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Cavity v Blades
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Gents, I'm currently playing a set of cavity backs (a few years old, fairly chunky). I played on Wednesday with some guys from work and had to borrow a set from a mate - Hogan Apex blades. Despite my apprehension at the very small clubheads, I actually hit them bloody well. In fact, I was a hell of a lot more consistent with these than my own irons and my only misses were left (as opposed to all over the place with my clubs). What does this mean?!? I assumed that the smaller clubhead would make them harder to hit, and that the lack of offset when compared to my clubs would make me more likely to miss right? Does this perhaps say something about the shafts I'm currently using? I don't for a second entertain the thought that I'm good enough to play better with blades than with cavity's, but does this perhaps mean that my current clubs are sh1t? And having hit blades and been v. happy with the result, I wouldn't mind entertaining the thought of moving to a smaller cavity with less offset. Any suggestions (ignore budget for now)?
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Peter, I have a set of blades that I hit just as good if not better than the Callaway X16 irons I had a few years ago, maybe it is mental, maybe it is just that that set ft you better but I have had exactly the same experience. I went from my blades to a set of player's cavity backs and they suit me even better again, even something as small as the sole grind has made a big difference to me! My new clubs don't dig as easily as the old blades and I'm a lot more confident now to attack the ball. Maybe get something custom made for you, be it Muira, Nak etc etc and see how it goes.
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i found the same i was playing with TM rac lt and was not real
happy with them getting some jarring through the shaft, and not
as tight with the shots as i would have liked.
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On good days you will love blades, on bad days you will want to bend everyone of them in half. I've got a mixed bag of clubs at the moment, with the 8,9 and PW from my blades and the 4,5,6,7 are smaller cavity irons. I dont really love the cavities, they are a cheap set of wilson deep red tour irons i got for bugger all on ebay. The blades were also an ebay special but they are very nice to hit. It did actually take me a while to get used to the blades. I started out loving them, then they didnt make it into the bag for about a year until I gave the PW a go again and it just worked. I think once I start playing more regularly again that I will swap the whole set back into play, but for now I prefer a little more forgiveness seeing I am only playing once or twice a month.
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Thanks guys, some good suggestions there. I keep telling myself to go get fitted but never make the time, so perhaps this will give me the extra incentive I need to take the plunge. I think one of my big problems with o/s cavities is that they are so big I feel like I can't miss the ball - so I drop back a club and try to hit it too hard. With the blades I really concentrated on keeping my swing smooth and controlled. Maybe it says more about my mental approach than my clubs.
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I siwtch from cavity to blades. Figured would try and get the swing right by using the hardest clubs - strange and sadistic know. Whilst I still do not hit them as well as I can, I find the ones I miss are never far from the the mark. When I misshit they may be short but dispersion is very low compared to the cavities I was using. So it has helped my handicap.
Suggestions?? I like the idea of other posters of a combo set.
Hogan FTX ( there is a set in the classifieds at the moment) has
a good rap as does the Bridgestone. If you want cheaper you could
look at the Tommy Armour Morph irons - seem to be cheap brand new
on ebay.
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you were swinging better that day get a progressive set like Hogan FTX or get a smaller cavity forging like TM 300's or Hogan Apex Plus.
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I have gone back and forth over the years, but no more. I play a
set of Tommy Armour Musclebacks and a set of Cobra Blades before
that and am convinced that not only do playing blades not cost me
any strokes, they have improved my swing. Sure they feel like
death if you mishit one but a cavity usually gives a pretty
ordinary result of a mishit as well. From a mental point of view,
playing with equipment that you know are players equipment gives
me a bit more enjoyment as well. The funny thing is, if you play
blades for a while and then stand over the top of a big cavity
iron, you stand there wondering how you can hit this massive
thing. Maybe a cavity blade is a happy medium but I have demod
dozens and dozens of irons and often found little if any extra
forgiveness in a cavity blade vs a muscle back.
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Peter, Over the years I have switched between blades and cavities and never been completely happy with either. The cavities with their increased offset and thicker soles lacked the workability I was looking for, while the smaller headed blades offered little forgiveness for my frequent mishits. The answer for me has been the Nak NX1's (see avatar). They have minimal offset and resaonably thin sole, providing some workability, as well as a larger blade and shallow cavity, providing some forgiveness. They are, without a doubt, the best irons I have played. Mick
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Mick, I'm in Sydney - do you happen to know of anyone up here that sells Nak, or would I need to ask Ben? Also, what kind of $$ would I be looking at for a set of NX1's (feel free to PM me if you don't want to tell everyone how much you spent).
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i recently ugraded from an old set of oversized game improvement
irons and went through a lot of information deciding which style
of iron to move to. in the end i decided on Mizuno MX 23s and
couldn't be happier. having said that i didn't once hit a
blade on my travels. The negative press for mid handicappers
using blades was just so overwhelming. I might pop down to the
store to have a whack of mp32s soon, this topic has me interested
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Gary at Custom Golf Services is a Nak dealer. http://www.customgolfservic...
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