chiromikey

don't play guessing games with your money! go get your driver's specs digitally checked so you can actually decide on a target loft with your new driver! i'd be surprised if your 9* taylormade is even under 10*...

have they listed a price yet?

lol! ok, i guess i should clarify but first let me say that i hold my s3 pros in quite high regard. however, if they were to go missing on a flight (as i've had clubs do in the past) they would be much easier to replace with a lesser sense of loss. what i mean by travel clubs are the clubs i take when golf is not the priority for the trip or i may not even make it to a course. if i'm planning a golf vacation (like to scottland next year) i will definitely take my best sticks!

i can't really compare the different models but i know there is some questions concerning those irons on ebay...

for now the yururis will stay in the bag and the epons will be my backups. you can't go wrong adding some yururis to your stable! my s3 pros are now relegated as my travel clubs. i believe you're right about the make up of the aerotechs, but because it's a graphite core which is the main functioning part of the shaft, i would consider them graphite. i believe they just use the steelfiber wrap to manipulate the overall weight without having to increase the thickness of the graphite to the detriment of shaft's feel and performance. btw, people keep asking me what the characters on the back of the yururi heads translate to. any help?

interesting. are there any differences besides aesthetics between rc's jdm and international models?

you guys are evil!!! damnit...pm me a few pics and details!

i'm really a fan of the industrial non plated look and can't wait for the yururis to wear in more. i actually wouldn't mind if they had no black on them at all...similar to the raw cobra amp pro protos that ricky was playing! i only recently discovered cobra made some outstanding players clubs but if they put these out i'll be first in line!

as tario knows, prior to picking out my yururi flatbacks i was also interested in the epon af-tours. after weighing all the input from him, my decision ultimately came down to uniqueness and the yururis got the nod. well as luck (or bad luck if you ask my slush fund) would have it, soon after i received my yururis a set of af-tours presented themselves to me and having a weak mind and no will power, i couldn't resist. so i thought i'd offer my comparative thoughts...even though you guys probably already know all this stuff. as you might have read from my original post, the yururis are very small and compact...and being raw/black look even more so than they really are. they're just about the size that i like and am comfortable with (although i am eager to try a set of miura babies). they set up well with little to no offset and are extremely soft and pure on good shots. even with the slightly killed leading edge, they're still very sharp and will dig on softer turf. mis**ts can be harsh but that can be said for just about any blade. i have these set up with kbs c-tapers and i don't know that there's a better shaft out there for me. great feel, nice ball flight, and reduced spin (both backspin and side spin). now on to the epon tours. it seems hard to imagine two irons, both blades, being so different from each other that one almost doesn't' feel comfortable to dare compare the two. the epons are large for a blade! well they are when coming from cobra s3 pros or the yururi flatbacks. if these were a first blade for someone moving up from g/i or cavity backs they would probably look perfect! i've read several times how forgiving these irons are and i don't think one can really comprehend how true that is until they hit these blades. can one actually use "game improvement" and "blade" in the same sentence??? if so, this would be the time! the sweet spot is larger than anything i've played...and i played the ping i15's for a brief moment a little while back. and YES, they're pure and soft! one of the other reasons that i initially chose the yururis over the epons was the lofts. the flatbacks are a bit stronger where the af-tours are much more traditional. this probably aids in the epons forgiveness but either way, it's probably not enough of a difference to have swayed my initial decision. mis**ts with this iron...well it's probably harder to mis**t it than to find the sweet spot. don't get me wrong, it can easily be done with my swing but even with a mis**t it's no where near as harsh as with the yururis and the outcome is much less punishing. the epons are shafted with the aerotech steelfibers i125's in s flex and feel pretty damned good. i really wasn't a fan of graphite iron shafts but i'm pretty impressed now and am not sure that i'll change these out as i had initially planned. although i'm still learning the yururis, i've been pretty consistent with my flatbacks on the course. i'll get another range session in later today and put the af-tours to the test tomorrow. this is going to be a fun summer! i had no intentions of keeping both sets but really wanted to know the difference first hand. in retrospect, this was a bad move...at least for my slush fund! these sets are so different that there's really no overlap and i'm thinking that maybe both deserve a spot in my arsenal for different conditions. the epons could really fill a need during periods when my swing may not be up to the yururis. how's that for justification! lol!!! now i just have to hope a set of romaros don't show up on the bst!!!

i'm not positive but i believe i've spotted a few fake rc fairway woods on ebay. is there also a problem with fake shafts?

i haven't...but i'm hoping to!!!

i remember! i also picked up a used set of epon af-tours and the cobras are still softer! it must be the c-taper combo but these s3's are keepers for sure! i'll probably put the epons on c-tapers also but am thinking about trying the nippon spb's first. btw, you were right about the epons being large for a blade...they make all my other blades look tiny! no wonder everyone says they're so forgiving. to follow up on the kamui works driver you built for me, i have to say, it is pretty special. honestly in the few rounds i've played so far, i haven't found it to be any longer than my ping i15 but the feel and workability are FAR superior.

i think their i125's are pretty heavy by current standards. what kind of weight are you looking for?

just curious if anyone has any info or experience with these...

yeah, i've seen those kind of lofts in gi stuff but never blades. it would be kinda funny to see the look on my playing partner's faces to be hitting pw while they're grabbing their 8 or 9 irons.

thanks for the pics, i'm falling for this brand a little myself! lol, i just went through this 2 weeks ago. i was with one of my ussual playing partners and shanked a half bucket of balls with every club in my bag on the practice range and couldn't figure it out. almost went home but he talked me into playing the round. played to an uncomfortable 76 and he was wondering how that was possible after witnessing my range session.

THAT is a good looking driver! damnit...why did i find this site!!!

...and the geotec re12's pw is 43*!

huh....i'm sorry robbie...did you say something besides "look at my avitar"??? ;-p i hear you on the solvent and my club builder knows to be extra careful about that. unfortunately grips, leather or otherwise, become stained so quickly that i've learned not to be too anal about it anymore. actually, i've talked myself into the idea that all the blemishes and wear adds character!

ok, got a healthy range session in today and these things are pure! i prefer a heavier swingweight (currently play d4 in my irons) and these spec'd out to a d5 with the lightweight kango grips, so they took a little time to get used to. once i did, they were amazing. the sweetspot is smaller than my cobra s3 pros but surprisingly large compared to other full mb's i've hit. they definitely don't allow me to get away with swing flaws like my s3's but once i started focusing on fundamentals instead of how pretty these were at address, i was nutting everything! the irons definitely put more spin on the ball than my current set but the raw wedges are insane!! replacing balls is going to get expensive! one thing i will admit, my cobras are softer and now i'm even more amazed with how good my cobra s3 pros are after hitting these yururis. if anyone gets a chance to try the cobras, i would be willing to bet you would easily mistake them for a jdm brand if you didn't know better. i'm hoping to get one more range session in before sunday and finally get them out for some real duty. until then...

i'm new here myself so thanks for introducing yourself.

i wanted a hi-rev but also wanted to keep the satin look throughout my set so i'm using kbs c-taper 8 iron shafts butt cut to length for the same effect.

just got it yesterday! unfortunately tax season has stressed me out and i finally caught the cold i had been fighting off. i had to cancel yesterday's and tomorrow's tee times and it's torture looking at these new clubs that i can't even hit!!

lol, i hear you on the wallet! i've been looking forward to a review on the romaros...please tell me all about them!

first impressions after a brief range session... they set up well and frame the ball nicely. the black took no time at all to get used to. they're very solid but more demanding than my current gamers. the raw leading edge is sharp and definitely promotes deeper divots than i'm used to. i'm looking forward to hitting these with my game ball (penta tp) instead of range rocks but i'll need some more practice time before i get them out on the course. i play to a 3-4 handicap and in my past i've played blades with very small sweet spots (tm rac mb's) but recently middle to long irons have become my weak link. i'm hoping these force me to step up my game and get back to where i want to be!