Phillip Alexander Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 Guys just starting a new post off the back of some commentary contained in Chris' post the "contenders" A number of posts indicate that shorter hosels move the centre of gravity lower and and towards the toe. This of course just makes sense. ....This idea is not new, as Wilson during the late 50's and for most of the 60's inserted platic plugs in the hosel and redistributed the weight to the toe of the club. This is particularly evident in the Dyna-Powered wedges, which in their day were the absolute "ants pants" Moving forward there was the Pings and the Callaways. Both radical designs and technologically well advanced, however these both looked like axes. Now for the fun bit.... ...why don't some of the members, simply design a set of concept irons. The criteria is quite simple. 1) They need to look beautiful (we can all agree on that hopefully) i.e at least look like blades 2) They need to be technologically advanced ie short hosels, weight re-distributed to the toe etc If something worthwhile were to eventuate, and we were really really nice to Ari, maybe he could knock up a proto type (that said in my opinion the AR-1s are pretty good). JUST FOR FUN at this stage. Let's see what we come up with. :tsg_smiley_yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TourSpecGolfer Posted September 23, 2006 Report Share Posted September 23, 2006 The comment i made about toe weight distribution and a shorter hosel was about traditional blade design not cavity backs, not neo blades, not game improvement. What matters a lot in design is that the vertica center of gravity and horizontal CG meet up in a spot you will hit the most. keep in mind by adding 10 grams to the hosel or the toe will move the CG 1/64th's of an inch toward the weight. In regards to the AR-1 design I would like to know where the CG location is and if its consistent through the custom grind models from scratch. These like the Miura 301's are blank heads made in Japan. The AR-1 is also sold by Geo Tech which is a component brand owned by Tom Wishon which confirms its a quality design as Wishon doesnt put his name on things that are not sound. GEO TECH 670 HC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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