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I would love to but MPB has been waiting many weeks for this one and I would not want him to wait a moment longer, will have tracking today.

Again the door is open if he wants to clear the air. It doesnt take much to reply. The choice is his. Lets keep this thread on topic.

I'm not sure if it's left or let go but as such is business. The original graphic artist for Crazy was Masaaki Fukushi who went to TRPX and now is with COA hence why they all look so similar in that gothic design. I think the winner of the whole mess is LOOP as they walked with none of the BS and the true main actors Takahashi and Hashimoto they also have stable leader at the helm of the co. My 2 cents: Shaft Design - LOOP Materials - Crazy TRPX - I have their new shafts but their future is uncertain, I went to their HQ last month and it's less passionate enthusiast and more investor driven. They could never explain their shaft designs clearly to me. COA - Only time will tell but that is horrible branding. Can't get a straight answer on the shaft designs. We do offer custom fitting form services with LOOP & Crazy that just started which makes shaft selection a bit more certain for the customer, it's similar to the 7D form but we send it to the factory manager at both brands for their recommendation then follow up with our own to help the customer make a decision. What I like about this is I'm starting to see the fittings step away from flex and more toward shaft profile. For example based on my SS I should be playing the LOOP HD in Stiff. But because I require anti right they put me into a LOOP BW in SX. I tried both and experimented the same way with Crazy learning it's ok to step away from our normal flex in exchange for a proper shaft profile. LOOP Forms are analyzed by Takahashi-san & the owner of the co for TSG. Crazy Forms are analyzed by professional golfer Taka over at Crazy

Same here, Ive known him for 15 years and like him personally but stay away from his equipment ventures now days. He is not with GS anymore and just a designer at GTD, he is doing very well as a swing coach for female pros and amatuer players.

Yes I removed those remarks immediately, off topic swipes at TSG basically. This thread is about MPB's beautiful putter and any questions about GF, blanks, process and anything related. My door is always open, so when Robbie is ready to communicate his frustrations with me privately and settle them all is well, I have reached out.

Im trying to sort things with Robbie, Unfortunately I suspended him for posting some antagonizing remarks. Hopefully he responds to my olive branch and we can clear the air.

Your right this is essentially a mini driver, the only way Endo can build a FW, Its expensive to make and thats why other companies dont produce FWs with them. There are many forged cup face FWs and DAT55G fairway woods with titanium or stainless bodies. I personally prefer all stainless or full titanium which is the cheapest but seems to feel the best in a FW with the most predictable results. Right now I favor the Modart, Crazy Full Titan, A-Grind DST/Original and Jbeam TF-FW. I notice Ti heads are longer than the stainless heads but I dont buy 3 woods for distance or the tee box and seek strictly clean contact, straight repeated shots, feel and appearance.

Yes they shouldnt be played over 98-100mph tops, the conforming is SP700 while non conforming is DAT55"G". ( dont buy non G Im told ). But TSG has finally collaborated and is nearing completion with a company to offer very high quality driver face shaves, re score lineing, face refinishing back to black or silver and laser logo faces. Turning conforming drivers into High COR done in Japan. Will announce in weeks.

Abe formerly of crazy and trpx left or was let go and started this brand with an investor focused on gaudy apparel. He asked Jbeam to produce a driver for them, Jbeam is not connected to them in any way. This driver appears to be very similar to the glorious. Everyone wants Jbeam to co-produce with them because their heads simply work. Abe-san, contacted us several weeks ago for help and I agreed to take photos and let the members decide. I agree this name and the entire brand image is a wreck. Speaking of wrecks...lol George Spirits reached out again to us to re-establish a business relationship, I will take photos of their recent driver and new irons and let our customers dictate their fate on TSG.

Considering you hit your 3 wood 296 off the deck you are in the less than 0.5% minority of golfers. Your a beast! We have to consider that most golfers dont hit a 3 wood 200 yards or even hit a 15* to its actual loft due to bad contact and should be playing a 5 wood in place of the 3. You sir are the exception. This fairway wood is built like a mini driver which is awesome but the S-Yard XV is not made by Endo and is very different in shape, design, construction and material, made by OTA. AF-205 they took the old mold, straightend the face and lowered the rear and adjusted the specs which must have made the difference for you. I can tell you that Epon or not due to the face depth and shape many of our customers would struggle getting it up consistently with clean contact compared against something like a Maruman Shuttle or many others. If you can hit this design 296 you should be able to hit many woods even longer because there is no technology that I see it has that makes it superior especially against the Ryoma. I think you just found the perfect head for your characteristics combined with this shaft. Your right that upright lies make clubs easier to hit but this is for most players and many on tour, its not a better or worse player thing its a swing / body type thing. Hosel reeming may help if you require flatter lies in the future.

Many shops in Japan are saying distance and forgiveness is better than AF-503 but setup is much less clunky.

Non Conforming Version is coming out soon!

Thanks for the pics! face looks deep for the average player. what weight/flex EVO II did you like?

That I can say is Kitada for all current models.

From where would you start? Love the shirashu in Kamakura!

They do not sell putters under their own name. You guys would not recognize the name. They do make putters for other Japanese brands That's all I will say...zip.

For a long time Kitada made the GF blanks, but in recent years Kitada has reduced his workload and only serves 4-5 brands today. Gold's switched to another factory using the same designs. The newport 2 style was a Kitada creation, the GF00A is Sasaya's own design. I'd love to out the manufacture as they are solid and make other fine brands putters but Sasaya is a close friend of mine and would prefer I not so I respect that.

Same prodcut as Japan. XXIO makes very good performing clubs for the slower swinger or high handicap player. For years they were considered the benchmark that their competitors aspired to beat.

I've asked the meister he says not for the public knowledge.

Yes but Im not allowed to say.

If you already thought Kitada made his blank heads why are you surprised? With this logic, based on who makes the club the brand should be named after the factory? Recent Yamadas are not made by Yamada, past ones not fully. So where do we draw the line? we dont...

thats correct, manual milling, hand milling.

Gold's blanks are not made by Kitada and have not been for a while. These blanks are just an option offered to customers to start from a completely blank canvas. Sasaya doesn't care what anyone thinks about him making blanks or not, he modifies putters. He never milled them from a block himself. The whole "made by" thing, well that's a can of worms. there are products stamped 100% made in USA that have materials from China. There are products that don't say made in Japan that are 100% made/materials in Japan. There are products are made in China that have a process completed in Japan that say made in Japan, every brand slants it a different way. Robbie... made you an avatar :)

They have 2 types of base heads you can choose from or send other brands putter in for modifying, I work with you to help design and make suggestions.

Golds does modifications with an extremely high level of attention to detail using hand controlled CNC not computer controlled.