Takomo Irons - 2023 Forum Review

[GolfSpy_BNG]

It’s happening!

[ZackS]

17 minutes ago, GolfSpy_BNG said:

It’s happening!

No notification for me yet but hopefully this means I will see one soon. Exciting!

[ZackS]

Woke up to this email 

[ZackS]

My clubs arrived today. I will try and get the full unboxing update added tonight but if not tomorrow. But here is a sneak peak! 

[sirchunksalot]

3 hours ago, ZackS said:

My clubs arrived today. I will try and get the full unboxing update added tonight but if not tomorrow. But here is a sneak peak! 

That is one sexy looking 6 iron! Looks like the sent you a towel as well, that's pretty cool of them. I'm looking forward to the unboxing and hearing how they perform. 

[GolfSpy_BNG]

A tiny teaser from me as well then I’ll sit back and let the testers do their thing lol

[TylorJudd]

1 hour ago, GolfSpy_BNG said:

A tiny teaser from me as well then I’ll sit back and let the testers do their thing lol

A hat and towel!?!?!?!

[ZackS]

2 hours ago, GolfSpy_BNG said:

I’ll sit back and let the testers do their thing lol

But I was going to copy you, haha.  

[Jim Shaw]

Looks like my Tacomo irons are shipped and in Canada now, shouldn't be long before I get a chance to hit some balls with them... Now that will be a good day... 

[TylorJudd]

They have arrived in my hands! First impressions in bound!

[TylorJudd]

1 hour ago, TylorJudd said:

They have arrived in my hands! First impressions in bound!

First Impressions Up! First swing tomorrow!

[Jared3]

These irons look clean! Thanks for the pics. I look forward to hear your thoughts.

[russtopherb]

25 minutes ago, TylorJudd said:

First Impressions Up! First swing tomorrow!

Man those things look  in your bag.

[ZackS]

I have updated my testing post with the unboxing. 

I will add first impressions after I can get out and hit some balls with them. 

[Jim Shaw]

Good morning spy's, I received an email yesterday (while I was golfing lol) that Fedex tried to drop off a package, yes my Tacomo clubs, at my residence. They couldn't leave it because I owe some money for import duties. I have figured that out and they will arrive at some point today, they are the Tacomo 301MB (muscle back) and I am really looking forward to testing them and reporting to all of you... Today is going to be a good day!!

[TylorJudd]

Laying the first swings down in under an hour spy guys and gals. Stay tuned for the update!!!!

[GolfSpy_BNG]

Hit a few shots yesterday into greens from different distances. The look at address is pure  
 

I have played many different Hollow Body irons and looks wise these definitely look the part. 
 

First official round tomorrow weather permitting and I’m really looking forward to it. 
 

7-iron address picture

[TylorJudd]

These are butter! Ya they're "blades" but the scoring irons look wide at address and provide this weird confidence, and I am a whole iron longer. The KBS Tour provides such a beautiful ball flight, and when that is matched with a pure strike, the results are incredible. Your miss hits are felt, and feedback abundant. I have very high hopes that these are the kind of irons that make you strike the ball better. I must say, they're heavy, especially the PW. At 286g in the head with 120 in the shaft, it takes oomf out of you. Hit them off the turf as well and they were money, it is really neat to just play around with soft fades, and draws, or even small stingers and punch shots. I definitely had a harder time producing a soft fade over a soft draw but it is still doable. 

[KC Golf]

20 hours ago, TylorJudd said:

These are butter! Ya they're "blades" but the scoring irons look wide at address and provide this weird confidence, and I am a whole iron longer. The KBS Tour provides such a beautiful ball flight, and when that is matched with a pure strike, the results are incredible. Your miss hits are felt, and feedback abundant. I have very high hopes that these are the kind of irons that make you strike the ball better. I must say, they're heavy, especially the PW. At 286g in the head with 120 in the shaft, it takes oomf out of you. Hit them off the turf as well and they were money, it is really neat to just play around with soft fades, and draws, or even small stingers and punch shots. I definitely had a harder time producing a soft fade over a soft draw but it is still doable. 

I can’t wait to try my 101Ts out.  Just getting them regripped.  Hopefully I can try them out tomorrow or at the latest Tuesday.

[Jim Shaw]

So… I wanted to test my new irons out so I went to an indoor practice facility in Victoria with a launch monitor and swung away!! Let me just say these irons are pure pleasure. 
I tested all the clubs and the only misfits I had were a few chunky ones. 
I do need to adjust the lofts by 3 degrees to get my current carry distances, I asked Takomo to do that at the plant however they said to do it when I received the product, so no problem, here are some pictures of the carry distances for me, an old man!! Golfers with faster swing speeds of course will get more distance. 
I will have more info once I get them in my bag but so far I am really happy with them. 
The specs are pretty standard, 1 degree flat with KBS stiff light( 100 gram) shafts. As expected they set up beautifully

 

Upon further review, now that i know my approx carry distances, I am putting them in the bag tomorrow, I love the feel of them and I am sure they will be awsome. 
 

Good morning all, well, here I go with my new irons, I am excited and a bit anxious at the same time, as some of you know I compete at a fairly high senior level in my province and country, so my "tools" are important. I have not changed my irons in 8 years so looking forward to seeing how it goes 

 

 

Today was my first day out with my new irons and I have to say they were a success, like I said before the distances are a bit different from my other irons so that is a bit getting used to. Along with the shafts being a little lighter that will also take a little getting used to but I think that is what the fun about "new stuff" is, working on getting comfortable with all the bits. This allows golfers to focus on the results not the process. Does it take a while, absolutley, but this journey is going to be way more fun with those beautiful irons I have to work with. 

Now, back to the Tacomo 301MB's. What can I say, players irons for certain, but you already know that, although my friend, Paul, hit some 7 irons today, he is about a 4 or 5 handicap and hit them beautifully. Another friend Ron tried to hit a few but couldn't find the centre of the club face and he is about a 10 handicap. 

So far solid centre of the face shots have been very straight with great trajectory, off centre hits go left, so must be catching the heel a bit on impact, I need to just raise my hands a bit, will do that on monday. 

  

Good morning everyone, here is a video of my friend, Paul< taking a turn with my new irons, I don't know if I caught it but at the end of the video he says "oh Jim, these are really nice" he hit 3-7 irons right on the button... 

[TylorJudd]

For an update: It has been pouring rain the last few days, and there is no indoor facility where I live unfortunately. The sun is set to break back out, possibly this afternoon but tomorrow for sure apparently. More swings in bound!

[GolfSpy_BNG]

I played yesterday and today. Today was a struggle to turn through the ball. Cold and windy.  Ball striking was still solid though. Managed 10 greens yesterday in route to a 74 and 9 greens today for an 82. The 9 greens today was an impressive number as I only hit 1 fairway off the tee today. 
 

As a club ho’ I tend to judge new clubs on their transition period and so far Takomo 101T’s have been plug and play.  
I’ll say this, I know it’s early with lots of testing left but the 6/7/8(my most used irons on course) have been money so far. 

[TylorJudd]

Rain stopped and got out to the range. @GolfSpy_BNG nailed it on the head, they're plug and play, automatic. The 301CB's have more ability to tell you the smaller differences in effective club face at delivery, or small swing plane changes. All in all, I find them very easy to hit. And when you hit them square, they're pretty delicious. I was less sore today with the weight of them, but still noticeable. The sweet spot isn't crazy small on the scoring clubs. 5/4 irons are tougher to pin point, but 6 down is wonderful!!!!!

[ZackS]

I was able to hit a few balls over the weekend and my first impressions are very positive. The feel is good, I don't notice a difference really compared to my forged Adams Idea A12 Pro's. I notice a little difference in sound. The Takomo's have a little higher pitched click, but not something significant or by any means a turn off. These are very similar in size and shape to my A12's which is not a surprised as they are in the same realm of being slightly more forgiving but aimed at your lower handicap type player. To my eye the Takomo’s look slightly smaller, I think this is due to the blade hight looks to be a little shorter. I also think they might have ever so slightly less offset as well. Here are a few comparisons pictures.

 

PW:

 

7i

 

4i

Edited June 13, 2023 by ZackS

[JRDuck40]

Love the look of all these irons. I'm especially looking forward to hearing how the CB and MB perform. Suppressed at the offset on the 101 line. The company site did say offset in the description, but that's quite a bit! Best of luck guys

[Jim Shaw]

On 6/13/2023 at 6:28 AM, JRDuck40 said:

Love the look of all these irons. I'm especially looking forward to hearing how the CB and MB perform. Suppressed at the offset on the 101 line. The company site did say offset in the description, but that's quite a bit! Best of luck guys

Good morning James, I received the Takomo 301MB's last Friday and have been on a launch monitor, gamed them twice and hit them on the range twice, they are really really solid clubs. They have been compared online to Mizuno and Miura's, i have played Miura's for the past 8 years and I would agree 100%. My advice to you would be to test Mizuno or Miura's or even Titleist MB so you get a bit of a feel of those clubs, get fitted for the correct shaft then you will have knowledge if the MB's are for you, with your 7.5 handicap you should be able to play either model. 

I went from a  115 gram shaft to a 100 gram shaft (because I am getting old) and that has worked great for me). 

Edited June 18, 2023 by Jim Shaw

[Jim Shaw]

Hey Spy's... 

I had a great round yesterday, 7 birdies, 1 bogey and one double, and yes I am gaming the Takomo 301MB's. 

There is something good happening with these irons for me anyway, the face and path of the shots seem to be more consistent, I am not an engineer but it has to have something to do with the design or makeup of the clubs. 

The KBS stiff light shafts pair perfectly with my swing speed which is just on the cusp of a regular/stiff shaft so that is good, the shafts weigh 100 grams.

I have senior competitions June 15 and 16th in Kelowna and June 20 and 21st in Kamloops and there will be strong senior fields there and I am looking forward to using the irons and showing them off to the elite seniors in the province. 

Believe me there will be a lot of "trying" and conversation about them, so far I have not had any negative feedback from the 2 members of my regular group that have tried them. 

The only negative feedback I have had so far is my buddies can't read what is on the Takomo hat... ha ha... 

I will keep all of you updated on the performance under tournament conditions. 

Edited June 18, 2023 by Jim Shaw

[TylorJudd]

2 hours ago, Jim Shaw said:

Hey Spy's... 

I had a great round yesterday, 7 birdies, 1 bogey and one double, and yes I am gaming the Takomo 301MB's. 

There is something good happening with these irons for me anyway, the face and path of the shots seem to be more consistent, I am not an engineer but it has to have something to do with the design or makeup of the clubs. 

The KBS stiff light shafts pair perfectly with my swing speed which is just on the cusp of a regular/stiff shaft so that is good, the shafts weigh 100 grams.

I have senior competitions June 15 and 16th in Kelowna and June 20 and 21st in Kamloops and there will be strong senior fields there and I am looking forward to using the irons and showing them off to the elite seniors in the province. 

Believe me there will be a lot of "trying" and conversation about them, so far I have not had any negative feedback from the 2 members of my regular group that have tried them. 

The only negative feedback I have had so far is my buddies can't read what is on the Tacomo hat... ha ha... 

I will keep all of you updated on the performance under tournament conditions. 

Jim what course in Kelowna are you playing this week?

[Jim Shaw]

1 minute ago, TylorJudd said:

Jim what course in Kelowna are you playing this week?

Playing the Kelowna Golf and Country Club

[TylorJudd]

5 hours ago, JRDuck40 said:

Love the look of all these irons. I'm especially looking forward to hearing how the CB and MB perform. Suppressed at the offset on the 101 line. The company site did say offset in the description, but that's quite a bit! Best of luck guys

I can agree with Jim, I'm testing the 301CB though, and the trajectory is more consistent. PW through 7 have a beautiful descent angle, and are more forgiving than 6-4 of the same set. It's almost as though they are a mini combo set in of themselves. I haven't had the chance to get them on the course but through 3-4 range sessions now, that has been constant.

Just now, Jim Shaw said:

Playing the Kelowna Golf and Country Club

At least its not Tower Ranch!