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  1. My only reason for asking is to raise the point that information is good in establishing a price for buyers and sellers.
  2. The confusion would be that people might think it is still available? I can see that.
  3. I notice on most sales, once the sale is completed, the seller removes the price he had been asking. Why? It seems to me this data is good information for all of us to have as reference in future transactions, and I can't see the downside of leaving it up? What's the reason people remove the price?
  4. I just picked up Yamaha 2014 Tour CB's from the new TSG ebay auction listing. And am trading Epon heads for Miura cm-2007 plus mb-5000wc wedges. Feeling like it must be Xmas for old guys. Wow, that was fun. Thanks everyone for input.
  5. Call me a rube, but I kinda like the diamond.
  6. I have been thinking about this kind of wood, but I would want to hit it from fairway, too. With this length shaft, that seems pretty hard to do. I sort of don't get the logic of this positioning of the head. I guess the idea is, more loft = straighter. It is meant to replace current driver? Be a second driver? Be used from fairway or not so much? I like the overall idea. I think it's the shaft length that confuses me.
  7. Kikuyu should be illegal! You must be in so cal, too. The problem is, every set I am considering (yamaha, onoff, honma, miura, mizuno) - are each things of beauty and really fine tools for enjoying the game. Thankfully work has me swamped, so I can let all this input percolate. But you just made a very compelling case. Kikuyu! Thx, and to all who took the time to comment, many thanks. It's fun to think all this thru. When I was a kid in rural Arkansas I would look thru the Sears catalog toy section before Xmas, over and over. That's what this reminds me of. Especially this site's store is great to read thru. Makes me just want to back the truck up to the warehouse and fill it up. I mean, I have at least one moment with each option where I have thought, 'ok, this one.'
  8. Thx. Haha. When I read your post re the 15's I really thought 'this guy is like the chief ho.' Would that make you a golf madam? The last club I want to think about is Honma world tour v. Can anyone characterize feel on these? Pics look awesome. SO MANY GOOD OPTIONS! Not to be too graphic, but to continue the metaphor, this site is like a very high end brothel. Tempting beauties everywhere!!
  9. One set I regret selling was the Mizuno MP-59's. That was dumb. I was looking at Chris's specs on his 15s. Question: why did you add the W sole grind? What does it add/do to the sole interaction? Who is it for and what does it do?
  10. How does the 15s compare to 59s? Mizuno site shows them to be a little more demanding. The 59's were one set I wish I hadn't traded away. I have always shied away from custom. Not sure I know enough to start screwing around with grinds. But this is a good new entrant. I think the onoffs are too similar to my 503s and would be kind of redundant. No love for the miura cb-2007?
  11. Tomcat, seems like I've seen a lot of sus316 on the used club for sale markets. Can't be a good sign. And even though people say the personals are very easy to hit for blades, I have shut the door on the blade lust for now. But it's always on my mind. Ed, these both look tempting. The iron that I like the look of from the address position (from pics) is the cb-2007. I haven't seen any heads that I can recall with that 'w' bar design. Anyone playing them? If so, what do you think? They and onoff are leaders in the club house, but the yamaha's are really interesting too. Lot of choices in their line up including blended set, which is intriguing. The 2015 RMX Tour CB look especially great. All three seem so incredible looking. So let me focus on these three. New options will just strain my brain, and I'm too old to think too hard. Cb-2007. Onoff kuro. Yamaha tour cb. These are the finalists. My impression is they are about the same forgiveness, same distance wise, except onoff has stronger lofts. Any suggestions about how to compare them?
  12. Thanks. Yes, good addition to the list. I have seen a lot of enthusiasm for these. I will look at them in depth. Does the phrase 'not too soft, like to feel the ball compress and the transmission of power' have any meaning? You're probably the best to suggest, if what I am describing makes any sense. ... I know really soft clubs don't give me the feel of impact I am trying to describe, but I am not sure how to describe the sensation. Not clicky and hard, but where you really feel the mass hitting the ball and the ball giving way. Does all that rambling lead to any suggestions or differentiation among these clubs? PS: The regaining of club head speed, but with a more fundamentally sound and reliable swing is also a big deal for me.
  13. The quest is for that scintillating iron that has some real glue to stay in the bag. Or just to accept I am a ho who is always going to try something new. Me: a 5-7 index, actually improving. Down from a 14 in 2 yrs at age 62. Just picked up swing speed with the shaft on plane. (Driver SS is now in low 90's up from mid 80's.) Feeling good about my game. Want the most satisfying clubs for this. I have decided blades are not prudent after thinking seriously about getting a new set of them. Plus I have a set of Macgregor 1025s that I really love and practice with already. I play Epon 503s. Thinking about Epon 302's, Mirura CB-2007. Also the Miura 5005, but they might be a little too demanding. Criteria: Thin top line, decent sole for all kinds of turf (I am not a digger), reasonable offset, solid feel at impact (not too soft, like to feel the ball compress and feel the transmission of power). Why swap? No good reason, frankly. The 503's are great clubs. I hit a lot of greens with them. I think I want something that is right on the edge of my skill level with a little more feedback on less good swings. I want the good shots to feel great and the mediocre swings to not punish too much, but not disguise the reality of the swing. Before I pull the trigger, anything else I should really pay attention to? Any thoughts about the 3 on my mind (302 vs 2007 vs 5005)?
  14. Well, back to reality. The more I think about it, the more I know blades would only be a passing fancy. How many blades have I owned over my lifetime, only to sell ASAP because they simply are too.... blade-like. I am just going to let my wonderful Macgregor's satisfy this need and not spend $2K on a set that will sit in the corner. As much as like many of us I lust for blades, I just know how this story plays out. Been there, done that too many times and even with my much improved swing, I don't create a quarter-sized wear mark that blades require.
  15. A lot of you guys like the personals. I believe you re ease of hitting but man they look thin. Maybe it's the offset? Face design looks like they would be clangers.
  16. Doc, do you find yourself wishing you had blades on the shorter irons? Eg, 5003?
  17. Haha, how many times have we sold something we wish we had. I am keeping the irons I have - all 3 do what they do very well. From something someone posted, I. think some of 5005/5003 Miura are kind of designed to be matched together. I am also toying with the idea of all hybrids above the 6 or 7. It sounds logical but I am not sure I can tolerate the look. thx...
  18. Spoon, would you elaborate? How did you build cm/mb sets? Did you like this setup?
  19. Feel is a funny thing. After I wrote the post, I realized 'soft' isn't the key thing. I don't really like the feel when you barely know the club hit the ball. I prefer what I guess is called 'dense' or solid. I am surprised the epons are seen as easy (not that I know much about them). Their picture on epon site looks pretty daunting. I suppose I like something that in the 5-6 iron with a little cavity back that works with the 7-w. But not 100% about that. Thx.
  20. Current 3 sets of irons: Epon 503, Wishon 560mc, and Macgregor 1025mc (blade 7-w, cb 5-6). The Macgregors are in India where my business is and the others in the US where home is. (long commute!) My swing is really looking good these days, best ever. I don't get to play much in India but can practice and even with the rocks at the range, I am loving the feel of a blade compressing the ball. And starting to feel great about my ball striking. (don't tell the golf gods i said that) So...Time for the best blades. A lot of work over several years is paying off and I want a set of blades to celebrate. At least for the short irons (7-w). I'm no masochist, so I don't want the tiniest head and smallest sweet spot on the planet. Some designs seem so thin that I think it's totally all or nothing. Don't usually enjoy stinging hands! Elegant look, top line, look at address, bag appeal, solid feel, reasonable sole design. The look that has caught my eye is the Honma World Tour M/V and Miura 5005/5003. But you guys know jdm and I am a rookie. What are the best feeling, most elegant looking irons with a little sensibleness for the 5 index player?
  21. Well, that will teach me not to pretend I remember physics! But forever I have had the notion that F=Mv**2. I know what the problem is. I just remembered. I made a C in physics. Guess that was about the right grade..... Edit # 2: But wait... something doesn't make sense. If a tractor-trailer hits you going a constant 60 mph, it sure as hell is going to deliver more than 0 force. But F=MA, where A is the rate of change of speed over time, in this example is 0 and thus, in this equation, F would equal 0. Except that you'd be totally flattened by the truck hitting you. From some site (and if it's on the internet, especially in pdf format, well, we know that it is true) - except I can't copy and paste into this space for reasons that escape me, so I will paraphrase - that Newton's 2nd Law equates to F = MV**2. Anyway, I don't really know. I am just killing time in a layover in Vienna airport where they have GREAT free internet. But somehow, I just don't think acceleration is the key thing. I actually would like to be wrong, because I'd definitely swing a heavier head if I believed the relationship in the tradeoff was close to linear rather than exponential.
  22. I understand that logic. The thing that stands out in my thinking is that acceleration = velocity squared. So it's not the same thing. To use your example, if assume your speed variable is speed and not acceleration, for illustration purposes: 3 x 2**2 (squared) = 12 3.25 x 1.9**2 = 11.73 So the decrease of speed has the impact of that loss squared on the force imparted. Thus, it's not a linear thing. At least that's how I understand it. So, I think what this means is, let's go back to the example of 3 x 2**2 = 12. Let's increase the mass by 5%, so now it's 3.15. To break even on the force, we'd have to lose less than 2.5% of the speed. (3.15 x 1.95**2 = 12) At least, that's how I understand it. If the increase in mass causes less speed loss than this, then it's a helpful thing. But it has to have a very limited impact on the speed, because the force is the result of the speed squared.
  23. That assumption that 'you always hit the sweetspot' is a mouthful. That's an interesting point about your ss remaining constant because you're not at full tilt... I know that most of my swings are not. at full tilt - they kind of mesh with my psychology of the day, I suppose. It takes are real fearlessness to let it rip, all the way. So does that mean I will swing a heavier club at the same speed? I do know that I play the swing-weight heavy Epons very well with all the distance I expect from the loft of each club. And with great accuracy, best ever for irons. Kaaayelll, I think physics with F=MV**2 says losing speed over an increase of mass is a losing proposition. I just don't see how losing head speed, all other things like how centered the strike is being constant, could be compensated for by greater mass. But maybe my limited physics is just enough to make me really stupid about all of this.
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