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This one was made 2 years ago, before deciding on our final milling we had golds factory experiment with different mills in combo with SM490A and this one was the softest. You can tell the difference in SEVEN putters as these early ones had both the name SEVEN and the logo in the back cavity, while the blank sole protos that came next only had name, then the Kyuzo.01 had only the logo in that spot.

It's only a hundred bucks to do so. It's not off the table, we were just told nothing when we paid them a visit a few days ago.

I don't think dad works much anymore. I would assume the kids. I have 2 custom grind/finish sets sitting in front of me I will post later this week.

Thanks Tabuchi-san did those.

What is Honma Be Zeal? First off it's the best selling Honma line in Japan because it fills the companies only gap between the players segment and the game improvement side. The athlete player uses the Tour World TW727 series while the game improvement or senior segment plays the Beres S-05 and E-05 products but what about the golfers in between? This is where Be Zeal comes in and this is the sweet spot in size, forgiveness and performance that most average players fit into. More forgiveness and distance than the TW727 series yet with less offset and size than the Beres line, today we cover the Be Zeal Irons. As you can see from the above image there is an obvious leading edge grind and a sole not as narrow as the TW line or as thick as the Beres series, the satin finish is also very high high end as are all Honma Clubs from the Sakata Factory. Unlike the TW series the Be Zeal irons have titanium constructed faces for big distance and forgiveness this is unique because usually only larger sized heads feature this material. The lofts are also very strong on these irons you can get a good idea of how strong looking at the pitching wedge PW it is 41.5* but that doesn't mean they go low, the CG locations have been optimized so that short irons land soft and launch higher with more spin than other irons helping the average player produce spin and stopping power on the greens. As you can see here moderate offset, not minimal like Tour World irons and not a lot like Beres, just right for most people. Honma has also created an inner cavity within the head with 10 grams of tungsten weight to further lower the center of gravity design to optimize launch angles differently in different clubs. A three sided sole design has been adopted which helps turf interaction and heavy perimeter weighting near the sole has been added to increase MOI. The base set is# 6-11 which when you consider the strong lofts covers a wide range of distances, optional #4/5/AW/SW clubs are available as well. this gaps out nicely in the short irons from #10 at 41.5* to #11/46.5 to AW/51.5 and SW/56.0. A new specially designed Vizard Shaft has been produced specifically for this line up using a material called Zxion of KB Seiren Co., Ltd. which has been used in high end tennis rackets and speaker cones. this helps reduce loss of power thru energy transfer keeping the shot on a stable path and direction Hope you enjoyed the introduction, I was able to hit these on the launch monitor and they are really really good clubs, very long and forgiving and not overly chunky at all, it's one of the smallest irons I've seen that utilities Ti face tech, it's no wonder these are Honma's #1 selling series in Japan.

It's a beautiful CB.

just straight in.

Beautiful!!! I love honma!

So these are not my gaming irons actually nor are these shafts custom made for me, I've only got 1 good shot at this so I'm choosing the right head for these, 7D set me up with single piece open model heads with a shaft that is somewhat similar to what I should play. This is supposed to help me get a feel for what I can expect when I have my set made. So I'm torn between my 7MB's or at the complete opposite end of the spectrum PRGR Super Egg irons, If I can control the Super Eggs I only need 6pcs, MB's I need 8 possibly 10 to round out the entire set. After a practice round and simulator trial of the new 7D shaft they remind me of the driver shaft, my random thoughts are: - Super straight & accurate - Incredible spin in the 9/PW - high launch in #3/4 that starts to go mid/high in #5 and lower to the shorter irons - Feel is awesome similar to driver shaft in smoothness, no apparent kick at all just a smooth sweep sorta thing - makes club head feel softer - very good distance just like the move from steel to carbon I noticed 5-10yd increase I am now noticing a 5-10yds increase over my Fuji MCI 120's. So taking this forward I just need to commit on a head, I just need to identify my problem clubs and make special requests, we can request less fade on the #4 iron with more draw on #6 iron which is pretty amazing! For interested people I suggest giving the heads a good thought, then figuring out what you want generally from an iron set, then narrow it down to characteristics for a particular club. They told me the R&D and fitting costs way more than a driver shaft because of the shorter construction and the amount of metal molds required. If you guys want to get deeper into 7D I can start a thread on how its different materials & manufacturing wise compared to even the best brands like Fujikura or Mitsubishi or the top boutique shaft makers. I have been to 3 different shaft factories in the last 2 weeks and I could go 2 ways on selecting a shaft & materials.

So today every shaft maker and head maker is claiming low spin, It's all relative to the player's preception of what low spin is compared to driver/shaft setup's they have tested. Higher spin drivers generally help slower swingers gain launch & distance, these are players that do not have the power to put enough spin on the ball to get it launching upward. Lower spin drivers ( again a relative term everyone is now using ) is for those that have the speed to put all sorts of spin on it from right to left to ballooning upward etc.. these players need spin reduction to help keep things straighter. My bad swing mechanics have me in the too much spin camp, I also have a bit of a steep decent on the driver which magnifies this a lot, I can swing 103mph at full blast and 92 mph at my slowest and smoothest the key is the balance somewhere in between but going hard at the ball requires a head like the ZY-11 and a shaft like 7D a custom design to completely null my spin bringing me into the high 2000's range which is still too high for me but useable. If I could get it down to 2200 I would be gaining at least 10 yards but I spent a year trying to fix that and it was the worse golf year of my life so I'll stick with what makes me happy for now and use equipment to help me reach my best.

This one was just a prototype, no release scheduled or expected.

Are those sad tissues or happy tissues?

I'm not done with golf club photos but I wanted to mix in some fun.

Summer time is likely, these guys do things differently from the rest of the golf industry in Japan.

The BALDO COMPETIZIONE 568W Wedge is part of their new line up that includes a new driver, fairway, utility, 2 types of irons and these wedges, the new 568W is Compression Forged of soft S20C with CNC milled grooves and face marks designed around spin and feel it's design also lends itself heavily to forgiveness as it's not one I would consider oversized I wouldn't call it compact either.

This will be Numazawa-san's only putter he claims.

Nope. They do have 2 new drivers the TP-09D & S though. Will post pics next week.

I don't remember it was explained to me but on our tray there was 6 different cuts, in Japan they use different names. One of them was top sirloin. No matter where in the U.S new york's finest steak restaurants they still don't have what is in Japan. But I must say it's all preference because I love the Florentine steaks in italy that have no marble at all, I also love grass fed beef from select suppliers in the U.S, it's just different flavors. If you eat this level of JDM steak every day you will be sick and dead in no time. Oh yes and Eggs are a big deal, here is a pic of eggs that cost about 3 bucks each, there are some that run about 7 bucks each that I will shoot later.

I use the same finish factory as him and same material so I have personal opinions on feel. DLC is very durable, when it's used a lot it has a scratchy look that begins to look super nice. it's 0.01 micron thick or something, very expensive finish to apply. gun blue is softest as is Nicr satin, then DLC then black boron but SM490A is just perfect. I wouldn't worry too much about the feel on these they will all be great. But ya the armsgain shape is wonderful.

the original finish was gun blue, but now standard is black boron. DLC retails at 180,000 yen I will of course give you a great deal on it if u need one. by the way sorry for my usual horrible spelling and gramer, believe it or not ego is my first language.

Will do sir, headed to Crazy Monday morning to hit all these new beauties!

Letting you guys know we do have both: - 110 MSI Black Tour Limited - 125 MSI Silver Tour Limited We are only offering these assembled and the price is very good :)

Nobody in the golf industry even comes close to the success that Yuji Numazawa has had in his career in regards to golf equipment design, no one... Payne Stewart, Seve Ballesteros, Greg Norman, Bernhard Langer, Gene Sarazan, Lee Travino, Jose Maria Olazabal and that is just a fraction of the players who used his handmade equipment back in the day. This is Numazawa-san's story. In 1970 Numazawa-san was the chief designer and wood grinder for Honma Golf he climbed the ranks in the company and became a valuable asset when tour players in Japan began to notice the beauty and shape of his persimmon woods, he was the tour rep on the Japan tour for many years and one day he arrived to work with many Japanese players lined up for his clubs after they learned that Gene Sarazan had them in play immediately after his designs were in 90% of the Japanese players not under the Honma name but as one off custom made hand ground wooden clubs with no marking other than his initials. "YN" Lee Travino was the next American player to use his equipment back in 1975 and following Travino Gene Sarazan who played the YN driver and spoon asked that Numazawa-san travel to the Masters as his guest in 1986 but when Numazawa-san went to work and shared the good news with Honma golf they didn't want him travelling to the states to work outside of the company name and at the time Honma Golf was not in the business of sponsoring tour players. So Numazawa-san quit his job and got on a plane for the U.S. Shortly after things really took off for Numazawa-san when the famous international talent agency IMG contacted him to make golf clubs for most of their top players his next job was to travel to the British open with Payne Stewart making and adjusting his clubs to his exact requests. The following year at the masters Solheim Karsten said something to him that would forever change his life he said putting is a different game and although you have mastered creating the perfect club you will never create the perfect putter, it's a different world. These words were buried in his mind for many years after. Numazawa-san travelled the PGA tour for 1 year and when he returned to Japan he was famous for his work with Payne Stewart and other famous American Golfing Legends so many companies were trying to get him and in 1986 he met Yukihiro Yamanaka the founder of Bridgestone who shared a similar philosophy when it came to golf & life as Numazawa-san. At the time Bridgestone's golf division was making spalding golf equipment yet still had no great woods to offer, Numazawa-san entered a 20-year non-exclusive contract with Bridgestone and at the same time created his own design studio in Azabu Japan for tour pros to come to him directly for their equipment needs, not open to the public only prototype clubs for professional use only. His final works with Bridgestone was called AXIS, super expensive non conforming clubs for the senior player this was during Japan's hay day and these are still the most expensive golf clubs in history at $300,000 usd for the full set. In 1997 Numazawa-san closed his design firm and stopped making tour pro's clubs working strickly for Bridgestone on the Axis line in 2004, in 2006 he decided to stop making golf clubs when the equipment rule changes began to take place he also had his own TV programme with NHK and David Leadbetter around the same time. He was with Bridgestone Golf from 1986 - 2006. From 2006 until 2015 Numzawa-san didn't produce anything and was basically retired now he is back remembering the words Karsten Solheim told him, Numazawa-san in his life has made the woods of the best players in the world by hand, even irons and wedges were used by Greg Norman, Payne Stewart and many others companies in the 80's and 90's contracted "YN" to produce their pro's clubs because of the beautiful shapes and details of his designs and now his dream is to come full circle to finish his life by making an amazing putter. Introducing the Armsgain Model - 01. I've posted previously about this putter after Numazawa-san was introduced to me by a Himeji manufacturer and good friend of his, I had no idea about his history for many months I simply said it's a nice looking putter we would be happy to help, it's a brand based on a single product I was blind to it's shape until I learned who Yuji Numazawa-san was last week I invited him to my apartment in Tokyo where we sat down and he shared his story with me. I was shocked and honored as TSG already had a relationship with this man yet didn't know enough about him to give his product the credit it deserves. Is it psycological now that I look at his putters shape a different way? now I see it's not a normal answer design there are subtle shape differences that make it unique, it's an original design all of his own made 100% in Japan, it's face isn't so deep it's got a profile slightly longer heel to toe it's a perfect 350 grams and made of SM490A. Why SM490A? keep in mind this is the only putter he will ever make and he chose what just happens to be my favorite material for the reason that it's not so firm and not so soft with the ideal sound, I'd like to think that great minds think alike ;) blah! but anyway his Model-01 now comes standard in black boron with optional NiCr Satin or a Sumitomo DLC finish that is the thinnest finish in all of golf DLC = Diamond Like Carbon TSG will be updating the Armsgain Model-01 listing in the store to offer all new finishes, we appreciate you reading the story of Yuji Numazawa-san and will keep you updated if and when he decides to add to the Armsgain lablel.

I dont think thats a defect, they had the silvers here that all said Aldila on them.