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I love seeing other people’s collections but I literally quit buying putters after the Epon Zen. I actually feel sorry for guys that I see with their next putter every 6 months and can’t find that “one”! I lied, I’ve bought two putters since the Zen came out. A second Zen just in case and an actual proto carbon steel blade putter from Sam the owner of LAB. Never used either one of these on the course.

I got to hit the TC-202s recently and they brought back a feeling I haven’t had in years. That feeling that they were so good that I had to build a set for myself!!!

They’re quite good and I’m still playing the full set of Miuras at the moment. I don’t know if I still have the game for it, but I’m really wanting to pull out my old Kyoei blades and throw a set of the new Oban Steel CT-100 Silk shafts into them but I’m having trouble getting the shafts separately.

I had no idea until I received an email today stating the forum was back up so popping in to say hi. Not playing enough anymore to be the club ho I used to be but I’m looking forward to building something new.

I just ended up with one of LAB Golf’s blade putters. While not “face balanced”, it is an extremely well balanced putter when in play. My stroke has noticeable arc so face balanced putters flat out won’t work for me. I was fooling around with a few of LAB’s putters and complained about their designs not offering anything in carbon steel. Sam ended up contacting me and offered me one of their original carbon steel prototypes. I had them leave it in raw steel with no paintfill with an Accra shaft and a leather GripMaster. It’s slightly larger than the average Answer style blade but lighter than the putters I’m used to. Even so, it has a better feel than the stainless steel blades I’ve owned (even the Betti with the copper insert) with almost a heavily muted ring at impact. I’m not sure what’s responsible for the sound but it’s quite unique. My putting stroke is pretty well dialed in so I don’t think it’s good enough to knock the Zen out of my bag but I can most certainly see this putter making someone who hasn’t found their putting stoke or who is going through the yips a better putter. Just lighten up your grip and basically let the putter stroke itself.

I’ve had a BTG Stability Shaft sitting here but I’m not a fan of cutting my current shaft in half to do the install and I don’t want to be without my putter for several weeks to send it in and have BTG do the install.

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Got confused after reading about recently reshafting them.

These look tempting! Tell me more about the shaft please.

Not sure where the op is from but it’s definitely a thing here in the U.S. people see iron covers and they immediately think you’re a 30 handicaper that’s trying to buy a game. Maybe it’s because most people here don’t understand true quality or even know what a forged iron is anymore and they’ve never seen bag chatter because their cast clubs don’t show any. Most of these people actually think PXGs are the top of the line.

I have a few sets that always go out with covers. And I love the look on other people faces when they start to realize that I’m no beginner and I’m gonna spank them!

No doubt, it’s very busy when looking at the sole but from the top not that bad. The traditional shape and it being so compact allows me to get past the way they blended the carbon crown to the body. Although I might have preferred a classier painted or glossy finish to the raw look.

In my quest for lighter clubs to get me through until I can get my butt back in the gym I picked up Royal Collection's new 3w. Their new stuff is a slight departure from their tried and true line ups from the past but you can still see much of the old traits put in place. I actually got the club out last week in stock form and the overall lighter shaft and swingweight wasn't a fit at all for my game, more so the swing weight and length than anything else. All I did was top it on every shot. So I added a 1" extension which didn't add much overall weight but brought the swingweight up to D5 and fit my flat swing plane much better. What a HUGE difference for me. One of the main reasons I chose this 3w was not the technology with it's adjustable heal/toe or fore/aft weighting screws, adjustable hosel, or it's Ti face and carbon crown but because the TM-X line up is damn near the only thing available with a 56* lie angle. I'm so sick of us short guys stuck with woods with their toe sitting a full cm in the air at address. Yes, I understand the upright lie angle helps the average golfer fight the slice or fade but I'm not playing game improvement clubs here. Give me a damn fairway with a proper lie angle!!! This thing has it and because of that is probably the easiest fw I've ever played. It was so easy to hit straight from tight lights to first cuts and even side hill lies. It has a nice solid feel, maybe not the thump of their old stuff but still very good. The Ti face with the carbon crown gives it a good click at impact, nothing high pitched and the metallic sound is gone, just a solid click. The head is extremely compact, as small as, if not smaller than my Yamaha Inpress 5w. Distance is as good as anything else nowadays. As it sits now I may not even need to put an aftermarket shaft in this thing. I love it...in fact I just ordered the 5w to compliment it.

Pulled the graphites out of the Miuras and dropped a stiff set of these in. Knowing going in that these are a higher trajectory shaft I also delofted the clubs 1*. I couldn't be happier! Nice mid trajectory ball flight with VERY little lateral movement...just my nice tight draw. Good spin from any iron without any ballooning. It was nice to be able to aim at pins and hold the green with any iron including the long irons. I was surprised I was able to get used to the overall lightweight club with a D1 swingweight so quickly as I only hit a few shots with my 6,7,& 8 irons before hand but never missed solid contact all day. I'm very impressed with the feel of these regardless of their weight (although it helps when you're centering your shots all day). My gamers are now set, at least until I can get back in the gym. Thanks for the recommendation nob!!!

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