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I notice the Miyazaki aftermarket shafts have better feedback for stronger players. average or slow swingers tell us they feel boardy or too stiff. This is just me generalizing what customers say.

Thanks Nobs! We need more like this!

Easy choice. Yamaha UD+2 and PRGR Super Egg The 2 longest and most forgiving irons on the market JDM or USDM. Only consideration is it's look and size.

I love Chapter 2 iBrid and Ballista. Chapter 2 is lower imo. I played one of those for years. Nice soft feeling driving iron.

These are Kyoei or Oichi heads. They are not ground by golds factory only stamped and finished.

Thx for this write up. My issue with Srixon is those Miyazaki shafts. I have not hit them but the reviews from the many we have sold are not well. Kind of like Honma vizard reviews.

From an insider perspective, the cost difference is minimal and anyone can grind these. SUS cost more than FE in setup and per head. FE99 vs SUS vs S25C by design you can make any of them feel softer or harder by changing the sole width/design/loft/finish/shaft/grip While material matters it is not as much as we think. Consider what Mizuno does to feel and also what the older cast Honma's and Fourteen TB Proto blades felt like. Consider the raw grain yururi's or kk's and how they feel at impact as well and how no plating and a raw grain influences feel. Also, I found that heat treatment does almost nothing to S25C or FE99 but has a noticeable impact on SUS.

Yes, FP is identical but that doesn't sort the CG locations to be the same, heel to toe length, sole width, bounce, camber, topline thickness, and shape. Let's use Yoro as an example. They can match it all except for CG and shape and I still do not recommend that if given the choice. I really do not mind #3 and #4 irons, maybe even #5 is ok to slap 2 sets together but when we get into mid and short irons consistency is king. I know I don't want a high launching and straight flying #7 iron with a lower flight workable #8 iron when I can easily have consistency throughout my set, progressive offset, and a lower CG by design where it is needed. The player does not see it but as someone who designs and owns brands, I get to see the limitations and differences each mold has.

The wrong way to do combo sets is slap 2 different designs together that have 2 different molds, sizes, cg locations, topline thickness, FP, bounce etc.. etc.. We want consistency right? The proper way to do "combo's" would be to design clubs for that purpose. The reason why people want combos is that they think they need more forgiveness in the long/mid irons or smaller short irons or simply to be trendy. Bridgestone has combo's done right with the XBL's.

FYI fellas: http://kyoeigolfclubs.com/

Yup Morita is the oldest. I was about to buy the name on the cheap maybe 5+ years ago and decided not to.

It is him! And it costs massive amounts. More thank it cost the brand to put 10,000 Ryoma drivers on consignment in Japanese department stores!

August 30th - http://blog.tourspecgolf.com/ready-set-ryoma-irons/ That is most recent.

I love hitting the KK MB #4 off the tee box. so soft.

Ian, You wanna be a Mod? Anyone else?

The full write up is in the blog but wanted to dump some pics here:

Its a strange fit this one. In Stiff flex I think its too firm for the type of player who would choose this weight. In R flex its not so bad. I would still go NS950 hard or soft stepped as those feel so darn good.

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I appreciate those words but I am just looking for a way to have less to do. More work is not the answer ? Forums are becoming a thing of the past since the creation of social and do not drive our sales either. I am happy if the B/S/T is a place of an honest transaction and there is no Russian spam or shady activity. How about making 2 categories? BST and Japanese Golf Clubs. merge the rest into the JGC section, I get someone to Mod and I start posting cool shit once in a while. let me know guys. I have lots to share.

Sorry guys been off the forum. What would you guys like to see done? consolidated to fewer categories or disbanded or ??? let me know. Unfortunately, it has become a burden to me more than anything else. If anyone wants to moderate let me know as well!

I don't think much is forged by Endo anymore. Even if it is S20C.

ST is conforming grooves. They are CNC'd as well as the very fine milling marks. It is about the same size as SDJ Proto / Crazy Toyoshima's

5 cut will remain on standard models. W grind will be on a new prototype series. overall the brand line up will be growing and make more sense. it just takes times to get things right.

They can do anything bud. This is very light milling then they polished it off by hand a bit. Less side spin that others, firmer feel and some would say better for fast rolling greens.

For the average player they would look at this pic and think... nice. But for someone who knows how to engineer putters, they would look at this pic and be amazed. They can throw millions of dollars at trying to duplicate it and not be able to. A few things to help you see. 1 - The only chuck is on its sole. look at other makers photos. They are not 1 chuck and they are held by the face not sole and loaded into multiple machines. It's actually a very big deal. It's almost like 2D vs 3D. 2 - see the neck and the edges of everything. smooth perfect curves yet no hand polishing is done at all. no one else can do it to this perfection. In fact for slant, curved and unique necks other companies have to cut the neck off and bend and crank. 3 - Notice how its milled and unpolished in the first pic and there is no pitting in the steel especially on the flat surfaces. Trust that with most steels worldwide at this stage you find flaws that need to be polished or hidden by a finish. Materials are a priority at Benock. There is a reason other makers do not post macro close images at this stage in the making.