Interesting question... I suspect the marketing department would have to answer you. It might come down to the obvious, whether they could make a profit.

I've always collected old clubs, but I'm more interested in the real thing than a reissue. Obviously, I can't afford some of what's out there, but fortunately, some old MacGregor clubs I used during high school don't seem to demand much on ebay. I had a set of Titleist irons around the mid 70s when I lived in Jamaica. They were a set of beautiful blades I'd love to find for wall art.

Think you have to look at supply and demand, I.E., forged/Japan vs cast/US Vokey wedges.. We are fine with cast here and dont want the added expense of forged wedges(from Vokey himself). Then theres changing the dies and machinery to make them, marketing and publications.. And like Dennis said, Id rather have the original.

Company's keep innovating and don't tend to take steps backwards.

Classics are classics for a reason and a remake wouldn't be cost effective for the company.

Titleist make quality products and that's why the older models are still sort after because there great clubs.

100% agree w this

I sell and play classic clubs, and I take pride that I try out every Titleist that comes my way. With very few exceptions, each succeeding generation shows improvement, in feel, sound, accuracy, and playability, without disregarding tradition or style.
With that said, take every aspect of older clubs, and compare them to new. The metals they're constructed with today are superior to the older models, quality control is better, shaft technology has evolved by leaps and bounds, computer aided design gives us a better center of gravity, MOI, etc., even the paint is better. In the right hands, any club is a contender, but why rest on your laurels? Companies that did that no longer exist.
I'd rather have Titleist moving forward than living in the past, building tomorrow's classics, not yesterday's.

I can't quite agree with the lack of a market for forged vokey wedges. The USA has approx 25 million golfers compared with only 10 million in Japan. I have to import my forged wedges from Japan. It would only be a matter of additional heads being produced and them being shipped to the USA and Europe, no big deal about that.
I also enquired about pre-ground leading edges and was given the same reason - lack of demand. Lo and behold, six months later it became available.

I would say that the 3 main types of people that buy Titleist clubs are 1) people who want the latest and greatest technology and innovation (or just show off to their golf buddies how much they spend on golf clubs), the person that wants to play a quality club, (such as myself I have a set of 735 CM), or the collector. If Titleist produced old clubs again they would not fall into any of those 3 categories. You can find a high quality set of irons from 10 or 15 years ago that still perform well for the average golfer. I probably play 5 or 6 rounds a year and hit my irons very well but it doesn't benefit me whatsoever to spend top dollar for something that will be "outdated" after I've played 10 or 12 rounds with them.

I bought my first set of Titleist irons back in 1997 off a growing company called eBay. I think I paid about $100 for them at the time and I used them for about 15 years. They were/are a great set but I wanted to get something with more feel. I really wanted a set of blades but I didn't want to shell out the cash for them or the 731PM. I was in Golf Galaxy one day and they had a set of 735 CM on sale for less than $200 and I hit a few and the feel was really good. I bought them and have been using them ever since. I hit them really well and I probably won't buy another set unless it's a set of blades.

Unless you are a very competitive golfer you don't need the latest and greatest equipment. Hell, I was using 3 and 5 wood persimmon png Eye 2 as recently as about 7 years ago. I could knock my 5 wood about 200 dead straight and the 3 wook about 220 also dead straight. When you find a club you hit well there's no reason to try and replace it no matter how old or off brand it might be.

I would love if they did this. To this day the 981 irons are my favorite irons I have ever owned. I would like to have a set for nostalgia sake even if they weren't my gamers.