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A little something for the Epon fans a new Fairway & Wedge for ya.

Get one of the Ryoma weight kits, keep the shaft long off the start this will give you some options with tipping the shaft and dialing in the head weight & swing weight.

I would call it Tachibana era (pres) or Hashimoto & Takahashi era as they designed and made the shafts ( now with loop ). Abe is more a top manager and has been let go at TRPX lately. As someone who has tried nearly every crazy shaft the designs and materials of the new ones are very similar. Not better or worse actually they fit people a bit better and carry a higher satisfaction rating with our customers than the old. Your spot on in saying they are slightly lighter and seem less stable in some of the regens yet STP & 9 series are more player. I'd like to hear your thoughts on the 9 actually if you ever get the chance, if you like stable with a quicker transition, I think it's a beaut. If you like Crazy specifically they, TRPX and LOOP are all UD unidirectional made shafts which carry a love or hate trait about them IMO. 7D is one of the few brands I know not using Torray but saying an ultra stable swing is better we don't see. The majority of people who love 7D shafts are not what I would call fast or stable swingers they swing slower and are often higher handicaps. Yet the most vocal opinions are from the "forum crowd" or where the most stable swings may be. 7D shafts are custom and actually do just a good job for higher handicaps than any other category there is no group they are better or worse for. As their biggest dealer worldwide and with our collection of post 45 day owner reviews I think the custom aspect is what makes it so special requesting anti-right or left, feel in tip/mid/butt, and launch angle is so much easier than looking at an OEMs EI curve or description and trying to figure it out on our own.

I wouldn't go just based on SS but if u must I would say 95+ with a normal - semi aggressive tempo and 90mph with very aggressive.

Crazy, Today I still deal with the same people since the very start over 10 years ago outside of the president, unfortunately they are not the same co. since that wild situation. It's always the brands responsibility to re-check specs after the products are made including Kyoei and Yururi, how unfortunate. That said Endo has their fair share of tolerance issues with various OEMs they have produced but you can expect a lot higher standard with their own house label.

AK putters is a side project from Ako-san, still a long ways out.

Tolerance is a different story, money can get you that at the factory. Its not the factory itself it's how good a customer you are to the factory and what you request, for example 2 different brands at the same factory can have totally different tolerance. Cobra at Endo didn't have the same tolerance as Epon. But yes for price your right it's expensive, a common one I heard was you have to sell 5000 pieces to break even on the mold cost, so #5001 u get a return. So if you wonder why the drivers are all so similar there you have it, they are adjustments not entirely new. Tech is maxed out due to restrictions so what we are getting is many different and unique flavors instead of completely new dishes so Epon doesn't need to do anything different but their clubs will be somewhat similar in taste which can be good. Last is spin, there are much lower spinning drivers that's for sure, just maybe not for your swing that you have found yet. Epon makes great clubs the only unfortunate thing is they are a company with no soul like the many others out there. You could replace the entire staff and It wouldn't make a drastic difference. Anyway there is a new factory in Japan that the best minds from Endo left to start. You guys have seen and hit a little of it already, I will share more about them next March.

Part of that has to do with a very strong brand image from the very start ;)

Im just saying Epons faces are too soft to produce the distance the OEMs desire against China & Taiwan. I don't know this from personal experience but from what many OEMs tell me. I also don't care. It's not only the material of the face it's the manufacturing process which has them trapped. I know the amount of OEMs using Endo has declined rapidly they may be toast or continue to live of borrow money.

Love this one, the new DST FW in Shingo's bag.

I just asked Ako-san, will reply shortly. On a side note gotta love the cover photo slogan. A-GRIND "for winners"

In defense of Epon :) Those cutaways and ribs or cavities in other brands drivers actually do nothing. They actually prevent and box designers into a corner. The best technology is a head that can expand and contract, well with those cavities or even too much text on a head that thickens areas restricting the expansion of the head. So Epon has it right by limiting all those frills that are based stricktly around marketing. Nike, Taylormade are offenders of this, I can say the ZY-7 is as well. All those features could be done internally to move cg placement and weight around keeping the head flexible. But where Epon fails is in a vital area it's face technology, due to their core manufacturing process which is something they have no budget to reinvent or change the faces are too soft and it kills rebound or RBI which is why everyone has left Endo for producing drivers aside from price. I think some peoples comments reflect this accurately, good feel but distance is meh, actually what I am told is slightly less than average and much less than drivers that are known to be longer.

No comment :)

The Rumor is incorrect.

I think maybe our report button is not configured properly so guys if there is a rule breaker PM me and I will take care of it. We will soon be updating the forum as well.

In August.

Oh my what an honor they named this iron after yours truly.... I have confirmed BM = Big Muscle

I have no idea but has there ever been a non conforming fairway wood? I've also never heard of a stainless steel face that has a Cor above 0.83. Anyway this one is both and although it's head is light and it's geared to the slower swinger it's still something I'm very curious to hit simply because it's an egg.

Use a professional club maker. Make sure you get the right lie/length/loft/swing weight/grip size sorted at the same time.

It's conforming but here's a little side story for y'all. TRPX had a pro staffer in the lead by a few strokes on the final day when he was DQ'd for having a non conforming driver, yet TRPX doesn't make a non conforming driver and that driver was produced by Jbeam. The responsibility never lies on the company that produces the product but rather on the brand that sells it so this caused the fall out between TRPX and Jbeam and now TRPX's next driver will not be designed in collaboration with Jbeam. Moral of the story is TRPX should have independently tested their heads with a CT machine.

The new super egg FW is non conforming,. I'll post it up tomorrow for you.

Go with the AAA it's the safe bet, a lot of people do well with it.

No we don't want anything to do with clothes, main reason is you have to go to the event preview and pre order based on drawings, then each brand differs in size, also sizes are too small for westerners. the largest size they offer is sometimes like the smallest size depending on what country your from. We have tried this before, we have to say no refunds the customer gets the clothes and the vast majority of the time it doesn't fit.

What weight you looking for? What type of launch you want? What head will this go into? What is your bad shot? Transition/tempo is it smooth or aggressive? you might want to email me so we can figure this out.