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Irs fun if a few guys go super low.. but damn. This is kind of silly. And this is a weak field !!

Since I'm already using a lightweight graphite shaft I cut it as I would for a SW. If I'm using a heavyweight shaft I will trim as an 8 iron So i have some feel. The heavyweight shaft in a wedge head should help you be a bit mechanical getting through the grass and prevent a chunky swing that gets stuck in the grass or is balky. What i find is totally opposite. I find the lightweight shaft gets through the grass better with a little give. Where the heavyweight would get hung up. So I have a ton of feel in my hands that allows me to be creative. It really works for me. I fear no short chip whatsoever. I send out a lot of the Xcaliber shafts for demos and a recent customer asked if I could send one of my wedge setups with the lighter shaft. He ordered one for himself almost immediately upon trying the club.

My go to shaft in a wedge has actually been completely against the flow of a heavy weighted shaft. Most wedge shafts are heavier than the iron shafts in a given set, yet I've found the 85g Xcaliber ProX to be the perfect wedge shaft for me. Its beaten out any wedge specific shaft I've used. Back this up 5 years ago and I built an entire set with what was the Xcaliber Tour X shafts. A metal woven mesh embedded into graphite. Plays like steel yet dampens like graphite. The entire set including wedges were the 85g shaft because at the time its all I had at the house. I normally went to the 105g version of that shaft for the wedges. What I found is I now had touch around the green. Delicate shots were far easier. The lighter weight had more give to it getting through the grass.. Yet I had no draw backs with full shots and even seemed to pick up spin. So all of my wedges since have been a version of the Tour X 85g shaft. They have evolved to the Avalon i8 and continue to be my wedge shaft, regardless of what I'm playing in my irons. As a reference my 9i and PW are a 95g shaft. The Avalon i8 shafts are on the far left. It doesn't hurt that they are flat out sexy either.

I will echo your points about the Supersoft. Though I don't play the ball regularly it's a ball that has exceptional feel. Yes.. its super straight from the tee box and has the softest feel off the putter of any ball I've played. I seem to always reach for the higher priced balls. But honestly there is no reason to not play this ball.

As I transition away from 6i PTM demos heads I have more popping up. I might have one next week become homeless.

I'm not sure in this day and age they will stay with traditional lofts. I know they won't be distance Iron lofts but they will not be the TE lofts. I would also expect a progressive offset but minimal.

The first real rendition of these was the M-05 Logic Tradition started back in 2003. They went through small tweaks for years but have always been one of the best sellers. The final version is the TE and honestly if they keep selling they will keep making them. Time may have finally caught up with the design.. though it has been timeless. The new TS3 is a very promising progressive cavity back that will be a true forged club. I have very high hoped for this head and it probably won't be till late winter spring. He still has not released pictures yet. TS-1 is all the latest bells and whistles in tech so it's tough for the TE to keep up. Sounds like the TS3 will be right between the two.

The TE is known as a Legacy head. It's been produced in a form for what has to be nearly 15 years probably closer to 20. A true timeless design. I'm pretty sure they have enough for one more model year. The MMB was another head that live a very long life. The TS-1 and TS-2 have approached all time sales records if not already there. . So that's what killed the PTM. The TS-1 also killed the MMB-17. Britt has been working on the new forging for quite a while and hoped it would have already been here. The KE4 Tour replacement is just around the corner as well. Another legacy head that's been tweaked forever.

Yes the feel and sound does change a bit. TE feel is as good as any forged head. DBM just is not as soft. Maybe a clicker sound.

There are two things that will keep the DBM irons grooves fresher. 1, the DBM finish is not a coating but a chemical process that goes into the metal... not on. So there is nothing to wear off the grooves. 2, the metal is quite a bit harder now and wears far slower. So other than graying in color I have never seen the grooves of a set of DBM irons degrade much more than a rock nick here and there.

Its been just about 5 months. I guess life has gotten busy and harder than planned. When ever you get a chance pass the heads onto someone who may want or need them,, or whatever you like. Hope things turn around for you. Best of luck. I appreciate what ever effort you put forth.

If your standard length for steel was 37 you would add a 1/2" for the Rapid Tapers. Same as any graphite shaft.

The Jets have blown more first round QB picks than anyone else. It will be interesting to see what they do... As for giving Him a lesson... very cool. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk

I can recall a few memorable shots per round.... but my buddy who is on the TaylorMade Payroll will remember every shot of all 4 players in a group. At the end of Pro Ams we will be back enjoying post round drinks. When someone brings up a hole he can replay it back like it's on video. Kind of freaky.... Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk

Some of you know I build quite a few Maltby sets throughout the year. My best selling head was the Maltby PTM irons. They have sadly been discontinued but were my favorite no non-sense forged iron head. The Black DBM finish is my personal favorite and I grabbed one of the last few sets sold. I've had them laying around for a while and it was time to build them out. I wanted to do a special build on these and I used the Avalon i8/i9 shafts. These are continuations of the Pro X shafts that have been my go to way before the Rapid Tapers were even a thought. The metal mesh woven into the graphite has them playing like a steel shaft but dampens like graphite. I still have a strong swing but steel eats up my elbows. So I almost have to play graphite. I stiffened these up a half inch more than standard S flex and it's just right. I made up a 6 iron as a test club before I built the whole set. I used that 6 iron all over the course. It's carrying almost 180y with a dead straight flight. The sound at contact is addictive. The feel is a dead blend between a steel shaft and a graphite. Soft at impact but extremely stable. I was very aggressive at times with this club and it just launched with a lower initial flight that slowly climbed and flattened. I got quite a few.. Oh Wow.. and Ooohhhs, from my two playing partners. This combination of woven steel mesh and graphite has been built by Xcaliber for a long time but this setup is a step up. Can't put my finger on it but these are just better. I was unable to pry from Robin Arthur what he actually did different.. but it works. I was getting the ball to stop just a few inches past its ball mark. It was a point and shoot setup that really surprised me. That extra tipping gave me superior control but did not make them harsh in any way. I did some quick head to head testing with the Rapid Tapers. The RT 6i was just a bit longer. Too early to tell on dispersion but both were all over the flag. I'll go back and collect some data between the two. I built the rest of the set last night but won't be able to ring them out for two weeks. Just by looks alone these are a dead sexy setup. In the sunlight they are gorgeous. The metal weave is just visible. The way the red blends into the black is perfectly done. The Lamkin Genesis Corded grip had red and black blend that compliments the rest of the build. Looks wise? My favorite build to date. I have also been a proponent of mixing weight in iron sets and went with the i9 95g in the Gw-9. The i8 85g in the 8-4. This just gives the set a more natural progression in weight through the set. Its gonna be a long two weeks at sea before I can Hammer the full set. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk

Given we are looking g at data from just two shots it can certainly be taken as one of the two is a bad read. If you are not using the metallic dots (I think the Mevo+ uses them) it's easy to get bad reads. Now if you have all your initail settings dialed in and you are seeing these numbers being spit out, I think you may have some sort of issue. Are you in a dark garage or outside in daylight? Basically like your two shot data spread... need more data. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk

Uummm. That's some kind of office. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk

I've pretty much given up on him. I actually forgot he still had the heads. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk

Wow.... thats incredible. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk

I know people are immediately pointing to drugs but he may have been distracted driving or fell asleep at the wheel. I can't even imagine what it's like to be him. Just always under the microscope Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk

Thats a great analogy Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk

The debate on this item will rage on in a lot of places. From my own experience with finding stable plane of a shaft it certainly makes the shaft feel a bit firmer. When a shaft is twanged that is out of stable plane it wobbles like crazy, almost immediately. So in my mind I want that shaft as stable as possible. How much that truly effects performance is what gets wildly debated. I don't believe there has been any definitive data one way or the other. To me it's setting the fine details of a build. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk

Most savings approach 50%. Going to place the order on the 23rd if anyone else is interested. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk

Huge discount on any Xcal8ber shaft over the next 30 days give me a shout I'm putting in a big order for this upcoming season Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk

The next 30 days I will have access to the whole xcaliber line at a huge discount. I will be loading up myself for the upcoming season. Anyone looking for something give me a shout. You might never again see some of these prices. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk