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next up BUCHI MT201 i added these recently and have had some teething problems with them , when they are good they are very very good....... but of late they have been sensational. finally got them wired a few times in a row to make a significant impact on my confidence playing them on top courses i went . 5-pw as im hitting my big fat old 4i form prgr so well no point with these having a knife 4. small. thin. rounded. kinda of have a slight old sckool gooseneck with out being goose neck , hard ot explain, flat sole but with bounce, hard to explain pics do it MUCH better, U know when u hear those explaianations esp on drivers.. pro level but have a ton of forgivness...... made for GI but can go miles , u knw u gotta that that with a grain of salt. so what im suggesting here or trying to imply is ALMOST the same with these , they are shaped as such they are like scalpels on hard pan , as good as ANY for those conds, but they have bounce to them that makes hitting out of rough easy and off thicker juicier grass a delight. i know........ shoot me , but its true, in fact more so than both the honmas and tourstage. when ooking at the ball at address , the head shape frames the ball bigger than it is becd they have aa higher toe and a bit shorter lenghth , with a top line that has some body to it, some weight , some power , where as the toursatge re thinner and all knife like , these have some oomph to them similarly to miuraism sb01 but rounder, sb01 are rectangular. these are rounded. impact is SO similar to both the miuraism and masda mb its impossible to tell which is which. let alone better , there is no better. workability - both ways with aplomb, favours neither a cut nor draw, Sb01 like a cut honama are neutral , ts can maybe see a draw easier. yonex DEFINITLEY DRAW LOOK. flight- is mid , they dont look so fat in the muscle that the ball will bring rain. design looks- outstanding, they font on these looks superb thye REALLY look like a top of the run club. Tabuchi san did a heck of a job with these. ill let the pics talk now......................... ive said enough

Im going to add more to this bec as far back as a few days ago its clear, BORON IS A LONG WAY from being.. dead. i have a bunch of older 2011/2012/13 ish , Yamaha endo forged v series heads , bascaily made of the best material there was (is) , great shape 425/440/460 cc heads amazing feel i took to Mr wiard and said what do u think, he s just done the 7d yamaha for me and said why not do them all with yuor best shafts bec there is no better head..... 13 yrs on........................ , u know wht i kind of agree with him. lots of great heads out there but better than an ENDO made no expsnse spared one ?? , sorry, no so stinger 70s. diamana x 70s crazy black 80 7.4 seven dreamers 65xs all went in to the YAM heads basically the same length, specs all 9-10* lofts. i finally took them all out for a lets see sesshy, just the yams un diluted with my others to see what was the "best". -Range balls but good bridgestone balls that dont fall out of the sky after 150 yards, these are like good quality " cheap : balls so its a fair test not being able to hit them on the course like i usually do to definitively test my hoards. ihit a TON of balls in hot humid ,no wind day. after warming up i hit 10 balls with each driver session 1 then had a break . - decided to start with the Xshaft from2014 @ 10*.. (my god this is about as a good a club as ive hit , the feel is like what id call perfection. slightly higher ball flight but flat and reaching , searching for distance. it didnt like to whip about laterlly too much but its more than doable. shaping this IS possbile , i have the 2017 shaft but thats in my jbeam 435 black and prob not likey to come out anytime this century. as an aside there IS a differnce in 2014/2017 but its so minimal its almost undetectable in a driver ,in a fw wood is where i can tell. -next up was the crazy black 80 7.4............, im not 100% sure what i think about this in a driver its SO stiff and dense and LOW , if ur not on your game at the top of ur game , this thing KILLS you its just not for the light hearted. its a proper beast. i was hitting the ball well so i was getting it to ignite a bit but in all honesty i cud go down a flex in this shaft and enjoy it more. i hit it well and saw its character but id not reach for it often and not in a comp bec its such as task master. of all the shafts this was the least suited to the YAM head and i think it wud be better served in my kamui top 07 10.5* , i think thats what i wil do with it bec it was , by a ways my least fav and had the biggest legnth dispersion results. def the shortest but also he second longest on a single oomph hit. - Diamana boron stinger was next. longest single blow. tightest dispersion laterally but second biggest legnth dispersion. when i top it a bit , its a proper worm buner BUT not as bad as the crazy. miss left, right on the face and i wasnt getting punished THAT bad. wasnt great of ocurse but yea none went ob they were all on first cut. totally acceptable. flight is low mid. its hard to launch this high even with high tee it just prefers to go flat and straight, i have enormous confidence reaching for this bec. i know im just never going to get munched with it and when i get into the ball proper i get FULL reward with distance. this has been so for years with so many heads ive had on them, the jbeam 435 70x ive got and never changed is STLL my go to for the longest courses i play as much as i try all.. theres a reason thsi thing is never out of reach. granted it doesn feel that good esp in the jbeam, in the yam it livens up a lot, in the kamui its awsome.. but for this test its a great match with the ENDO head. -Last of course was the 7d its funny bec. i play this the least of all my drivers. 7d has a feel to it quite unlike others , it i was going to say the closest it wud be the matrix tp6hd. i get this to soar, its laterally moveable both ways to a NON insignificant degree nad for sure its THE most consistant build of the lot of them, i dont get the huge distance i can get with the boron but if grouping is key, this is the lock for that. they go left , right more than the other build for sure but theres never a 30 yard distance gap i can almost go and put the ball to a disntace but i never find i get a "wow" moment with it for length , the wow factor with my 7d comes by moving it in the air more easily then walking up to the ball all the time and know its in play to where i was trying to put it. i tend to pay this when i play fwd tees or when its set. the extra carry and workabilty is its defining character for me. In this company , as a daily driver id choose the 7d followed by the X . 7d gives me a tickle unlike the rest, theres an extra spice to it the others have less of bec its more moveable BUT.. id reach for the X when i want to play comp or the stinger when i play long. the crazy is going to get DFA's it jsut cant hang , it needs a diffstyle head. i have NO doubt that overall when i want to go fo he longest starighets shots, the boron is the answer. its been so long ago and as recent as a few days back it still so. it also prob helps when at release of the latest offfering came out from diamana at the trade show in 2018 the head shaft designer of MITSUB CHEM tells me to stock up on as many X and BORON as i can find coz they wont be making them again.........................................

HONMA TW 727 RANGE. sakata japan foged s25s. thin, small compact body but with a mid thick top line. very little off set. THE most beautiful lines on the body of any club, bar none. stock shaft DGs200.37.75 5i if u like to picture a shot then go after it with supreme confidence the ball will follow that path, as far as ive got these are the best for that. the pw which i hate in cbs as a rule on this set CUD easily be a replacement wedge for ANY otther set.its the best looking PW ive seen. 46* so stock loft these days. check these out...

tpv nx 65s 107cms +/_ 42inch 67g raw. 116g with PP grip torque 3.0% cpm 258 grip in mint cont. professionally pulled by master builder. cond , perfect. mine from new as it has been in one of my 4woods. delivery by EMS , PP only. $175

this is what is possible with the Marus, they are an absolutely magnificent finish . but.. copper is NOT to be played from the sand. take another one for that! bottom pics are not marus they are xwedge, but one session in the bunker and check the sole.... makes no odds to the play but the look..!! hit from grass only

TOURSTAGE mr23 These might just be my fave set of pure ,straight up Mb of them all. There are more revered, more precious ., more sohpisticated options out there but for THE most simple , complete players MB , they are at the top of my pile. Due in no sml part to the shape of the 8/pw , that shape puts them right at the top with the honma tw but ill get to those later. I first found them not long after they came out early 2000s and have a had a set ( or 2) in play most of that time. my latest set(s) will prob last me till i stop playing one is a stock chrome ENDO forged / DGs200 set 3/pw in fabulous nick, ive been toying with putting a set of NS super peening orange in these for years, but havnt done it bec i jsut cant fault the way they perform with the DGs200s. if anything im tlepted ot find a set in good nick ot do that, but can not find any suitable. these DG ones are my travelling set, ESP to the sand belt im Melb and south there of . they suit those cond as good as any club ive ever palyed. i take these and a set of prgr tr500s down there, i dont even bother with anything else. The other set were Mr Mruayamas 2004 US masters set in copper. they only get used on special course days to preserve them as much as i can. i swapped out the N226v X by Ns for a set of shimada 3001s constant weight and Masda slicks. ...........THAT was a good swap. these play for me JUST perfeclty , a little lower, a little flatter. but can make them do what they were made to do. fizz about with the course. def Not long , just precise , the pw is 47* A Good thing is , they are NOT the same as the retial veriosn, slightly more compact. with a bit less off set and a thinner top line wi much shorter hosel and thicker muscle. not much.. but, u can see it. they are both bsolute scimitars and about as presice as a club can get i know not how and ive discussed this with Chris yrs ago, even tho they were ENDO forged, both tourstage and yanaha DONT have that soft pillowy fluffy cusshy EPON /ENDO/ONOFF feel to them , they are noticeably denser , thicker, deeper at imapact u know where u ahve hit the ball all the time. is it better or or worse.......... thast for the observer to decide ,for me, i think it suits this head perfectly.

Always wanted to do a MB thread here as i play so many of them and i wont have to read over and over... " miura baby blades( what ever thefk they are ) are the best!!!! Mbs to me are: much harder to hit well consistantly ..., WAY more punishing on non centered miss hits.., way easier to hosel rocket and shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahnkooooooooo! into the woods..., Much more mentally intimidationg to look down at past the 6 irons .., AND............ they blow the bloody doors off EVERY other style of iron when u sweet one . i become a engineer, painter , sculpter, swordsmith for that fleeting moment when i hit one perfeclty to my pre shot minds eye view. obv. with other sticks thats perfectly do-abale but not near the same extent as with an MB. they def require more concentration diligence and confidence to game them each week in comps andi i do have a mental arguement that i do use my more muscled caviities at times in monthly comps ( PRGR tr 500 / IDBL im looking at you) but they dont give me that adrenaline surge as with a set of HONMA , tousrstage, mbs . THATS the why . SO ill get into a few sets ive gamed over the aslt 30+ yrs ( if can rememeber tthem all } and ill pop up pics and hopefully other like minded bladers will join in .........................,

KAMUI 14.5*- CRAZY FW 80 flex 7.7sx wow.... strong loft 3w. sleek shape.. target milling on face.. sheeeeeesh.. this is something good to hit off the deck.. FLIGHT IS lower but not low low. no danger of worm burning. Loved its flight. , distance is perfect gets right there and its very hard to miss with. VERY shapeable. , can move this with ease both ways doestn get hung in the wind. .felt in complete control with it in hand wasnt " ideal" from the rough both shape and loft wise, SYB were miles better but off short stuff it was fkkn awsome. i wont play in compey conds with long rough but on cut grass . i think these will be in the bag a most of the time (with the 17.5*)

Re shafting a cpl of MODARTS.. 14* , 16* i had a a diamana X 7 in the 16* but it was tipped a bit too much to be a good match for this head , the modart heads have AN extremely dense FULL feel to them and needs a livelier feeling shaft to bring it to its real life. its like hitting a benock putter the fleeing cant quite be rebuilt in another head, its def a one off feel. they dont launch high either for a low rider sleek head, its very much a fairway wood / non tee option and for slicker grass fairways. the 14.5* had a crazy black 80 but that was all but impossible to get off the ground unless i flushed it 100% of my ability. after hitting some diamana ILIMA red bords , yesterday it was CLEAR, this wud be a great match for both these heads with its higher , lighter, airier launch characteristics. ive got a ton of fairway woods, but nothing i have has quite the fell of MODART. they are not as playavble as others due to the sleeknes of them esp in the wet or the rough. but on true fast short grass. nothing i have is as satifying to hit...............albeit it needs the right engine.

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KAMUI KP-X 9.5* matrix Hd6sx. 44 inch 312 g. red rover. built almost for looks alone. bud had a cpl of unsed marix shafts i bought and re shafted a cpl of older awsome heads with. tp6 got the srixon zr30. this one got the kp-x . u know... the older heads are just so much nicer fhan the new..... shafts. speechless.. cant wait to give this a wallop tomorrow. tomrrow is here. very ligh swing weight. very short distance. Very very straight low flight. This is a short par 4 specailsit. can move it about with ease but only a few feet. it likes low straight. Suitable for my home course on about 6holes. so def worth keeping. noted vs the same. build. with diamana stimger which is much more meaty full dense , longer distance. .. think ill swap the weights out in this to make head at 200+ shaft is excellent. looks, superb!

mizuno FRAME WALKER/ Kisho colab. kino sho makes the tbest fabric in japan. this is great. the smaller version. great tavel bag.!! condition is v good , AFAIK all pieces are working just fine but as its a USED bag . pls be aware there MAY be some frailties im not aware of. these sold out ages ago, $550 tracked insured , deliverd by EMS ( i think if they STILL take this size) + EXACT SHIPPING.

beautiful build!!

BNTM from EPON. Simply not using these, if i go EPON i go my muscle back af tours. shimada 3001 stiff constant weight shafts, keep the ball from ballooning for a lighter weight shaft. gripmaster leather grips in mint cond. cond is excellent. I will mention my build idea ........ BY EPON........ i chose the shimada bec i wanted a daily driver to keep the ball on a flat arc with a mid high peek that rolls over not sets , spins and drops like modus 130s do . they give me about 1/2 club longer distance . + they do NOT get affected by wind and are ARROW straight flight. not very laterally manouverable. staright daily drivers, that what these are. shipped,tracked,insured by EMS japan post ONLY > from JAPAN shipping incl . $1250

CALLAWAY RAZR HAWK TOUR 7.5*- diamana ali islei 73s 44.5inch right..this goes right its never even thought about going left. its about as ambi turner as blue steel. 460 cc on this , that not really my cuppa tea, much prefer 440 or less but i just buit this on a whim to keep low on links... having trouble with it tho bec this fkkn thing will NOT GO LEFT . .straight is a miracle. its not a bad thing now... bec i know where to aim bec its going right. not as good as the ft9 tour amd proto but i got its character sussed on sat snd its got s place . i wont be pulling out often but iwith my increased head speed again i can deal with it. dry short fairways only.!! its a road runner. its a beast.

For sure Stew! I still have a 24 deg in my regular rotation. I did swap the shaft out for a Tensei 1K Pro Hyb 90g. This thing is so consistent with high ball flight!!

THE IBUSHI. restoration in JPN by one of JPNs finest . 34inch gripmaster leather. rounded ergo bumpers. small mid compact head. HZ milling. via JP post ems ONLY, PayPal only , tracked insured, delivered from JPN . $500

ah................... those honma UT are still well represented in my bags, ive not found a ute/di thing that can beat those , tried the newer version and these ones are better.!

Have a few items that have been sitting around in my office. All prices in USD and actual shipping will be added. Paypal or Venmo is accepted. Grandista RS-D Driver 10 deg / Syncagraphite Loop GK Stiff Shaft, 44.5" D3.5 8/10 Cond. $150 Grandista RS-F III 15deg Fire Express Max WBQ Type D 65 Stiff, 43.25" 8/10 Cond. $125 Grandista RS-F V 18 deg Fire Express Max WBQ Type D 65 Stiff, 42.5" 7.5/10 Cond. Crown has some surface scuff. $80 A Grind BX Proto Hybrid Iron #4 (24deg) and #5 (27 deg) KBS Tour Lite 100 Stiff 9.5/10 Mint cond. $125 each or $200 for both Honma first gen TW-U Utility Iron #2 (18 deg) and #3(21 deg) Vizard 95 Stiff 8/10 cond. $100 each or $150 for both Benock Pantaleone III SUS316L "The First One" 34" long 68 deg lie Benock Logo Iomic grip and Benock Smiley Face Headcover Condi. 9/10 $500 Romaro iBrid Chapter 3 head only 21 deg, 24 deg and 27 deg cond. are 9/10, 8/10, 7.5/10 respectively priced fair at $65 each or $150 for all three ( Only #5 has a head cover ) Takes .370" hybrid shafts.

TOURSTAGE P51 .. 9.5* DIAMANA ALI ISLEI 63x 44.75 x 314g d1 stuck a tip weight in it to get the sw higher than c9. played it yesterday at longy . GOOD. its stying here , not as tight as the stinger version BUT better feel . a bit more lively in the fingers. wonderfull sound. the aliselei in all heads had a dsitinct feel/sound. very enjoyable to play . sites among the top of my driver list. very playable ,slightly workable thru the air if required , more to so than the boron ver. excellent driver.

Stuck a shimada steel fw shaft in both a toursatge / RC 7w for a bit of weight. SUPERB!!!!!!!!! no ballooning , really smooth transition. ,can feel the club at all times. mid high fligh lands super soft. can move it just a wee bit. NOTHING not too like about this as a set up. plays A as good as anyone cud want, versatility of the 7w can not be understated. that club is getting a ton of aitime nowadays

god no... how many years on is rhis and.. ImStill playing the diamana stinger in the same heads from yamaha syard callway tour, tourstage, kamui pro. i rhink i have 11 drivers now with the stinger. i love the way it performs . it looses nothing to anything newer ive tried. Looks better. feels unreal. doesnt warp bemd or stray. i honestly dont know if i can play another shaft . 2009>2025 nope , this one still wins for me.

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plus..less off set just looks so much better!

Yeah, that PRGR test was pretty interesting especially how more offset led to lower ball flight. From a physics and engineering standpoint, it actually makes sense. When you add offset, the head's center of gravity sits farther behind the shaft. That promotes a bit more shaft lean at impact, which reduces dynamic loft and results in a lower launch. It also changes how the face rotates — the more offset, the slower the face closes, which can make it easier for some players to square it up, especially if their hands trail a bit through impact. Less offset, on the other hand, puts the CG more forward, which increases launch and makes the club more responsive — or “sensitive to timing,” as they say. But like you mentioned, that part really just comes down to getting used to it. More Offset = Lower launch, less spin, possibly tighter dispersion for some, easier to square for players with an out-to-in path or slower hands. Less Offset = Higher launch, higher peak height, more feedback on timing, preferred by better players who want to shape shots and keep face control front and center. So yeah, the lower flight from added offset isn’t just anecdotal — there’s a real mechanical reason behind it.