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dont guarantee its gonna be better........ for eg. i rehit the ryoma yesterday d1 3w. thats got a feel of its own. tight lie fairway. that and the modarts,oh and the ORIGINAL egg spoon which i re did and sent back to oz for links are still the most enjyable fws to hit. deeper grass, the RC f series, and cv take my cake. hotter temps here have seen an increase in ball distance for us by a signifacnt degree, back in are the stingers and dia X shafts. the NS protos and mons are also in lay on irons. there really is a difference in summer winter golf. th RC are back i nthe bag form now as well, out go the sleek FWs above.

i wont say much except just bec its new....

if u cant get and want the jpn ltd release domestic model... .

ian is spot on .

ENDO forged

sorry no trades.

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$500 each

if u like the head but just want a bit of relief id jsut give the shaft a bit of a tweek. ive gone back to all time faves this season, not even looked and a new nad best........ the kaili in fairway woods has been aahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh awe inspring. so much so i had to put one in an old TP09 9.5* driver head for fun and its been great., bit more workable and mid flight but its gets right out there with the big dogs of later vintage. had it in play yesterdy as well. not a com-laint cud i hear. thats a step down formteh diamana X i play as a rule and u can notice it in impact and felx , but its not "worse" just a bit ..........typical where as the X is uber dynamic. feel is BIG. ives till got all my unicorns but i dunno going back a smidge hasnt been a bad thing waht so ever. prob given me a bit more power towards teh end of the games in fact. for instance.. driver- , 7d,diamana X/stinger to kaili/ilima yes a big diference in feel esp off the middle but much easier to miss a bit and not try nad kill. enjoying them right now but in mid summer (next weeked) ths big guys come back out. fairways- diamana stinger,X, fire express proto crayz black 80 to kaili, muziik dogatti , ali islei in the same heads , i can notice a very discernable difference over all so far thsi season. been good to hone , but now all the big ones back i nthe bag. gotta say the dogatti 6 in a fairway wood has been a very eye opening experiment. super easy to ignite, mid+ flight, quite workable , very veyy nice feel , pretty electric, built that for a a bud but he took an ali islei 60s one instead so i kept it for winter,spring, really liked its perfoamnce and doesn t need to be killed to get it to work. back in bg a tho from thsi week. kamui tp 09 / 7d kamui tp 07 / diamana X 60x jbeam black 435 / stinger 70x astro tour v2 / diamana X 70s getting toasty finally overhere , balls are going noticeably further ,def higher and feel is INSANE npw. premium times mean premium gear. might bust out the NS protos in prgr tr500s again now as well! best score this season yesterday and felt great.

ryoma d1 9.5* diamana ilima 70s 45inch 10.5* Graph des. tour AD pt 6x 45.25 inch 9.5* low. ............. 10.5* jussssssssssssssssssssssssssssst right. wow forgot how low this head launches as a rule. straight, almost no ability to shape it regardless of shaft its punchy low arrow straing hand not that long unless ui ahve a ver yfast swing speed to ge the ball up. to be honest its too lwo for me at about 100mph but. its such an incrediblly easy ot hit stra8 driver it was a spot thant wont be on rain, or on lush grass, im thinking on links at longy or NSW or def melb where on ecan grab a few cheat miles AND be virtually assured to be on the fariway. DEF not for flying trees, its simply for disecting the short stuff. played this head as much as any other since 2009 . i think i ts a love it or no way ,too low, dont suit . which is why so many of these got moved on so early years ago and the d1 maxima got taken up so well, pesoanlyl i didnt like the maxima 1 bit , the d1 was always my go to. 10.5* GD pt6x , well this combo makes a big difference , much easier driver higher launch , more carry, GREAT feel , very electric. MUCH higher flight, abilty to move it about, , i put a gripmaster leather which is heavy and thick on it gives the head a more slingy feel. really feel the movement of the head thru the swing now. much more playable and high ercomneded over the 9.5* i cant play this one anywhere anytime. and will do . its a fabulopus build eventhos at 45.3 its way long for me ussualy, somehow this works without lossimg it all over the place dispersion wise.

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one of the sets of graphite ive not tried but I-dirve swears blind by is the quadra DGL

soft step a set of modus in reg.

i play NSwv125s in most wedges, kind of like that heavier drop feel. the 115s i use is a cpl of sets and i like. they are a bit more workable. ive used to have a few sets with NS 950gh but i find they laucnch super high in a bell arc and kind of FLY too much and dont spin back , funnily enought i use these in LW to get suepr fast head speed ,esp from bunkers and for those shots they work a treat. modus 120s are a very reliable shaft , the faster u hit them the more they skyrocket and really spin,i have them in one set of bolds, WILL NOT be changing them over , for what i seee they are much better option in thse heads than the shimadas in another set they came with. the mack daddy of light ones tho are my set of NS proto STx ( 105) in a set of prgr multi forged low bounce oh my gahhhhhhdd these go CRAZY high and rip back. thesres nothing close that ive hit, hard to go from nswv 125 to 105 tho and be consistent. im alwyas coming up short. yea the 105s are prob as a good a set as u cud want for a light set. jsut dont go back and forwd frm these to wv125s.

Oh yes, i Had a half season with these 2 yrs ago, my very old set i got returned to me from a bud that " borowed " them for about 10 yrs and forgot to return them till he fancied another se of mine, found them abck in my bag and a set of prgrs vanished! Mine were in reg tho, i played them coming back from an arm injury, i wanted a light weight smooth set and thats exactly what i got , i thought they were quite whippy and very high and an absolutley joy to hit , also i remeber thinking they maybe the best feeling steel shaft id hit actually , i had a ball with them but i found they spun like a poli on a campaign trail when my strenght returned . not sure why, prob the combo of the heads with them ( yammy ,09 i think ) another bud had ONE game with them a year ago and wudnt give them back............ again............... i dont htink thats coincidence! Not a bad idea grabbing a cpl of these nobs might hard step a set of Stiffs. Post injury i progressed from these to shimada 3001 > Super peening reds > modus 120s > SP orange > back to NS protos. i tell you what, there are No play similiarities between any of this line up ,each is a totally different style to the last. super peening range is very taught, boardy , rigid and ALL performance thru fligh height. the 3001s are lower longer flatter constant weight , again a bit on the boardy side and not a ton of lateral dispersion. then the protos are a totally different prospect compleltlty, heaver, fuller, sweeter. , very tought to play any thing else other than NS for steel.

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now THAT is handmade.. i shud never have given these back...........

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Hi cor RC bomber alert driver. 11* head size 390cc fujikura made waccine compo dr88 shaft. superb cond. the ball seems to stcik on the face for longer then, SLING SHOTs off. incredible feel ,certainly unlike any other ive hit. tracked insured delivered. via Ems jpn most assureadly a "ONE OFF" , u will never find this replicated anywhere . higher launch . soaring flight. humongous carry. masterpiece of a build for the right player. $495

ASTRO TOUR v2 11* / diamana X 70s 323g 45 inxch d1.5 The same head/weight as is on my GD pt6x which has been my fave driver of this season , in fact its been hard to take that one out of the bag , i originaly planned to build this new one to leave on the links so ican travel lighter. but that didnt work quite as planned.................. THIS one came back with me, the GD stayed put. ahhhhhhhhhhhh, sigh, there is just something SO more my style with this shaft than anything else really , with the exception of the 7d and stinger that just makes me wonder why i actually built anything else NOT DIA X . . as much as l still enjoy several other shafts , namely the quadra fire express tp-V nx ( kick on this is unique, makes u think ur grabbing WAY more miles than in relaity, VERY sweet smooth shaft , love the feel, it feels soft but isnt , the original fire express, diamana kaili/aliiseli, daiwa tataki, crazy black 50 ( oh boy THIS is one shaft i love opposite to the TPv nx ) and thats bascially all im down to these days , everything esle has been expunged , still i feel the X has all them covered . super low torgue, mild/ow flight , arrow like performance , miss**ts dont get monstered. feel is solid and smooth but u do need to give it jjust a bit more welly to activate it but by no means is it a lightning rod . like say the crazy black 80ls is.. thats from anohther planet that thing... the DIA X is just chicken soup , me. So, when i took both these 2 drivers out for a DECENT show and tell i found myself reaching for this one more than my fave Ptx. at times i can exude a bit brand favourtism , prefering a known brand for "superior" brand for no other reason that it simply " presents/ looks " better , seeeeeeeeeeems better ....., petty i know but its true. A perfect example is a massive bias i have for say a 1990s hiro mats Mz 07 putter over a mid 2000s bettiardi tour ....... if u read everyone in the golifng universe in "merica there NO way possible there can be a similarit y in quaity unessss of course u have both and hit both and well........... i digress.., but for drivers i kind of go for whats the newast ive built and hope its thwe best at the time, and i gotta say after 2 solid sessions with both of these, the X shafted has taken pole position in my bag. One of the reason i LOVED the pt shafted one was bec as much as it goes well it LOOKS freeeeken awsome , has an earthen green leather gripmaster i had put on with that light blue / white grey hue pattern shaft , with the grip, it just looks SO mine mine mine ish. i just lovel ooking at it which of COURSE thwith a sort of palcebo effeccr makes me THINK im going to hit it better and low and behold........... i most often dont miss. BUT the 2014 x is on another level. kick point maybe ? materias perhaps? diffference in distance ? nope none that i cud see. flight , yes, bizarely the X is higher than the PT and it makes the head feel like its a bit hollower and tingier, the feel /flight combo has me. theres very little if any lateral movement on both these but the DIA X i find has a tine bit more abilty to shape, might be the S flex vs the X of the pt but if i really want to try and get one to go left, the DIA is the one i cud prob count on more , wind, mehhhhhhhhhhh nah, it doesnt matter 1 iota the X eats it up with aplomb , ballooning , not a peep. since i discoverd astro tour heads ive been addicted to thier shape and performance, they can not be overpowered, they can not be broken , these are made for long drivers of JN with a range for normal humans. thankfully with my modest distance returns these days this head offers me a confident feeling at address and im ALWAYS thinking im one driver away from a return to the hallowed days. yea this one ............................... is RIGHT at the very top along side my all time best evers. id pop it ahead of the PTx and a step up from the diamana ilima/egg i had built same time, the fact the shaft was $900+ at release makes me think theres a bit more fairy dust and unobtanium sprinkes in it, prob quantified when i spoke to the lead designer of diamana and he says " we wont make another one of these they are too expenseve and theres nothing left was can improve on ........... u shud buy as many as u can nad put them in as many heads as u can , inflamatory words to mahooooooooooooooooooosice club ho.. like i still am ! THIS is a keeper ,and a not to be sold er.

Prgr egg7 , 9* with diamana ilima 70x 44.625 d1 313g swapped this shaft from the 83g diamana aliislei ( which is prob my 3rd fave shaft of all time) and oh boy it changed its profile............. by a MILE....., aliislei was low, sturdy heavy and punchy. didnt like to be moved laterally what so ever. it was a purpose built wind buster that was designd to hit the middle of fairways with a draw swing, NO WAY was htis or did this go left. not a once. misses were ALWAYS fades, cuts, slices , blocks , which im ok with bec thats my miss and ive come to peace with that flaw i cant alter.. I diidnt really want to swap this out but i cudnt find another egg 9 for the life of me and i wanted to test the head ( which is prob my 3rd/4th fave head ever as well) with a lower kick higher launch shaft, diamana is obv my go to so with the success of the astro / ilima 60s i thought why not give it a try. well 5 days of holidays belting the be hey zeuss out of balls on links has taught me , some things are best let unchanged, some are worth a change. This one is a success . its lighter. it ultra stable and its longer than the aliislei BUT it feels light "airy" thin. this is a trait im becoming used to with this shaft, it performs superbly, the wind didnt kill it what so ever in fact with more spin it actuallly kept the flight very stable. i didnt really miss many fairways/sides with it at all, and i had NO problem with its carry Vs total distance but it felt a little thin. Its a head scratcher, bec it worked really well , it did what i wanted it to but i felt underwhelmed at impact with it, especiay when i was hitting the KAMUI tp07/stinger along side it. it was night and day but when i marched to the ball the diffference wasnt really that big, it was enough to game the Kamui all the time, but the egg prob was close with it for carry , actually iwas hoping this wud be my wet weather driver, its a good un for sure, but not enough airtime to be an all carry no roll bat. ill throw a leather gripmaster on it for the sweaty summer tho bec its def where itll perform well. was it as good as the original with ailislei ? its a push, prob yes this head stands the test of time ( and R&D ) and wi be a stable club for a lengthy time , rating: very good to excellent, not superb. its a keeper.

ya.... viking horns!