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Lots of time with this one because I like it a lot! If you like: - low spin - mid/high trajectory - sublime feel at impact - good forgiveness - workability - nice shape - killer custom options - quality of material and make No brainer... With Jbeam this is as good as it gets. Pics here with review in blog.

Just one mans "opinion" that's all. fairway finder as in tight dispersion, low spin and easy to hit straight, forgiveness is a whole other subject like off center, toe and heel shot distance and dispersion.

Today I had more game time with the 350 using it's second shaft, first shaft tested was Crazy Type B which is a phenomenal shaft but a little too tip stiff and fade inducing when combined with this head. Next was the TRPX Touale which is softer, higher launching and I'm very familiar with it in multiple heads. And while it was higher launching, easier to draw I think my conclusion is that this A-Grind head is not as long as most drivers but easily finds the fairway better. Grades :) Distance = C Forgiveness = D+ Appearance = A+ Trajectory = B+ Dispersion = A- Feel = B- Overall = C

The tip plays more active because there isn't as much of a metal hosel restricting its flexibility. Same goes for Ryoma Maxima in reverse with its shallow hosel that allows less of the tip to be surrounded by hosel which lets the shaft tip flex more.

PRGR did a showing of their up coming releases for mid 2015, we are allowed to show you some of them but not all. The PRGR Nabla Tour 2015 Series is exactly what TSG members would expect retro look pro level clubs packed with technology especially the 3 wood in my opinion. The new Nabla Tour Wedge has a flat silver finish to totally eliminate glare and trailing edge grind that goes to the center of the sole which PRGR says provides enough to open the face a few degrees yet allows the player to hit full shots with the club sitting square if you want it to. PRGR has for decades made amazing driving irons, they are some of the best in the business and I'm excited to try the new iD Nabla Tour. Reviews coming soon to TSG. This new 3 wood is something else, not exactly traditional as PRGR claims they have combined the performance of the original EGG FW with a more player shape, hopefully this time they got it right as few woods beat the original and 2nd gen Egg FW's, in the photo below it shows that while it has an elongated back the weight is big and low while still forward making this indeed forgiving yet designed to produce low spin and penetrating shots.

Yes I can, but what is the question exactly?

They are 63 - 63.5* I really don't think the issue is heel relief, its gotta be something else perhaps just how you were hitting it or the shaft was it both lofts or just one? perhaps the specs are off on one of them...?

kuros are much more forgiving, longer, larger, soft all over the face where the 7CB is just a much better soft in the center.

My personal fav is Satin with Raw black face then soft black.

Kyoei does the forging, grinds by Okamura-san. Ako-san does Tour grinds but only at JPGA Tour Service.

Seven Advanced Design is only several months since its official launch yet it's been years in the making. hundreds of sketches of different cavity backs, dozens of sample irons from other brands combined with over a decade of listening and learning about what our members truly desire from a compact players iron. Learning the Japan golf industry inside and out has helped a lot, knowing where and how other brands get stuck, see'ing the life cycle of companies including their ups and downs and understanding why they rise and why they fall has allowed us to create a unique scenario for SEVEN. Above some of the original CAD work done. It started with sketches and many of them, then the hiring and firing of multiple 3D Cad designers, then visiting the factories to find out who had the ability to produce the product to our standard and then producing sample after sample over the course of 2 years then sending it to get CG tested then changing the material, then having design changed, then going over and over and over a similar process as there are boundaries and limitations to what the factories can do. Above Random shots from the prototype stage. So what did we learn? That there is not one factory that can do it all so the next step was to have particular factories do certain tasks then ship to the next and the next and so fourth. Was it all worth it? We think so but it wasn't cheap to get things done the way we envisioned our costs sky rocketed and all near the end of the process so it was too late to turn back, too much time and money invested and quite honestly I was just too damn excited to see what golfers would say about the feel, the performance, and the style. Above is a photo of the cavity blade done up in soft black with blue paint fill, during early morning or late afternoon the orange in the sky gives it a purple hue. Originally we had opted for just S15C but during our testing found that SS400 which is FORGED not stainless feels really good as well SS400 is also a forged carbon material simply measured by tensile strength instead of carbon content, In terms of feel it comes is in between S15C and S20C. The toe extends ever so slightly pass the groove and the neck is a little shorter these two features bring the CG to center rather than toward the heel, the center of gravity is mid/low positioned not considered very low as we wanted these irons to be workable and produce a piercing trajectory as they are geared toward the better player. We did have actual JPGA Tour Card holders test these irons and also professional ladies and across the board the praise for look and feel were extremely high. Forged and Handmade in Himeji Japan using only Japanese materials the Seven CB was made to produce a soft pure feeling yet maintaining feedback on mis**ts. These “cavity blade” irons have a compact athlete profile designed to visually aid the golfer in focusing with an emphasis on feel and accuracy. The top line is very thin, sole has a slight trailing and leading edge grind and the lofts are traditional with the PW at 47* so this is not an iron geared toward distance. S15C is no more in Japan it was always considered too soft which is why we used it in a design that would normally feel firm (designed for feedback) this balanced out too soft and firm really surprising us at how good it felt, so why go with 2 materials? well during our testing 1 of every 4 testers would say it's a little too soft so we tested S25C and S20C and the feedback was those were both a hair firm and finally we found SS400 which was just right. What we noticed is pro's like firm and this SS400 material which is in between S15C & S20C was perfect. All S15C sets come finished in brushed satin original, SS400 sets we kept raw at our warehouse to apply custom finishes. Handmade, so what I wanted from the very beginning is all Seven clubs to be handmade as it all started with a handmade sketch and ends with hand done paint fill and assembly, even the satin is brushed by hand after it's chrome dip. The "cavity blade" has a small touch that I felt was important, starting at the eight iron the second step in the cavity slightly blends into the top line. originally the CB had a thicker top line but I decided to go even thinner to have this feature, it does nothing for performance it just shows that the clubs are hand ground. What Japan has that other countries don't is the skilled craftsman and grind skills. Mass production can be done anywhere but the art of the grind can't be as it's a fading tradition that will only fade in time unless there is a following of purists to keep it alive. So as this brand is part of TSG I'm going to reserve my review and leave that to our members, These are Edition 1 and will never be produced again. At the time of this post April 14th we have only 1 set of S15C irons left and a few more SS400 sets ready for the customers choice of finish and paint fill. So far Edition 1 wedges are sold out as well and S15C will be no more in all of Japan for iron sets.

Modus3 Tour 125 for your power sir. All in X. To me it's the C-Taper of the Modus series with a higher trajectory yet similar accuracy.

Yes Ako-san's vision of the grind was the R1 he just needed time to create it and released the original blade in the mean time same went with the CB. So the original blade and CB is more of a "standard" shape while the R1's are rounded with a different grind which is what you see in the pics I posted above. As Skyline posted above the original is progressive offset while the R1 is same throughout the set which is what better players would prefer. So in a nutshell offset, shape, sole grind.

All 7Ds are getting closer, there over 15 of them going out this month so next month we should have a lot of feedback in the forum.

We have sold a couple hundred sets of these and yet there are not many in the B/S/T does that mean everyone loves them? I just hit these again and im blown away how they are the total package in looks, feel, forgiveness, and distance.

I built a blackout 10 degree with a AAA 50 gram in regular flex and this thing is insanely long. Im usually a stiff flex in heavier shafts but figured the material may help stabilize while the flex will give me extra kick and a higher trajectory, also the idea was for a club that I could handle easily for all 18 holes without fading as previously I had a Crazy CB50 in this head and while it was laser and long after 7-10 holes I got sloppy on it. The blackout has gotta be the longest driver ive hit when paired with the proper shaft and loft for your swing. longer than my special tune maxima and waay straighter with loads less spin. Next it goes head to head against the new TW727 455S with ARMRQ8 62 Stiff 4 Star Shaft, winner of that goes up against the Blackout & ZY-11 with Seven Dreamers Distance Shafts.

Yup the newer CB is called the R1 like the MB is also named the R1 its just a little smaller

Great news we have started shipping Fairway Woods and they are in stock. Samples coming my way for review. 185.00 + 25 shipping Available in 14,15,18,21 degree lofts email me at [email protected]

Have not had the time to hit it yet. Have hit the 460 and 455S though. Enjoy the images:

Do you have a 3rd car garage or somewhere to put your stuff? BUT in the end you gotta like to do this sort of thing, Even though I'm very capable of doing the work myself I find Irons are such a pain in the ass I rather pay someone to do it for me. I've got a mitchell lie/loft bender, putter lie/loft bender for cheap if you wanna swing by vegas and pick it up. There are a lot of other little parts you need as well. Don't buy all the stuff then find out you don't want to spend the time to build clubs. Figure that out first and best way is to build 14 clubs in 1-2 days to full specs loft/lie/length/swing weight/grip size/... The appeal may wear off after that when you imagine how often you change clubs and you will have to do this.

A 64* should have trailing edge grind. The channel grind or sole divot removes the highest point or peak of the sole which helped us keep the leading edge closer to the ground. this is ver important in making the wedge perform better on firm conditions while having a design well suited for soft as well.

These hold a special place in my heart as both are when I used to live in Japan and both of these I travelled 45 min by train each way picked them up in person and took them home to sell. I was maybe 23-24 at the time. GA001H is the retail version of the Hoshino-pro putter shape, the Tour used to cost 1000 bucks, in fact both these used to be 1k. Back story on the 88 in the cavity is that it originally was two H H's but Hoshino's agent came in and bitched about it and wanted money for using his initials so G.T added extra dots. Sasaya-san left Gauge 2 years prior to this.

One more thing, on Seven we are just about sold out of everything only some custom finish and prototypes left. The original first run wedges purchased will never be produced again the exact same way, I'm always making little adjustments not to say whats next is better but just different. I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad and I'm not doing this on purpose I'm just evolving things. Seven has models that sell out before we even post pics of it. For example last week a new grind wedge 20pcs arrived and they all sold I've only got my personal set to take photos of and while we are producing more again there will be slight adjustments to it so those who have the yet to be named wedge temporarily known as "aggressive grind" congrats. My intention was to hold them, shoot photos, add to website then market and sell but we sold out of the original so I had to offer something. So I guess the good news is these are already gone so they don't add to the OP's wedge confusion: Bad is that these are already gone. ** Aggressive Grind has extreme heel and toe relief as well as a grind channel in the center of the sole, it has a lot less trailing edge relief for all lofts, it's conforming grooves unlike the original wedges and this is a satin finish exclusive to SEVEN that has a bit more lustre/gloss look to it but also feels slightly firmer at impact. The neck is just ever so slightly different than the original as well.

Full write up is in the blog, to make it quick these are nice, had them a long time now they are in between TourStage & Epon in terms of feel, overall more rounded appearance, seems more shallow in face and neck height, love the neck transition, love the Vizard IB105 shaft ( high kick w/ metal fibers in tip ) My set is not this one it's a combo set in custom black nickel plating done by Sakata. The #4 iron and #8 iron are some of the most pure feeling shots I've had, the #4 was off the tee on a par 3, the #8 has been replicated many times usually while sitting up in the rough and catching it clean. I shouldn't play blades but these make the pain worth it. I've hit S200 & VizardIB105 for sure a difference in feel between the two I suggest the carbon if you are like me and should be playing a CB just seems to be more user friendly.

Don't forget Crazy, imo A-Grind & Crazy perform and feel at the same level. Cold Forged Vokey is no slouch either!