japan over us made

[swing981]

for example..why is it in the current golf mag..i see that applebey is playing the x blade over the air muscle...he says same iron but why the japan version. In addition, why do alot of sonartec md tour guys play the TD over MD...are they made better and how does this effect the golf game?? Again, we are talking the same or similiar clubs but japan version

[toshman]

quality control and forgings tend to be on the better side in the far east and a lot of the clubs are put on the japanese market before they make a splash here in the states

[+TourSpecGolfer]

for example..why is it in the current golf mag..i see that applebey is playing the x blade over the air muscle...he says same iron but why the japan version. In addition, why do alot of sonartec md tour guys play the TD over MD...are they made better and how does this effect the golf game?? Again, we are talking the same or similiar clubs but japan version

What clubs are U.S made? I don't know of any and the closest would be Ping but even they are not 100% U.S made. When you think of a U.S OEM picture it being made in China, which isn't bad but could be better.

The differences I see in the clubs made in Japan is first the feel, Himeji purchased or other in japan forged metals cant be beat. Other differences include Quality Control, The amount of $$$ put into to actual improvements, for example if the U.S OEM has to meet a retail price of 600.00 but Japan has to meet a retail price of 1400.00 there is that extra funding to add tungsten, maybe a titanium face, and or higher quality standard shaft options.

Something else that gives me piece of mind about " Made in Japan " equipment is the people who make it, most often they love and play golf and have apprenticed for years before being able to lets say hand grind heads scheduled for retail sales. In China the laborers most likely don't golf or have any experience with playing golf. The majority of the time they have a quota of thousands of sets per month " mass production ". Japan doesn't build clubs at such a high output many times there can only be 25-100-300 sets made per month but made with better care and with more attention to detail.

Has anyone ever noticed you cant get a high quality finish in the U.S? This is because the chemicals to really make a great finish are illigal in America, they cause cancer. No restrictions in Asia and thats why the re-finsihes there are unmatched. Military grade tungsten is also unavailable to manufactuers in the U.S. Real tungeten ( high grade ) is very brittle, see the tungsten in a gauge japan putter as an example and compare that level of tungsten to lets say never compromise or another China or U.S tungsten putter. It does require more care but I hear You can actually remove the tungsten from a gauge putter and make a cop killer bullet. This grade of tungsten is limited to the U.S military in the states.

[jboy]

You can get 97% pure W alloy here in the UK

http://www.mgsanders.co.uk/densamet_alloys.htm

BTW: MG Sanders make Tank Sabots for the MoD and used to be part of Royal Ordnance Speciality Metals.

I was thinking about getting a Tungsten set of R7 QUAD weights made up