Always wanted to do a MB thread here as i play so many of them and i wont have to read over and over... " miura baby blades( what ever thefk they are ) are the best!!!!

Mbs to me are:

much harder to hit well consistantly ...,

WAY more punishing on non centered miss hits..,

way easier to hosel rocket and shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahnkooooooooo! into the woods...,

Much more mentally intimidationg to look down at past the 6 irons ..,

AND............ they blow the bloody doors off EVERY other style of iron when u sweet one .
i become a engineer, painter , sculpter, swordsmith for that fleeting moment when i hit one perfeclty to my pre shot minds eye view.

obv. with other sticks thats perfectly do-abale but not near the same extent as with an MB.

they def require more concentration diligence and confidence to game them each week in comps andi i do have a mental arguement that i do use my more muscled caviities at times in monthly comps ( PRGR tr 500 / IDBL im looking at you) but they dont give me that adrenaline surge as with a set of HONMA , tousrstage, mbs .

THATS the why .

SO ill get into a few sets ive gamed over the aslt 30+ yrs ( if can rememeber tthem all } and ill pop up pics and hopefully other like minded bladers will join in .........................,

Edited June 9Jun 9 by supo

TOURSTAGE mr23
These might just be my fave set of pure ,straight up Mb of them all.
There are more revered, more precious ., more sohpisticated options out there but for THE most simple , complete players MB , they are at the top of my pile. Due in no sml part to the shape of the 8/pw , that shape puts them right at the top with the honma tw but ill get to those later.
I first found them not long after they came out early 2000s and have a had a set ( or 2) in play most of that time.
my latest set(s) will prob last me till i stop playing one is a stock chrome ENDO forged / DGs200 set 3/pw in fabulous nick, ive been toying with putting a set of NS super peening orange in these for years, but havnt done it bec i jsut cant fault the way they perform with the DGs200s. if anything im tlepted ot find a set in good nick ot do that, but can not find any suitable.


these DG ones are my travelling set, ESP to the sand belt im Melb and south there of . they suit those cond as good as any club ive ever palyed.
i take these and a set of prgr tr500s down there, i dont even bother with anything else.
The other set were Mr Mruayamas 2004 US masters set in copper.
they only get used on special course days to preserve them as much as i can. i swapped out the N226v X by Ns for a set of shimada 3001s constant weight and Masda slicks. ...........THAT was a good swap. these play for me JUST perfeclty , a little lower, a little flatter. but can make them do what they were made to do. fizz about with the course.
def Not long , just precise , the pw is 47*


A Good thing is , they are NOT the same as the retial veriosn, slightly more compact. with a bit less off set and a thinner top line wi much shorter hosel and thicker muscle. not much.. but, u can see it.

they are both bsolute scimitars and about as presice as a club can get
i know not how and ive discussed this with Chris yrs ago, even tho they were ENDO forged, both tourstage and yanaha DONT have that soft pillowy fluffy cusshy EPON /ENDO/ONOFF feel to them , they are noticeably denser , thicker, deeper at imapact u know where u ahve hit the ball all the time.
is it better or or worse.......... thast for the observer to decide ,for me, i think it suits this head perfectly.

Edited June 10Jun 10 by supo

HONMA TW 727 RANGE.

sakata japan foged s25s.

thin, small compact body but with a mid thick top line.

very little off set.

THE most beautiful lines on the body of any club, bar none.

stock shaft DGs200.37.75 5i

if u like to picture a shot then go after it with supreme confidence the ball will follow that path, as far as ive got these are the best for that.

the pw which i hate in cbs as a rule on this set CUD easily be a replacement wedge for ANY otther set.its the best looking PW ive seen.

46* so stock loft these days.

check these out...

Edited June 28Jun 28 by supo

next up BUCHI MT201

i added these recently and have had some teething problems with them , when they are good they are very very good.......
but of late they have been sensational. finally got them wired a few times in a row to make a significant impact on my confidence playing them on top courses i went . 5-pw as im hitting my big fat old 4i form prgr so well no point with these having a knife 4.
small. thin. rounded.
kinda of have a slight old sckool gooseneck with out being goose neck , hard ot explain,
flat sole but with bounce, hard to explain
pics do it MUCH better,
U know when u hear those explaianations esp on drivers.. pro level but have a ton of forgivness...... made for GI but can go miles , u knw u gotta that that with a grain of salt. so what im suggesting here or trying to imply is ALMOST the same with these , they are shaped as such they are like scalpels on hard pan , as good as ANY for those conds, but they have bounce to them that makes hitting out of rough easy and off thicker juicier grass a delight.

i know........ shoot me , but its true, in fact more so than both the honmas and tourstage.
when ooking at the ball at address , the head shape frames the ball bigger than it is becd they have aa higher toe and a bit shorter lenghth , with a top line that has some body to it, some weight , some power , where as the toursatge re thinner and all knife like , these have some oomph to them similarly to miuraism sb01 but rounder, sb01 are rectangular. these are rounded.

impact is SO similar to both the miuraism and masda mb its impossible to tell which is which. let alone better , there is no better.
workability - both ways with aplomb, favours neither a cut nor draw, Sb01 like a cut
honama are neutral , ts can maybe see a draw easier. yonex DEFINITLEY DRAW LOOK.
flight- is mid , they dont look so fat in the muscle that the ball will bring rain.
design looks- outstanding, they font on these looks superb thye REALLY look like a top of the run club.

Tabuchi san did a heck of a job with these. ill let the pics talk now......................... ive said enough

Edited yesterday at 06:44 AM1 day by supo