The installer tool sits around the ferrule and a step inside provides the pushing surface. This configuration ensures that the ferrule is held solidly. Also, a "T" handled tool allows one to apply pressure evenly from the heel of one's hand as opposed to mainly thumb pressure when using the clubhead. Once the ferrule is set about an inch down the shaft, the hosel of the clubhead can be used to set the ferrule to its final position safely as the shaft acts as a mandrel to guide the hosel.

Once I used that tool, I have never used anything else.


-JP