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yeah they look like the vegas. probably the same mould but tweaked by sasaya san. nice looking and screaming quality

hi these are not epons. the uk site you saw them in has made some sort of mistake. this club is the result of a collaboration between niimi san and master forger shinagawa san. http://forum.tourspecgolf.com/t28016.html

jeff too bad! your son cannot inherit all your golf sets and gol's putters:)

thanks for the pic, could we see some topline pics once you get the heads shafted? thanks

i think they are all sold out so whatever left of them would be used. this one has a nice solegrind by CM

they are similarly sized than the tour bag, quality is good although my preference is the tour bag. ive already ordered the black and gold and cant wait to receive it

il be bringing both with me to the course today and see which one i prefer. will have updates later

i wanted to get a mixed set as well but from what i was told epon will only sell a minimum of 5-pw and no purchasing of single irons except a 3 or 4 i as an additional piece to an existing set. Maybe chris can confirm this one. i considered strengthening the lofts as well but decided to leave them alone and adjust my other irons in relation to the af tour lofts. these are blades and i dont want to decrease the forgiveness by ++ the lofts. so my aftour 5iron has a loft of 28* which is basically a 6i for the 501/701. one may add a 5i 701 etc and adjust the loft to a 25/24*. i wont have that problem as i already have a 24/25* hybrids to select from

that is precisely why i am going to take the afternoon off tom and get a round with these sticks under my belt. like i said they were all amazing in the range, tom lets see how it performs in real playing conditions. hoping to report back with some good news. ...crossing my fingers

ok guys i have tried the AFTOUR, after several sessions in the range let me just say that these are so easy to hit. not as easy as the 701 but certainly not less forgiving than the af501 and 301. other golfers also unanimously agree. had these shafted in dgs300 and kbtours, according to epon, the shafts were designed with the 110g and up shaft selection so it would be unwise to put a much lighter shaft. what is surprising is that it plays easier than it looks. what was hard to adjust to was the lofting of the irons, they are approx 1 club weak and lofts seem to be weaker by 3-4*. so naturally my distance was way off compared to the af701 which naturally ahs stronger lofts to begin with. over clubbing certainly fixed that. what makes the iron shine is that that it is extremely balanced, im not a consistent ball striker but i was consistenly hitting the ball in the center of the face and the marks will prove it:) there is certainly loss of distance compared to a same lofted 701 but not by much. the dispersion is very very tight. looked like around 5-10 yards compared to the very fickle 701. what is weird is that the af301 is suppose to be much easier to hit on paper but testing the tours for real is that it seemed much easier to hit. its very weird. also do not that it is suppose to be more difficult to hit the sweetspot of the tours but i was more consistent than the larger faced 301. doesnt make sense to me at all. i guess im quite surprised coz these are blades as easy to hit as cbs. maybe helps that i was concentrating more and using a smoother swing coz of the smaller face compared to my gungho style with the af501/701s. another feat was being able to hit a double dime sized sweetspot on face most of the time unlike with the af501/701 it was dicey this one was spot on. epon has something uber special here. im sure there is a scientific answer as why i hit these better than 301/501, or maybe its psychological dont quite now. if its a love at first site thing then it should be shortlived. only time will tell as ive already pulled the triggger on this set.they are not unforgiving at all, im a high capper and i can hit these quite well, those will lower caps will even be more amazed. for thsoe that think it is unforgiving i suggest you try or borrow a set, couple of hits and youl see why this is touted as the easiest blade to hit.

what do you need to know? pretty much all the info on the sole. its an older classsic!

E-X-A-C-T-L-Y!!! My combo is a set of 6-pw with my long irons being the 701 and gfield hbrids. have already shafted the aftour with kbtours:)

damn bro your on a roll!

damn thats awesome!

paper cutout i suspect

i have two eldiks, An m and an old school. this one is defintely up my alley!

T, dont know which i like more the panny or the glove:)

still available?

i will be reshafting my epon wedges tomorrow with the kb tour smoked wedges . replacing my Px hi launch and will see what all the fuss is about. hopefully it will be a positive change. Bladerx, i heard the aftours will only be released in standard finish. no custom finish like copper or black for this model

yes thats what i heard as well c

G, dont forget the s300s. they can also get project x flighted, high launch at a higher upcharge

im dissapointed as well, this looks like it was intended for a certain market. also i am confused about axiv, where is it made exactly? i recall chris mentioning that these were supposedly being manufactured outside of japan and the quality was questionable? can someone pls clarify as this shaft seems to be the opposite in terms of price poits, quality etc etc.

i have tried the 1150s and even the project xs i am leaning on the project x for now but all this talk of kb tours is making me curious. thank god they offer these as an upgrade option at epon. will be getting these installed with the new af tours:)

thanks for the thumbs up, will defintely be trying these in my next set of wedges.

shafted my epon emb with a roddio w6wa and from my hits in the range it feels like a sloppy wet noodle and this is the sr model. my stock tour ad emb regular shaft felt much more stable and smoother. with the roddio i could feel the shaft acting very unstable. mind you this shaft came as an upgrade from the old epon 460 and pulled and put into the emb.. i will give this another go this friday to test. if this doesnt work im going back to the original tour ad emb shafts