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Well, the Diamana Stinger is the only boron shaft Im aware of that uses it for the whole shaft and they are almost impossible to find arent they? From what I understand Boron is/would be a truly excellent material for golf shafts because its such a light and strong material, much stronger and "reboundy" thab graphite apparently. The problem is access to the Boron itself wich is very expensive, very rare and difficult to work with, making boron shafts expensive and difficult to massproduce I guess. Graphite, even high quality stuff like 80T is apparantly "cheap" compared to Boron. The stinger has a real cult following and are singled out by some people as the best shaft ever, though.

Im a bit confused. I use the Nippon Blue SPs in Xstiff in my irons. They are also lengthened and come out at D9 (!) for SW..I know it sounds crazy, but I hit them really well, even the 3-iron that is something like 39.75 inches long. So, the irons are heavy and very stiff, and I dont have any problems hitting them. Ive been going heavy and stiff in my driver as well, use the Miyazaki kusala black 72X in one driver and a Roddio W7WA also in X in another. I get on with them good at times but driving the ball is definately my weak point, even though I go through periods of really excellent driving too. The thing is this, I recently had to borrow a set while on hoilday in Sweden and the irons where Cobra FPi or something like that, incredibly oversize with R graphite shaft and thin grips..They felt like toys, just really weird (of course) spongy and I had no distance control whatsoever with them. The funny part though is that the driver was an older TM burner from a few years ago with a spaghetti-like R that felt like L or something. And I hit it consistently well throughout the round..I had no trouble timing the hit at all and hit some really good drives. I thought it maght be a bit of a fluke and the infamous "honeymoon" syndrome, but any way. So I tried my friends wifes driver last week, 14 degrees Ping with a pink L-flex shaft, and hit like 3 straight sweet drives that didnt even fly THAT high..Something I thought was EXTRA weird with all that loft and soft shaft since I am a high ball hitter with a swingspeed right around 114 MPH normally. Ok, I lost some distance of course but anyway..? Then I tried my friends japanese Superman driver yesterday, fitted with the original blue coloured shaft these drivers come with. The Superman is very popular among some rich folks here in Thailand usually older guys so the shaft is super soft. I tried it for fun on a short par 4 and hit a soft high draw and carried the green, around 295 yards out. Weird. Now, I can hit that long with my TS 703 with the Roddio too, but have to swing quite hard at it. Is there anybody that uses a softer shaft in the driver and Xstiff in their irons? Sometimes I feel like hitting driver is a totally different game altogether, ha ha. I also use a heavy and Xstiff shaft in my 3 wood with excellent results, while when I try my friends soft shafted faiwaywoods they usually just fly just about ANYWHERE and super high, as if I skyballed it. But a spaghetti shafted ultralight driver? No porblem.

Well, on the woods side they came out with the more compact driver quite recently? The VG3C version. Irons I dont know.

Im seriously thinking about getting an easy to hit premium head like the CRZ 460 or even a Ryoma at 9.5 degrees and pair it with a low spin low launch shaft. The Crazy 80ls seems to be it, but its a bit on the pricey side, especially new. What would you think about a Roddio 8W shaft or a Myazaki Black or something? Any ideas? The 9003?

So, the hittability and friendliness of the CRZ460 coupled with the lower launch Crazy 80LS would be very intersting then? Like some sort of super match up? Or what do you think?

Ive been thinking the same. Especially Tourstage seems to be on the cutting edge when it comes to club making and design. But these "Big" JDM companies do have a very broad set of equipment to develop and the smaller makers are able to specialize much more I guess. Jbeam almost only do driver heads. Ryoma actually only do ONE driver head. To take Ryoma as an example, the ultrathin crown they have in order to be able to get all those 60 grams for the weight pod in the back must mean extreme tolerances and a lot of rejected heads. These heads could never be massproduced because the fail rate would just be huge. At Ryoma they can probably test each and every head for wall thickness, strength and weight. A larger company could just never do that, they would have to produce heads with thicker walls, and thus automatically wont have 60 grams to place in the back of the head. Instead maybe only 25-30 grams tops to get the right balance between cost and production speed...So thats is a case of a smaller nimbler maker out-innovating the larger companies. Besides, it doesnt take more than one or two REALLY talented designers and engineers to do all aspects of a clubhead. having an army of designers and engineers is not always an advantage. That coupled with the maybe less fanatic and rewarding work environment at huge corporations where often several visions and outlooks compete, not to mention bean counters putting a break on things sometimes, leading sometimes to products that are results of a compromise between different philosophies and goals.

Its not JDM but the TM R510 TP is 390cc and still one of the best drivers Ive ever had..Its not shafted at the moment but i still have it. its 8.5 degrees, has a very pretty shape and sounds and feels really solid..Ive been thinking about shafting up again soon, I had it in an Axiv V Xstiff shaft that was a great combo. Until I broke the shaft.. Otherwise I uesd to have a Honma 400cc driver that had a SUPER deep face, I mean seriously deep, like the current TM SD I would say..That was a very lowspin head that I traded away many years ago. Was the name RF400 something? I still see these drivers now and then in Bangkok, been thinking about getting one just for the fun of it, since they are pretty cheap and a bit dated I guess. Plus not exactly geared towards the "typical" Honma user? EDIT: The name is Honma 400RF, just looked it up on the web..It has a 59.5mm SP700 Ti face..Found them still for sale on the web, at 980 dollars!? Does anybody else remember this driver?

Yes, the COR (0.83) rules are the same for FW as it is for driver.

Just what I was thinking Spoon.

Diamond hu? ha ha..

It would mean 1 degree upright.

Cool stuff and thanks for the info..Will for sure go check one out next time in BKK.

Ive been waggling this exact club on many occasionsfor well over a year in various shops around Bangkok! I love the idea, and have wondered if this is the answer to sometimes uncooperative driver..The shaft stiffness has put me off though, even though the stiff version seems a bit more stout than what kasco usually offers, that is megasoft Stiff shafts that are at most Regular. It used to be quite pricey, but lately they have been on sale with very good discounts..Might be time get it on the cheap and put a good shaft in it! Let me know how it is.

I use this exact set up, and your yardages are exactly like mine. I use the Cleveland CG15s and they are really userfriendly. The only thing Ive noticed is that the 52 can be abit "hot" for me, and sometimes fly much further than I expect. I use the US versions, so Ive been thinking about getting the softer forged ones, something like this is probably perfect: http://www.tourspecgolf.com/Cleveland-CG15-Forged-Japan-Only-wedge

Interesting stuff. I saw a 2nd hand mint set of Saqras in BKK a while ago, and very cheap too. But was a bit worried about the reverse offset. How was the long irons? Difficult to hit anything but straight/fade /slice?

Is the reverse offset a feature on both the blades and the CBs?

Ah yes..Honestly, and embarrasingly, I didnt know that George Takei was the "George" in George Spirits..Learn something new every day. So, both the Crazy 450 and the George Spirits are made by Jbeam then? Just different name?

Are the Jbeam Vortex shafts Crazy shafts with different graphics? They have both 50 and 80T versions, and since Crazy have their heads made by Jbeam, it would seem logical that the reversed might happen when it comes to shafts. Plus, the George Spirits 450 driver MUST be exactly the same as the Crazy CZR450?

Hi According to Miuras new CEO Andy Barr, Miura owns the foundry in Himeiji where they forge all their heads.. I was pretty sure that they received the already forged heads and only did smoothening and grining/finishing at the Miura factory. Can anybody shed some light on this? Chris? Tario? How can a small maker like Miura own a foundry? The economics seems out of whack.

Amazing stuff! Now you see it now you dont though...Im VERY late to the party.

Ok, thanks a lot for the info. Was going to try this shaft out since i got an opportunity to get it at an ok price, and so was thinking to experiment a bit. Wanna try out a Crazy shaft just to get a feel for them.. Im starting to hit the Roddio W7WA in x stiff really good now by the way! Really straight and on a nice trajectory, there was no honey moon period ith this shaft at all, started out bad and got to be excellent now, so the process got kind of reversed. Still a bit "fady" but thats ok. Do you think a TJ46 in 7.2 would be stiff enough for me? Swing is short. Slow back, half/three quarter swing and a pretty hard sometimes "violent" (when I swing bad ha ha) downswing. Been trying to smoothen my swing though, to get more feel and timing in it. But when I do that with my current drivers, they dont "respond" and I hit it low and out right if Im not careful. Hit it around 270-280 yards in the air with no real problem. Hit one today that we measured at around 310, and that was with very wet and swampy fairways. Been thinking a softer, but stable shaft might be a way to bring less "violence" into the swing..

I got an opportunity to get a pulled TJ46 shaft, and was thinking about getting myself some Crazy shaft experience. However, its rated at 7.2, so stiff on the Crazy scale. Do these shafts play stiff, or do the TJ46 play soft to flex?

Yes, thats exactly right! Ive been in contact woth Tario about this a long time ago, since i thought it was weird. Thought the wood lies should be flat as well but ni, they are generally more upright. According to Tario thats because the general player in Japan is fighting a slice and dont hit it high enough with the driver and woods. Typical driver lie angle is around 60, sometimes up to 62, whereas in hte US/EU its arounds 58. Iron lies are 1-2 degrees flatter generally..

I think he wants Jspec quality grips, but have large hands (just like me, I use midsize grips) and all the JDm grips only come in small sizes. Ive been thinking the same, been wanting to try out some cool grips but they are all for the average Japanese person, so wont fit. So, I play tour velvets midsize. Its the curse of being a fan of JDM equpiment, iron lies are too flat, grips are too small, too much upright lie in the woods, Spagetti stock shafts, C9 Swingweights etc etc..