[redan]

Heel-toe balance would be the traditional ping/cameron putter. toe droops 30 degrees plus toward floor. Face balance putters r trad choice of top pros who contact ball above equator. I have seen face balanced ping and cameron models. Certain styles or designs can be one or the other, other designs have to be one or the other. There are also pure hangers where the toe drops straight down. Old heel shafted putters do this-- George Lowe designs, the famous Wilson putter. Some Ray Cook models. Getting a custom made putter today is hard but not impossible. Dave Curry [sic?] at Big Oak Putters will make you one, but if you have to ask how much, you can't afford it. However, his production models are excellent. Tom Slighter in Seattle will make you a beautiful flat stick. Slighter can also refurbish any old putter you have. He is an artist. I have two of his, and expect never to buy another putter so long as I live. I've heard Bobby Grace will make a custom putter for anyone... but I'm not 100% sure this is still true. Brian Manzella's article on "Rolling the Rock" might give you an idea of what kind of stroke would work with a face balanced putter, but I've tried his suggested method with several styles of putters and it works pretty fair with all of them.