supo Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) SHIMADA 3001 cw steel. 98 gram ( play weight 94g) constant weight, mid kick taper tip and step profile for more advanced hitters that like a lighter weight, lower launch shaft . They say its anti left. I can neither agree nor disagree with that at this stage, they dont seem to like going laterally like DGs do but ive not hit them in enough heads to say yes/no but i had to pop up a sml review on these as ( right now) they have all but blown me sideways in my busted and broken state . Ive been injured .......again...... (arm)............., for just on 5 months now....... only started to play again so my quest to find a decent set has taken me to new and foreign brands. was gonna say lands , but thats never gonna happen, the chance of playing non JDM is zero , so thats not right.,. brands and models are my new thang........... cue- MIURA cb3001 dent sole / SHIMADA 3001 cw stiffs. Had the 6 (notice how i didnt say 7) iron shafted for a while , never quite got around to doing the set , was more into much more obtuse builds but i took this out with my ,as of late yamaha 2010/NSv90 reg set that im so in love with ( apart from the inexplicable big distance loss......, ) ive been banging my head to work out why , im not back to my normal distance/power/strenth, not by a long way , the driver is closest , prob 80% and i got a cpl of gooduns out to around the 270y mark and my fairway woods were pretty good too but my irons/wedges are a ways off still, ie/eg... my 9 iron on the 10th which i Tiger cut ,CCccccccRUSHED went a staggering 102 yards.................. !!!!!! So, instead of being 2 inchs from the pin where i thought it was going ,it didnt make the bloody green!!!!!! chipped up-s**t-2putt for bogie. errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!!!!!! This was a 100% centered shot , AS GOOD i think as ive ever hit a ball.................and its 30 yards short of its projected target..........30.......................crushed.........???????? do i need to sit down to pee now ??????? do i need to start lawn bowls?????? i dont get it.... whats going on??? i know im busted a bit still but this is just silly . So, i move to the next hole and hit my 2nd shot 5 iron into a 161 down hill par4 to be stuck in the front bunker after smoking it........ again...... another distance miss of 20+ yards, as you cud possibly imagine after 2 in a row { and several minutes of redacted expletives and club slammage into the turf later.........} i moved along with another s**tty bogie to the card from bird land! sigh........., it is what it is i say to myself liking my paws like a fat calico meooooooooowwwwwwww. Moving right along....... to the above mentioned par 3 , A super delishhh 160y down hill slightly left right crosswind hole to a left right kidney shape green . THIS time instead of the yammy 5 iron i grab the miuira 6 with the SHIMADA ,once again crushed the impact, pure sweet-love compression THS TIME to 3 feet, pin high and a friendly gimme-bird-dog to semi ease pain and frusration of the 10th .. This cant be shrugged off on just an explosion of adrenaline.. the flight was like watching a 50cal from a Baretta get schmokkkkkked into a tank ( seen that on telly, not live!) .... feel was magnificent................ so me thinks what the hell just happened ???????? there is NO WAY................., my arm " suddenly " got 100% better in the 4 mins it took to walk from the 11th to the 12th and i pick up 15 ish yards on a club up from what im used to..... no way, somethings woofy so i says to da fellas - " hold up fellas i need to hit another, that was unreal " low and behold same sweet impact ,same sweet result. ok.... so what the fk gives?????? Time for some science i say to myself for rest of the round . i need to dial that shot in for ever. So- lofts are the same. -length is the same weight its the weight as both sets are from beautiful s20c forged JDM SCHTEEEEEEEL its gotta be the weight, it is quite a bit different , but i thinks to myself the lighter club shud be, by all accounts go longer no .. ?????? well not in this case, 15+ yards needs to be investigated............ Now this Miura head IS basically a GI club it has a low COG, humongous cavity, big high face for misses up and away from the hosel , i took the weight difference last night and the miura is 13g heavier so thats not to be sneezed at. SPIN. its gotta be spin. the V90regs are , i keep saying are so magnificent feel, easy on the bod and so easy to play when i actually get into one they must just spin off the Richter. The SHIAMADA on the other hand DO NOT. They hit the ball nude and they fly OUT, not UP. i hit 2 on that hole to make sure it wasnt a fluke and nope there is a humongous difference. The miura heads are a low COG head designed to launch high and with shimadas are a mid kick 98g shaft that launch flat. the combo is SUPERB. i dont have to swing for the fences to launch it due to shaft and i dont get the ballooning im getting with the the v90r .. i can relax still and let my bod build back to power BUT get the added advantage of super easy club with a powerful light weight shaft. Im getting the rest of the set built this week , it takes precedence over all other adventures i have listed bec this is one GREAT set of bats i can use for a multitude of games. These heads ive had sitting idle for 11 years... They are responsible for my greatest ever ball striking round on Dec 24th 2007 ( with NS1050s ) so i just cant let them go no matter how funky i think i can get with blades. So glad i didnt oust them. For the record ive been playing NS 125s, 2g18s and super peeing orange/blue shafts as a rule for years with no issue at all over weight ( till very recently ) and most 5 irons i play are at 425-430 g with 437g the heaviest. , the miura is at 419g and the yamaha at 407g, thats a pretty big difference and one that still doesnt quite make sense to me, the only possible explaination i can thiink of is the spin. These shimadas hit a flatter , more ballistic flight with a solid ,firm (but not thick/ dense ) feel to them, sort of more akin to DG than NS, but with a thinner classier feel. They dont seem the prefer to bend laterally too much either , my thought pattern with them in play is go straight at the target dont try and get fancy ,just adjust flight by club length choice and really give it to them. I used to play play the 115 and 125 tours so im pretty au fait with shimada flight these are similar i guess but with a better feel and reduced weight but not strength . The super peening red i have just bought for a set of old callies might just go on hold for a bit longer.... as are the crazy cbi limited but thats bec i cant decide on a head! the super peening shafts have been my all time fave steel shafts ( non protos of course) but i gotta say these 3001s are holding my attention a lot more than i ever expected them to. You know u have a premium shaft in play with these , if your looking for a new semi light weight stronger steel shaft do your self a favour and put these on your radar. Edited May 17, 2021 by supo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobmontana Posted May 18, 2021 Report Share Posted May 18, 2021 I totally dig the head shape of these Miuras!! 🙂 Interesting!! the 3001 S shafts are supposedly about the same CPM as 950GH in R flex.... I don't know how V90 S compares but I assume they're stiffer than 950GH R.... I always thought that softer flex shafts produced more backspin. So Im a bit surprised that you get more distance with the flexier 3001s I once had a k's 8001 in J015CB irons which spun like mad and I had on average 15 yards less than when I had Modus 105 S in them... same head, different shaft. K's 8001 are quite a bit flexier than the Modus 105. So while I completely see how back spin can impact overall distance, my experience was opposite to what you saw from a shaft stiffness perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobmontana Posted May 18, 2021 Report Share Posted May 18, 2021 oh wait... you have v90 reg. maybe the 3001 are stiffer ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supo Posted May 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2021 yup v90 REG, not stiff .... they spin like blazes and ill tell ya, nothing feels better at impact............ nothign iive ever hit but they spin too much for me. miles too much. whne im an old crusty wrinkly these will be my shafts, so in like a cpl of yrs !! hahaha the 3001 STIFF are def a lower spin shaft and wud work a treat for a vast array of strikers im sure, i just cant get over how well they l fly. the difference in results was way way way too much to ignore, iwas considereing the v90s hard stepped but the cw just work so no point. im in a huge quandry right now to put these or the superpeening red into a set of new heads for my buddy............ ahhhh such is life and the quarries for a mega ho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuistot Posted September 26, 2021 Report Share Posted September 26, 2021 Heads remind me of the PRGR by Muira 801? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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