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Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 8:23
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Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Again
Don,
SK Fiber makes very good shafts, though I haven't tried the Tri-Tec. I
use the Pure Energy A for most of my long drivers. Here's an iron shaft
option, if you want to experiment...
I found an inexpensive graphite shaft which seems to play
as well as my old $15 Apache PM-30i A-2 shafts. It's a Hireko proprietary
filament wound Powerflex FW-501 combo R/S iron shaft (I'm using the R
softstepped one club with a 3/8" slope), spec'd at 88 grams, but is actually
81-82 grams (same weight as my Apaches), torque 3.0...about where I like
it. Consistency shaft-to-shaft was quite good on my NF2, with a spread of
only .023" for ten shafts, all readings taken on the NBP...or a
little less than 5 cpm, I think. Seven of the shafts has spines less than 2
cpm and the other three were .013", .015" and .016", or a little less
than 3 to a hair more than 3 cpm. Cost is $6.30 each/10 shaft quantity. Tip
sensitivity was .026"/inch, or about 5 cpm. These shafts have a profile that
feels a little heavier than many graphites the same weight...which is a
feature I like because it stabilizes my swing on the short irons. Impact feels
very solid and shaft action is smooth. Played three rounds with
them and had three straight 77s...if I could putt, they would have been
74s or less. :-)
Used Pro Perimeter heads ($6.95) with these shafts, very clean looking
cavity backs with low offset, and used Hireko's Soft Tread grips ($1,
like a Softee). Swingweight across the assembled 3-PW set was D2.9 to D3.5, or
.6 of a point spread (except for SW at D4.7, which I wanted heavier). Also,
tried the NBP-COG alignment, which seems to result in a very straight ball
flight (though most of these shafts really didn't need any particular
alignment). Club length is standard graphite lengths. Component cost about $15
a club. Time will tell, but these might be my "cheapo" iron success of
the year.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 6:58
PM
Subject: ShopTalk: Again
Can anybody recommend something better then SK
Fiber Tri-Tec iron
shafts?