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O M G! And I thought I was having a pretty decent week...that is until I saw this! we want detailed documentation of the whole experience ;) you lucky duck!!!

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Hutch, you've always been a stand up guy in our conversations and transactions, and I'm genuinely glad you found the strength to come back and reach out to us all. Small community is right, and I'm sure whoever might have actually felt slighted for those particular transactions could forgive someone who had a couple slips in their darkest hours...we are, after all, humans and we all make mistakes. At least you're honest and man enough to come forward and address it publicly. Kudos to you for that. Good luck on your road back and glad to have you back...looking forward to seeing you on the boards again :)

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thanks RI, so if you had to pick a set between the two??

at least 4 (pictured) there's prolly at least a couple more bags just filled with putters!! those copper AFT's must be built and games now with all this teasing! they look outstanding in that bag!

thanks. now if you wanted to remove them ever, would it be easy to plier them out with a long needle nose or have any other suggestions?

very interesting, I'll have to try that. does it affect the weight a great deal, and if so, would you distribute evenly across the 3 weight ports?

Chris, how would you describe the difference between these (ss400) in terms of performance and feel to the onoff kuros?

yes, you have a point there...And spoken like a true Ho! and I'm sure we can all relate to that lol

awesome bags nob!! what happened to the AAA in the ptune? I thought that was going to make the bag for this season. love all that copper, will be great when they all patina more as well!

no 5i on those roddio i10's?

I'd be interested in the shaft if you decide to separate. pm me if so, thx

man I am jelly!! those are fantastico! congrats Robbie! what are the lucky shafts to be paired?

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pretty perfect all around, love the shape, and the purple shaft is icing on the cake (reminds me of the oban purple which I once loved so much)

Yes, you'll need a good shaft puller for the graphite, but iron shafts are easy. All you need is a torch, some rags to protect the head, and maybe some gloves as you heat up the neck for about 15-20 sec, then anchor the head in the rags on the floor as you step on it firmly, grab the grip firmly and start turning/twisting the shaft -- it should come off fairly easily. I'm in limbo with this building prospect, where sometimes I want to build some things myself so I can control the timeframe, but for the complicated stuff, I'd rather just let an expert do it. That being said, I bought a cheap swing weight scale (Golfsmith one), which gives me a good idea, but if you want it totally dialed in, get the one professional builders use that has multiple weight sliders and good leveling features to really get precise. The one thing I absolutely love and glad I bought was the GolfWerks club ruler, as it gives you measurements w/ an adjustable foot that compensates for the clubs lie angle as it would be on the floor, and there is no guessing on length. Some people measure to different places on the hosel when using a straight ruler, but this one has a nice channel for the shaft to sit in, can accommodate large putter grips w/ part of that channel dropping down, and does a great job giving accurate measurements for length. Good luck!

I recently acquired a set of Seven wedges (52* | 58*) in trade, and I believe they were from the first batch (or at least one of the earlier ones that went out), and I finally got around to getting them built. Really happy with the way they look after the build. Question: these have a longer hosel, huh?? These wedges are outstanding. Very nice soft feel that is a delight to hit as you can feel the ball sponge off the face -- you can almost picture the ball compressing and seeing the non-conforming grooves shred the skin in slow mo. It does what you would expect to spin the ball as they are definitely shredders (at least new they are), but what I really enjoyed during my green-side practice was the versatility of the grind and a seemingly perfect bounce. I tried different types of shots from different lies and they performed really really well from all of them. Opening them up and doing touch shots was a joy because of that softness on the face and control through the turf. I didn't spend as much time hitting full shots as I didn't expect too much difference from my current Suda gamers, but the shots I did hit felt great and had good dispersion. I shafted with Nippon WV 125 and seems like a great pairing so far. I tend to use my wedges a lot for 3/4 controlled knockdowns and these handled those shots well -- very consistent results and again, a joy to hit. As much as I love spin, I hope these dull a little, for the sake of not eating through my ball stash too quickly, as bigger swings will definitely get these monsters chewing up ball covers, and I intend to put these in play for the entire season. In helping the OP answer their original question, I would say that the Tataki is definitely not as soft as the Seven's. Tataki's feel good, but nowhere near as good as the Seven. Both are versatile shapes and grinds, but I'd have to give it to the Seven's in that area (so far) as well. It's way too early to compare other aspects of these wedges in terms of play, but my early conjecture is that these Seven's will outshine the Tataki in almost every category, except for maybe looks, as that Yururi finish is just so awesome. I honestly don't think you can go wrong with either, so rest assured you'll get great wedges no matter what your selection is between these two (no experience w/ A-grind yet). BTW, for those that received the custom aggressive grind wedges w/ conforming grooves, please let us know if those are shredders as well.

nob, I'll take the 88, will send pm in the morning, thx

nice looking indeed.

forgive my naïveté, but what added benefits is a grind channel supposed to offer? I'm liking the aggressive heel/toe grind, will those be added to the 64*? that is an immediate buy on my list so keep me in the loop please Chris, thx

pretty awesome nob, can you take some video or audio next time so we can hear the sound of that foamed head? did you also get the ptune 3w foamed too?

I think he meant new Zens, not Musahi

great write up stew, I think I'll hold off on graphite for awhile as well. still can't put down those Ora's in stiff and the modus 125 s has become another fav.

sounds like a unique combo set, nob....got any pics? did you buy it pu all together like? Those MB 909 on the BST look awesome. They look a lot like the Srixon Z945, anyone know if they share the same bloodline?