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I would like to thank you for a very informative review. I wonder if this shaft testing was conducted using golfers or machine? If only one golfer did the testing, the result posted here could be very misleading because different golfers swing and load the shafts differently. The swing factors directly effect the side spin, back spin, launch angle, and therefore effect distance and direction (shot dispersion). A different golfer will conclude very differently. Your review almost made me grab my wallet and run to the nearest club maker to have KB Tour shafts put into my irons. No disrespect meant, but I would need to ask whether the test was conducted by a single golfer, golfers, or a machine. Thanks.

Do these new Epon blades have tungsten infused? That will be interesting. Yesterday, I have seen a better picture of it, and it looks so really great. From the design standpoint, I totally agree with you that Epon is more logical trying to skew more weight to the toe area to enhance playability and feel on mis**t, perhaps, among mid handicap golfers as their off center hits are more toward the toe. IMHO, most old design blades with a sweet spot not located in the middle of the 2-3 lowest groove lines are poorly designed club. Why should we aim to hit close to the hosel instead of center! If we look carefully, the MP29 does have a similar (modern?) design regarding placement of center of mass. There seems to be more mass toward the toe of the MP29. Do not look at the back with the slight slant of the muscle back, but do look at the sole of the MP29 and you would see. The Epon blade seems to be even more elaborated on this design approach but with more emphasis on the muscle back portion. I had played MP29 with DGS300 for six years until I wore off the grooves. (I love it so much because I got my second and third hole in one with it.) I do not have a hard data at hand but I do think the MP29's sweet spot seems to be right in the middle of the (full) groove line (which may or may be not in the middle between the toe and the heel). Before I purchased MB-5003, I also bought MP67. Despite the cosmetic differences, I do not find the MP67 to be any more "playable" or more forgiving than the MP29. I, along with many old time Mizuno fans, think the MP29 gives a much more solid feel. I have been disappointed by recent Mizuno MP models with the soft mushy feel. They also ding easily. I think they just do not make it like they used to. It has been quite a while since golf club designers have been trying to improve the playability of blades, but not much could be done without trade offs in feel (less solid), or look (size, offset, topline). Nothing (yet) escapes the law of physics. BTW, I believe that MP29 were forged by Mizuno, not Endo. And I think, with everything equal, the short hosel irons have lower COG, not high COG. That is why most wedges have long hosels to move the COG higher. Please correct me if I am wrong. That is why for the new Epon blade, just from the look alone, I could not see any critical technology or a breakthrough design that would make it any different from any other modern blades. So I cited the MP29 as a benchmark. Sorry, I did not know about the tungsten infusion, and I should not have jumped into any conclusion before hitting any club. Are they of the same sizes as AF301, club by club? Anyway, the new Epon Blade is just too beautiful. I will have to call King at Golf Craft to see if they have arrived in Bangkok. Thanks.

First of all, I am not trying to kill forum members' great enthusiasm or anticipation for EPON Blade here. But, IMHO, from the pics, I could not see any advance technology as I had hoped to see. I was actually expecting to see something that might be a development from their excellent wedge design: manipulating COGs to create great feel, and different spin rates and trajectories. Certainly, among blade designs, the different distributions of club head mass will enhance different player's ability to square to club face at impact or to knock down with solid feel. Therefore, some players would prefer some blade designs over the others. However, the upside down swoosh seems to be there mainly for cosmetic purpose. To me it seems to be just another set of blades. (Hope I am wrong.) The blade technology may have really reached its plateau stage. Miura seems to know this, eventhough he said that he was constantly trying to improve on blade designs. This is also why the dated MP14 and MP29 (despite a little too much offset for my taste) still play as good as my new MB-5003. Anyway, they look great, and as with anything from Epon, they should be one of the best blades money can buy. I might as well purchase it with the happy thought that I would own two of the best blades in the market (MB-5003 and AF Tour.)

TSG is absolutely correct. All Miura iron heads have hosels with that dimension, and Miura intends to make them that way. It is like custom fitting for guns; manufacturers of slides and gun frames will make them slightly oversized for custom filing. Although it is not as critical in a golf club, it is still best to have a shaft tip fit perfectly tight into the hosel. Also, please realize that iron shafts do have tolerances too. Any qualified clubmakers worth their salt should have no problem installing them properly. (Club makers bore hosels all the time when they put a pararell tip shaft 0.370 into a standard OEM hosel 0.355.) Go to a qualified club makers and you will never have to worry about this. After all, you have already spent a lot of money for such a great set of clubs, do not waste it having them fit in a garage (in Nigeria). I am sure you will love your CB2006. Call me a snob, but Miura to me is always a blade!