Miura Introduces New Irons

[TWShoot67]

Miura Golf Introduces CB-501 Forged Cavity-Back Irons

Posted: 23 Mar 2010 05:15 PM PDT

Miura Golf has been making the world's highest-quality forged irons for 44 years, and today it is officially introducing its CB-501 forged cavity-back irons.

 

 

Miura CB-501 Forged Cavity-Back Irons

 

The official introduction of the CB-501 irons is exciting news for golfers, as Miura Golf-which has never had a fixed time frame for new-product introductions-only debuts new models when the quality of new technological advances demands it.

 

Like all Miura irons, the mild-steel CB-501s are hand precision-forged and custom crafted by Katsuhiro Miura, Miura Golf Inc.'s 67-year-old founder, whose forged clubmaking skills over the past 49 years have prompted the Japanese to claim he has “the Hands of God.” Mr. Miura is director of manufacturing and product development at his Japanese company, Miura Giken Co. Ltd., which operates manufacturing facilities in Himeji, Japan.

 

“We obviously are very excited about the CB-501 irons,” says Bill Holowaty, VP of Operations for Miura Golf in North America. “During development, Mr. Miura's goal was to combine the best features from his favorite Miura irons, both past and present. Well, needless to say, Mr. Miura has done it again.”

 

Mr. Miura's goal was to create an iron that featured the ideal ball flight, enough offset to promote playability, the perfect head size and a sole grind that would accommodate a broad range of players.

 

He started with a full cavity back that possessed a bit more offset than the company's CB-202, which has almost no offset. Mr. Miura worked on the sole grind until he had something that would not only appeal to a Tour player, but also was forgiving enough for a mid-handicap golfer. At that stage, the ball flight was still not what Mr. Miura envisioned, so he borrowed a design feature from the company's past-the sweet-spot muscle-back, which was used in a very different Miura iron, the CB-1003, back in 1996.

 

In all, Mr. Miura spent two years integrating these design variables in different ways until he found the blend that worked best for the widest range of golfers. The result is the CB-501-a cavity-back iron featuring a small muscle-back located behind the sweet spot that delivers the trajectory of a blade iron when the ball is struck on the center of the face. This style of iron also offers cavity-back forgiveness and ball flight, as the contact point moves away from the center of the face.

 

“Golfers who are connoisseurs of forged irons should make it a point to hit the CB-501 irons,” Holowaty says. “We are confident the CB-501s will quickly become your new best friend if you do.”

 

The CB-501 can be tested by visiting www.miuragolf.com to locate the closest Miura dealer. Miura Golf distributors outside of North America include Golfballistix (Belfast), Golf Partners (Hong Kong) and Torque Golf (Singapore).

 

If the CB-501 irons are anything like the Miura MC-102 Irons we reviewed, these will be nothing short of amazing.

 

The CB-501-features a W nickel (satin) chrome finish-is available in a 3-iron through pitching wedge set, right-hand only. U.S. MSRP $1,600

 

www.miuragolf.com

[Moecat]

Here's a pic for reference

 

[TWShoot67]

Thanks Moe I was just about to give this link from where the article came from which shows pics as well. You beat me too it.

 

www.sandbox8.com (blog)

[robbo32]

Miura makes some great looking irons. I would deffinately game the new Miura cb-501s based on their looks.

[Matt Saternus]

I wish we had a little "I'd hit that" emoticon. Miura irons always look so good to me, the cavities are so clean and I love the logo (silly, but true).

[jamo]

Those are great looking. Sort of like mine, but the cavity looks a tad bigger.

[Jballmn]

What a great looking set of irons!

 

For $1600, they might go up on my wall as an Art piece and not in my golf bag!

[caraleen]

What a great looking set of irons!

 

For $1600, they might go up on my wall as an Art piece and not in my golf bag!

they are really beautiful.

[NGage]

Here's a pic for reference

 

 

 

'Dems pretty.

[Addicted2Golf]

they are really beautiful.

 

They should be for $200 retail per club.

[Addicted2Golf]

As everyone has said, beautiful irons. As a mid-handicap player, forgiving forgings are almost an oxymoron so I'd be interested in testing their claim that these would be suited for tour players all the way down to players of my skill level. Its awfully hard to make those two groups and everyone in between happy.

[NGage]

As everyone has said, beautiful irons. As a mid-handicap player, forgiving forgings are almost an oxymoron so I'd be interested in testing their claim that these would be suited for tour players all the way down to players of my skill level. Its awfully hard to make those two groups and everyone in between happy.

 

LOL, I just wonder who's harder to please. The tour player that wants the loolks/high level performance...or the mid-level golfer that wants a player looking club that has forgiveness.

[TWShoot67]

LOL, I just wonder who's harder to please. The tour player that wants the loolks/high level performance...or the mid-level golfer that wants a player looking club that has forgiveness.

 

I would tend to say the ladder as a Pro can play with just about anything.Most 10-15 handicap players want clubs that look like a players club but still allow them to hit all over the face and get decent yardage. JMO

[NGage]

I would tend to say the ladder as a Pro can play with just about anything.Most 10-15 handicap players want clubs that look like a players club but still allow them to hit all over the face and get decent yardage. JMO

 

My thoughts exactly....and I'm in that 2nd category.

[GolfSpy_X]

These irons will be one of our future reviews coming up soon.

[Jballmn]

These irons will be one of our future reviews coming up soon.

 

Can't wait to see the review!

[NGage]

These irons will be one of our future reviews coming up soon.

 

 

Great!

If you need a place to send them when you are done......

 

 

I'm just sayin'.

[PingManKMB]

the Miura "logo/stamping" looks similar to the Yankees.... As a life long Cubs fan... This disturbs me..... Not as much as not winning a world series in 3458173489037840 years though.... FML

[AllanJ]

the Miura "logo/stamping" looks similar to the Yankees.... As a life long Cubs fan... This disturbs me..... Not as much as not winning a world series in 3458173489037840 years though.... FML

[AllanJ]

I am currently hitting the CB-102's and am wondering if the 501's are more or less forgiving?

[Tony Covey MGS]

Having never hit the CB-102s, I can't make a direct comparison - and of course it all depends on how one defines "forgiving" (seriously, is their a more ambiguous term in the golf industry?). I have spent a lot of time hitting the CB-501 on the simulators at Tark's Indoor Golf, and I've gamed them for my last 54 holes. The CB-501 is closer to a true blade (although definitely not all the way there) than what I play now (Mizuno MP-52), and what I've quickly learned from the CB-501s is that most everything I've ever been told (from nearly everyone not named Terry Kohler) is a lie. It is most definitely possible for higher handicap players to play musclebacks - and do so successfully.

 

The CB-501s are the 4th set of irons I've bagged in my life. Short of my original TM RAC OS (which I can barely remember at this point), the CB-501s are easily the most forgiving of the bunch (with forgiveness defined as the measure of what I can get away with from a distance (and to a lesser extent accuracy) when I don't find the sweet spot. The summary I would offer is that the CB-501s look and feel like something between a blade and a muscleback, but offer the forgivness of something closer to a cavity back.

 

I am currently hitting the CB-102's and am wondering if the 501's are more or less forgiving?

[PingManKMB]

adams CB1 lookin?...?....

[tider]

Beutiful Clubs.

[rebby]

Currently gaming some Miura Tournament Blades. For CB irons, these look like winners as well.

[paperclip]

As Homer would say: "ummmmmmm...........sweeeeeeeeeeet........"

[rymail00]

Anybody have pics from address?

[Maverickping]

I'm hoping they upgrade their LH offerings. I've lusted for a set for quite a while now. These would do the trick