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Thanks Ian. All yours.

Taking leave of my senses - silly price now: $115 (or £75 in UK). Must be something I ate today. (Shipping included for UK addresses. Overseas pls pm for quote. Paypal payments only).

Indeed, they do last a very long time as well! I get though a Hirzl in the time it takes me to wear out 3-4 premium cabrettas. Makes the Hirzls better value for money by a mile. Maintain their tack right to the end. Way grippier than cabretta.

Always had a feeling that your name stayed on this head!

Must go. Practically a giveaway now!

Best wet weather gloves are the Hirzl Trust Control or Hirzl Trust Feel. Kangaroo leather. Grips even better in the wet or humid conditions than dry. Last ages. You can even go 2-gloves - R & L. Equipped with Hirzl, it doesn't really matter that much which grips are on your clubs (well almost)!!

Assume everything on the list is long gone?

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Crazy and Fiamma have gone. Thanks guys and TSG. Egg no longer available. Kamui still available.

Crazy shaft is sold.

Fiamma pending Paypal

Crazy Shaft is pending Paypal.

I've heard this type of noise in four situations on glued heads: 1) epoxy gradually shearing off the hosel in the joint as a result of poorly prepared surfaces, poor gluing or glue mixes that are too unbalanced (particularly too brittle). This can happen in the hosel or where the ferrule meets the hosel 2) epoxy cracking further up the shaft, just above the hosel - ie when too much epoxy has been used and the epoxy is forced up inside the shaft forming a core that extends higher than the top of the hosel 3) the tip of the shaft gradually delaminating in or near the hosel, or even general shaft delamination further up the shaft 4) a crack in the shaft that is slowly propagating (and this is not always visible on the outside of the shaft) With a new quality shaft and a quality build, 1},2} & 3} should not happen. 4) tends to be as a result of some abuse of the shaft (even minor). 3) is most often seen (when near the tip) on shafts that have been poorly pulled before reuse - eg too much heat or some twisting of the shaft during extraction - or on low quality shafts. Best bet is absolutely to get a good club guy to split the combo, investigate and rebuild.

Silly reductions now. If you purchase the Kamui plus either shaft, the combo can be built for you before shipping if you wish. No charge for the build costs. Get it before I regret it!

Based in London. Will pm you with a quote.

Price reductions. Let's get these moving!

No worries!

Stock uncut (46") weight is on the TSG Store page: http://www.tourspecgolf.com/crazy-cb-50-shaft ie 68g plus or minus 3g. The actual weight of this shaft (ie including the weight of the Elite grip) is 115g. The Elite grip looks like the A50 Star model with a rib. Again according to the TSG Store: http://www.tourspecgolf.com/elite-grips-a50-star, this should be a 49g grip plus or minus 1 gram. Therefore the underlying shaft should be approx 65g, less any tape etc. I reckon therefore that the shaft should be a couple of grams under 65g. Hope that helps. ps, on inspection, I notice the grip is slightly worn with a small bit of thumb wear. I have therefore amended the description. Grip is still good for lots more play and has plenty of tack.

Thanks Ian! BTW that W505 head is quite a performer.

Here we have: 1) Basileus Fiamma SOLD 2) Crazy CB50 Black 7.4 SOLD 3) Kamui Works Ray Driver head + headcover. R/H. 9 degree. Head is in excellent condition 8.5/10 to 9/10 Headcover is in pretty average to poor condition - serviceable only. $230. Now $115. Head looks to have been little used and I haven't hit too many balls with it either. Suspect that the headcover is not the original as its condition is a polar opposite to that of the head. 4) PRGR Original Egg spoon GONE All prices are in USD and inclusive of shipping in the UK (tracked, insured etc). Please PM for quotes for shipping to overseas locations. Payments via Paypal.

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Well, have to confess that I did hit various Honma irons in the 80s, but wasn't left that impressed. Might just be me. However, their persimmons oozed class and played phenomenally well. Therefore always reflect on Honma in the 80s as one of the best for the longer clubs (f one had the dosh!).

Just to justify myself giving a different take on this, the original post regarded "top 5 iron makers". Era wasn't specified, nor forged, nor JDM/USDM etc. (Although I do acknowledge the implication one might take from the site and sub-forum we are on). 1. 40s to the 80s. Macgregor. The quality of the design and forgings that Macgregor pumped out during this time was just unbeatable. During the latter years of that period some of their quality standards dropped, but their "custom" offerings remained top notch. These days, top JDM is the equivalent. Wilson (and the Hagen sub-brand) and Hogan would be in the conversation too, but Macgregor forgings were the nuts. There were a few forged models by other companies that stand out, but not their products as a whole-eg Ram blades (Watson, Price), Spalding "shark" blades (Norman) etc. 2. 80s-90s. Daiwa, Maruman, Maxfli. Can't separate them. The David Graham designs for Daiwa (both the forged and soft cast blades and cavities) were real quality. Still frequently game a set of DG-201 that are a joy to hit. Maruman forged offerings, particularly in the Conductor line, were superb. If you can find a set of Conductor LX SPSS stamped "For Professional", then you are in for a treat. Maxfli forged offerings were top notch and very sought after. Tour Forged cavities, various Aussie Blades, DP models, Pro Specials, various Far East market models, all generally triple plated with copper, nickel then chrome. In the 90s, the Revolution Blacks with their multilayer construction (soft cast) were superb - probably the "model" for a soft cast players cavity even to this day. Has a softer feel than most forgings even now. Sadly, Maxfli - dead! Daiwa and Maruman retreated to Far East markets in the 90s. Of course Onoff and Maruman are still around now but the 80s-90s was special for them. (Note that there were a few Dunlop and Slazenger blades that were essentially "Maxflis" as they were produced under the Dunlop company, but marketed under a brand other than Maxfli - eg one or two Slazenger "Seve" blades and the TPM Supremos (but note that quite a lot of models with the Seve name were junk and just marketing)). 3. 80s to the present. Mizuno. Mizuno established themselves on tour and output loads of super forged iron models. To be fair to them, Mizuno hasn't stopped producing quality models/forgings even to this day, however their tour presence during the 80s and 90s was major and they will probably never match it again. These days, sponsorship money counts, however in the 80s and 90s you had many pros able to choose what to play rather than being contractually committed. And even if contractually engaged to another manufacturer, Mizunos often could be seen in the bags anyway! 4. 80s-present. Ping. Enough has been said about this USDM earlier in the thread. Personally not a fan of pretty much any of their models, but you can't deny their success, longevity, tour presence and business ethos. Have separated them from Mizuno above as both Companies are worthy of a mention on their own. 5. 2000ish to the present. Anything forged by Endo or Kyoei for others. Endo being my preference - Epon rules!

Ok, a silly suggestion perhaps, however, I have seen some similar patterning on some pictures of Kasco club shafts (the mooted Royal line or something). Nah, it really couldn't be Kasco, could it?