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ClubHoUno

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  1. How durable will the black finish be on these great looking Miura Giken heads ? I'm thinking of getting a set of these or the upcoming Epon AF-Tour blades
  2. Great, Chris. Can I order a combo set - now that the blades are coming. Have been waiting for 6+ months on these Epon MB blades - being ready to order a set from you Chris. I think I might go - AF-301 5-6-7 and AF-101 MB 8-9-PW -all done with KBS Tour Taper shafts Finally I will get my set of Epon's - will order the combo set in golden satin nickel dull finish Based on the pics I've seen (can't post link to this - but do a search on Google and know a guy who can translate Japanese, and you will find the pics) - it really looks like a smooth blade-MB with some High tech built into the backside of the head, but still done in a way that makes it beautiful to have in your bag and awesome to strike the ball with I once was hooked on Miura & Mizuno, but I think Epon MB's will change that now
  3. Must admit, that I don't like this messy cavity design with all those letters. Looks far from the Miura US simplistic beautiful design I once was, and still am a bit, a Miura fan - but they really messed this one up. It really has to perfrom miles better than offers from Mizuno, Epon, Tourstage, Srixon, Titleist, Taylor Made, Ping etc. to get into my bag - this coming from a proud used to be owner of 3 sets of Miura clubs
  4. I like the green peas black head cover and the Amigo! Black headcover - and also the brand new black/white goldfish putter headcover. I'm disappointed over the new headcovers for woods and drivers - only striped and not wool quality but acrylic :( I hope Como Come will come up with something better soon though !
  5. Are they quad forged or double forged ?
  6. I've read Todays Golfer for years and I've completely stopped buying this magazine, because I more often than not find a lot of faults and misses in their pop reviews and 9 out of 10 times I find, that I know golf gear better than all the club testers at Todays Golfer. Sorry to put it this way, but: Today's Golfer is more of a golf porn magazine, than a serious golf magazine - it simply sucks, because it never makes in depth reviews of anything- and when they make reviews, the reviews are full of flaws and faults. Stay away from this very poorly made UK Golf magazine. Unfortunately I can't really say that Golf Digest, Golf Magazine and our danish golf magazines are much better. This is the reason why I haven't bought a Golf magazine in more than 2 years now. Their reviews suck, are lacking in detail and they never test with anything other than stock shafts. I can't speak of how good the Japanese golf magazines are, because I still don't read Japanese But basically ALL American, UK and European golf magazines sucks to put it mildly. Full of errors and lacks in depth reviews of any kind.
  7. HOLY CRAP - these wedges looks great even though they look like GI wedges. I don't know how they can make a wedge with a busy cavity like that, look so freaking great....oh myyyyyy What is the finish called in the first pic - it looks stunning - will it rust over time ?
  8. I'm also looking forward to the comparison pics between Mp-67, TM 1000 and the 5003 Miura's. I know it takes time to do these pics, so they look great - but I'm sure Chris will post, as soon as he has the pics ready for us As far as the guys wanting these in satin finish - I do think they already are in satin finish. maybe the pics makes them look a bit shiny, but to my knowledge these are in satin finish already. I agree that the stamping look a little on the busy side..........but if they play that great, I can live with it.
  9. Maybe these lofts has to do with the fact, that high cappers have a slow swing speed and in fact will get more distance out of a 17° 3 wood, than a 15° 3 wood. The high cappers still would like to tell their playing partners, that they have a 3 wood in the bag, so this is how you hide the fact, that you really only carry a high lofted driver, a 5 wood and up from there.
  10. Sorry, I would like to add the Cobra irons to the poll, but the limit for poll choices unfortunately is 20, so I can't add the new lovely looking Cobra irons to the poll
  11. Hello Rangship Can you tell me something about the leading edge on the MB5003 - is it round or does it dig more than your old mp-32 did ? I wish you a merry Christmas and happy new Year, Rangship
  12. What size are the bumpers in the new pics - is a newport 1 or newport 2 bumper size or just in between the two ? I prefer the more flat bumpers, like on the Newport 2/Bettinardi BB8....
  13. I agree, I like to challenge myself. I think my handicap has actually been lowered some because I hit my shots with demanding players golf gear. People who don't like this challenge won't benefit from playing this kind of golf gear - different strokes for different folks, I guess If I played in tournaments as a pro golfer, I would play with more forgiving golf gear, but I don't - so I play with what I want and what I feel looks nice to my eye I don't give a hoot about what people say to me about my golf gear - I paid for it, they didn't When I hit GIR after GIR with my players golf gear, they all of a sudden keep quiet.......how can that be
  14. Great looking wedges - what's the finish in the last pic - it looks almost bordeaux ?
  15. Though it's not exactly fair to compare a Newport 1 design (the Scotty putter) to a Newport 2 design (the Gold's) - I still think you're right. I have owned both a Scotty 009, a Scotty Circle T and 5 other retail Scotty's and in my honest opinion, Scotty putters are over hyped and not made to the same high production standards as the Gold's Factory and Bettinardi FIT DASS proto type putters are - Scotty's are not even close in this regard. Further more the talk about Scotty Cameron skim milling some of his putters just smear his reputation even further........all Bettinardi DASS putters are made from one piece technology, that is from one single solid piece of steel. Not bashing Scotty Cameron, I still think the man makes some of the best looking and performing retail off the rack putters in the world. But just as with Miura's fusion spin welded two piece forging, skim milling putters is not regarded as something you do, unless you try to cut production costs....and this is not a sign of true high quality craftsmanship. Just my 2 cents for the day
  16. Nice looking Miura blades - what happened to the ferrule ?
  17. Great work, Chris - this iron head now looks fantastic What about the swing weight - it will come down a bit, when you polish the head to get the beautiful satin finish, won't it ?
  18. What can I say.....thanks for the pics....it looks stunning and smashing this putter I think I actually prefer the PZ groove insert as oppose to the complete PZ groove on the entire face area.
  19. Great looking putter there Please post a lof of pics of it, when you get it.....please....
  20. Okidoki - but how do you tape up the small areas with the stampings on - you have to be VERY VERY precise with the taping of these areas, to avoid scratching these areas during the satinizing of the club head, don't you ?
  21. Chris, looking forward to your pics of the brushed up satin version of the R7 Tp in black and blue - what a nice color combo by the way...lback and blue......great stylish combo. Tell us a bit about how you do the satinized version of a shining chrome finish - we're all ears
  22. Sir, I think Kyoei forges the entire KZG line of clubs. I could be wrong though..........
  23. I'm sorry, but I can't answer your question about the Tourstage clubs - maybe Chris or Gocchin can help you. My guess -and that's purely a guess, is that 99.9 FE Carbon sounds more like the name of a finish as you imply, but don't know this for sure. Taylor Made once had a finish on their RAC Black wedges called Rac FE Black. It would rust quickly, but looked awesome, when brand new. What I do know is this: The more a golf company tries to invent new expressions for finishes and materials used in their new products, the more it stinks of being just another a way of hiding a product with a somewhat inferior quality of finish or material. This does not apply all the time, but most of the time this is the case Try to look at the Epon series - they are very low key and kind of discrete in the way they promote their new products, although the products in more than one way stands for new and innovative ideas, finishes and softer forged materials. They could easily have launched their products in big style calling their products the next best new thing made from space like material directly from NASA Space lab and so on, but instead they choose to let the products speak for themselves. I really like Mizuno irons - and will have a set of custom Japan Mizuno's in my bag next year in Brushed Satin Nickel finish, but their Cut Muscle design in my view is kind of a gimmick - but Mizuno launched them in big style and even have a website called www.cutmuscle.com We as consumers have to be able to figure out where the gimmicks are and where the real time quality is in the golf gear we purchase for our hard earned money.
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