Posted July 19, 201410 yr So Epon is doing another run of the personal irons, this time called the personal 2 or 2014 edition, here is the only pic I can find; *there is also a new wedge coming, but is has a hideous goose neck, so there is probably no point posting a pic, it is copper finish though.
July 19, 201410 yr great find and agree on the wedge which looks good apart from that hideous neck... waaaaht were they thinking?
July 19, 201410 yr Wedge is fugly. Back of that iron looks like the Miura wedges in may bag. What happened to the vagina Epon used to put on the back of those Personals? Edited July 19, 201410 yr by Miuramaniac
July 19, 201410 yr Obviously Kobyoshi hasn't returned to Epon....... The blades look like a set of PRGR blades I picked up a few years back. I was looking for the least forgiving, smallest blade with reg flex graphite shafts to practice with/hit off of mats with. CT-510 I believe. Trust me when I tell you they are not forgiving. I'm not convinced they have a sweet spot!!
July 19, 201410 yr Wow. Hmmmmm, just not sure about either club, at all. At least if I want to have a steak on the course mid-round, I can bring out these knives. That wedge is just...interesting... Assuming these are limited similar to the original Personal iron.
July 20, 201410 yr For me, the jury is still out until Chris and Tario get their hands on one. Wedges....not so much, but then again, that's what Yururi is for! ;p
July 20, 201410 yr There are small very odd spikes in interest in Japan for cult clubs. About 1.5-2years ago there was one for that old Lynx wedge with lots of offset, this seems to be a late response to that. The wedge and the irons seem to be from a JDM wayback machine from the late 80s.
July 20, 201410 yr Might there be some hidden tech in the irons? Tungsten to move weight around or semi-hollow construction? Otherwise these look almost like blanks with the Epon logo smacked on.
July 20, 201410 yr Kinda looks like they rounded off a KZG ZO blade (which I've always loved the look of). Edited July 20, 201410 yr by chiromikey
July 23, 201410 yr BOTH products now on the Epon website http://epongolf.co.jp/en/#/Product Edited July 23, 201410 yr by Spoon
July 23, 201410 yr Obviously Kobyoshi hasn't returned to Epon....... The blades look like a set of PRGR blades I picked up a few years back. I was looking for the least forgiving, smallest blade with reg flex graphite shafts to practice with/hit off of mats with. CT-510 I believe. Trust me when I tell you they are not forgiving. I'm not convinced they have a sweet spot!! hahahhahah icant believe usaid that thats just what i was going to say, the hollow ones i think they might have stolen that mold. i wont say anythign till ive seen em in hand................ like all epon recently!!
July 23, 201410 yr sorry gang no ones gonna like this they are HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGe goose necks off set PW numbers gulp. af tour............------- 2.0 personal no1---------1.9 persoanl no2---------- 2.8............ Edited July 23, 201410 yr by supo67
July 23, 201410 yr Between these and the new wedges, it's almost like they're trying to go after Honma's old market.
July 23, 201410 yr I thought I read the specs wrongly.... hmmm really have to see how the offset looks at set-up?
July 23, 201410 yr I seem to recall that JDM uses the term different for offset. It used to be, FP or sometihng. i think according to Tario's explanation, the higher the value, the less offset it is. So does the Japanese spec and English spec tell the same picture? Someone should dig up Tario's old post on the subject. Edited July 23, 201410 yr by Duffer19
July 23, 201410 yr The irons (not the wedge) are growing on me due to the simplicity. Need to see address photos and some feedback on how these feel. Will be hard to beat the original Personals.
July 23, 201410 yr Higher FP numbers mean less offset, so this iron has the least offset of the bunch.
July 23, 201410 yr According to Epon's site, the higher numbers seem to indicate more offset. Using a 5i for example: Tour - 3.0 302 - 3.2 503 - 4.0 702/703 - 5.5 Isn't this the same way that Miura lists the specs, in mm? O course, please let me know if I'm wrong on this. Blonde... Edited July 23, 201410 yr by Bunches
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