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I don't think I need to go into hyping up this driver, I think you all know it. The Ryoma D-1 is of the most highly acclaimed drivers ever. Do a search on the reviews on this site if you don't know... This club was shipped brand new from Japan 2 weeks ago. I have 2, I'm selling my backup. I wanted to try 2 different lofts. It has been hit maybe a total of 30 times, but due to the extreme quality of this club you can barely tell it's ever been out of the wrapper. It comes with the stock shaft, Graphite Tour AD made for Ryoma S flex. As you can imagine for a $1,200 driver they did not go cheap on the shaft. Asking $999 shipped! This thing will not last long!!! I'm a long time TSG member but have not been that active on the boards lately. I have a very strong reputation for doing good business. You can check my feedback on eBay sho.nuff 100% positive feedback! Buy with confidence!

Sorry boys... I'm retired, my ho days are over. this is the only set I put my name on.... These are the 2005 custom CB with custom Classic CB The finish is Chrome with nickel underlay.

Chris that's the same as the ion, looks just like the one they have at my local golf shop, it's silver but at certain angles looks black. Unless your shaft is all black and those pics above don't represent the shaft that you have..

My friend just had his sticks jacked out of his car. The one thing that he really misses is this fw that his uncle's friend gave to him. It was a tour only painted face royal collection. It's a few years old, he can't remember the model number so I figured I'd try here. anyone know what it is? He said it was a rounder shaped head, and all the edges were more rounded off. Supposidly this head is very rare, and even tour players can't seem to be able to find it. He's seen my type h before so it's not that, and the painted face has me thrown off... I was thinking kasco kp-99 when he started describing it, but he said it's not that round, more like the sonartech ss3.5.

I thought that Plaza golf got that putter from DaDriver. I'm pretty sure I remember DaDriver selling that putter to that guy at Plaza. The 50k price tag means it's not really for sale...

My frien just picked up the irons, I hit them on the range the other day, they are money, but not very forgiving at all. I'm pretty happy though, cause he was playing mp-33's before played to about a 6 handi to my 9, which usually played out and I lost... now he's more like an 11 muahahahahhahahahahahaha

I thought I replied to this... weird... anyway... if he's anything like my dad, who's about 4 handi plays graphite shafts in his irons and is about club longer than me, but I'm way longer with the driver. I attribute this to the reg flex graphite shafts that he's made work for him. Anyway if he's anything like my dad who used to play BBB, he won't like the deep faces or bigger heads in general. I would either stick with callaway and find a tour callaway or pro series (only square heads) or just get him a 983k. Pretty close to square and not too big. The smaller cleveland head is pretty cool, but you need to go through them to find one that sets up square.

Dude, I just read your post about sticking your wedge into your water softner... ARE YOU CRAZY???? Isn't that the water you drink? You know it's not good to drink rust right? There are probably chems in there to clean the water as well... but dude you're insane!!! Going with DaDriver CSI investigation thing, is Chris liable? LOL

Sounds like an episode of CSI...

stuff 4 grams of cotton into the head. works like a charm and sounds like a Titty driver. :cool:

Chris, You mention that the Scratch is a Scratch Custom made in the USA. I have a 52 that was ground here in the USA that has a neck identical to the one in the MOZ pic. It's that way because I asked for it. Custom wedges are exactly that, if you want something that looks like another retail wedge you need to ask for it. That's kind of the point. Look at the transistions of other high end wedges, what about Zodia? Are you telling me that those are low quality because the transition lines are abrupt? I'll take a pic of my 52 and you can see for yourself. The grinding here in the US is every bit as good as the grinding in Japan. In fact the grinders in Japan have been impressed with Scratch golf grinders and have complemented them on them. Secondly the black XXX teflon finish is done right here in the USA. The guy they use his main contract is with the US army, he plates all the parts for the hummers used by our troops in that giant bunker Iraq. If it's good enough for our troops fighting in the desert, I'm sure it's fine for a silly golf club.

I've got a DASS Bettinardi BB-43 center shaft that I was thinking about sending to eBay. It's DASS with copper plugs along the bottom, probably the best feeling putter I have ever owned. What were you looking at spending?

My mom is asking me to buy her a set of Honma irons, but I really don't want to get her a tradional set because she won't even use the 3-6 irons. Any of you guys/gals have any recomendations? Better yet anyone have anything for sale?

He hits the R7 great he's just being a little baby TM hater :mad:

I have a XXX black 59 deg which I use out of the bunker nearly every round. I've had it for about 6 months and other than the sole it's held up incredibly well. Until I hit a shot out of the sand I really didn't notice any wear. VERY Sweet set of sticks btw. You're going to love the feel and performance of Scratch irons. Are those tour or classic blades?

LOL Boy do I know this one. Now guys I don't know why you are so insecure in bashing Cameron collectors? Don't be a hater.... For some it's your car, others your watch, or your driver, or s**t even people that like to buy the "TOURSPEC" shafts which are really the same damn thing as the retail. And if you have all of the above and still more money to burn why not $5k Mickey mouse headcovers. Why not? Here's a Scenario for ya, what if Fujikura only made the tourspec graphics on 5 shafts (meaning only 5 ever made). Say they are a common shaft like the 757, how do you think that would bring on BSG or eBay?

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ahh sorry, I didn't realize you were going into business or that you were a machinist doing refinishes. My comment was really more of a warning for the general public. In case anyone thinks they can just go to any chromer and get their clubs refinished. I would be interested in seeing the durability of your clubs after they are refinished. That's when the real test begins, 6-12 months maybe 30 rounds or so...

Just be careful when taking your clubs to get refinished by just a metal worker. I can tell you from personal experience that just because someone does top notch chroming on say... Cars, Motorcycles, etc... things I thought were complicated parts... In my experience, that does not mean that they can finish a golf club correctly. The golf club is actually extremely hard to chrome correctly. Japanese finishes are the best for a few reasons, not only are the chemicals different, but I've seen where if guys that are buffing the clubs aren't golfers. For example they might just grind the bounce off the sole right off, because it'll help them chrome it easier. No matter what you tell them, it will come down to the machinist, and whatever I can probably guarnatee you that they have no idea about the design of a golf club. Sending clubs off to just any metal worker, no matter how good probably isn't a good idea. That's why you have seen so many durability issues with refinishes or in general finishes done in the US. There are chemicals that aren't even legal in the US that they use in Japan. That's just one of the reasons their finishes are so much better. I've seen work

Good luck with that. I actually got a hold of the guy that runs the tour van for Kasco. They looked all around for me couldn't find one, he went and asked one of the VP's in Japan, they had someone look around the factory to see if maybe there was one lying around. No dice. It's just a really old head. A couple of the reps have one. They ended up sending me a prototype DNA FS which sets up identical to the KP-99. I'll sell it to ya cheap if you're interested... you got 2 things goin for ya, cause I'm a duke grad livin in LA...

I'm currently playing a custom 52 or 53 honestly I can't remember anymore. I snagged it before Slater got a chance to stamp the loft in it. I've had it in my bag for about 20 rounds and I must say the finish is holding up incredibly well. It still looks brand new. I'll post a pic if anyone is interested.

Hey guys, I got a bunch of PM's about stuffing cotton into the R7. So here's the deal. Take 4 grams of cotton balls. Make sure you weight it first so you know how much you put in it. Then rip it up into tiny pieces. You can try and stuff it in there, but you will learn like I did (again and again) that the cotton is too thick and gets stuck. Then you spend the next 20 min trying to get it unstuffed. Basically all I did was I found the pointy object (in my case it was a dart) and just stuffed it in there. Some concerns, reshafting. I'm not exactly sure how I'm going to do it. Incidentily this is how you remove the cotton. Heat the head and it just burns up and you can empty the ashes. I'm not exactly sure how else to do it. Now as far as the muted feel, I've hit a couple of R7's and personally I think they all felt the same. I'm just really picky about how my driver feels. Some of you that are wondering what's up with the ting, probably just aren't as picky as I am. Good luck and remember SMALL pieces!!!!

Guys, you really should think about using cotton balls. Believe me I must play muted woods. I put 4grams of cotton balls into the R7 through the weight ports and it feels AT LEAST if not better than any Titleist driver I've ever hit. I'm sure foam takes it to another level, but 14 grams is a s**tload of weight. The cotton works. I've had it in for about 4 months now and I haven't had any issues.

In my opinion, if you have the money you can't go wrong with Scratch CB's. Just about every high end set there's something about them that I don't like, The grind might not work just right for me, the shape doesn't exactly suit my eye, the finish, whatever... Scratch CB's give you the unique opportunity to get exactly what you want. Personally for example I love the shape of the MR-23 CB's but the sole grind isn't quite right for me. I really liked the Mizuno like grind, so that's pretty much exactly what I got. Add on top of the Japanese Ishihara forgings 1018 Carbon steel, best feeling clubs on the market. I've seen them with the copper finish they are extremely soft and very unique. They are very forgiving, every bit as my old MR-23's and the actually feel better and look better.

with the big guns at the WGC, DD shot a 66 today, think he can put 4 days together and get his first win?