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In this video, Joe and Dan are joined by two-time DP World Tour winner and elite ball striker Robert Rock to blind test 10 of the leading blade irons on the market in 2026. He ranks them out of 10 for looks and feel to help crown an overall winner so be sure to watch to the end to find out which model takes the spoils!
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Right, Joe, why am I here
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Why are they here? And why am I in a lab coat? Well, we're going to do a best blades video
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with a difference. And I'll explain why in a second. But what we get, I test these irons all the time
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And when you get a single piece of forged, some not forged, but we'll get to that
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irons all around 33 and a half, 33, 34 and a seven iron
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They all do the same thing on a launch monitor. They all come off at the same ball speed, carry distance, spin rate, launch angles
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within negligible amounts from my testing. So what you're really buying this stuff on
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is looks and feel. So what I've done is I've brought with me
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10 of the best blades I believe are out on the market at the moment, some direct to consumer
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some big manufacturers, and we've come to Robert Rock's home course of Little Aston
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where we're gonna blind test them. We're gonna find out what Rob thinks without prejudice
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is the best iron based on the looks and the feel. Does that make sense to you
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Here's a man who's played blades his whole life. Here's a man with a beautiful swing and classic taste
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So perfect man to use it. You've, we've taken it off now because we're filming this after the fact
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but you've covered these in gaffer tape, black gaffer tape to try and do the best blind test possible
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People will be screaming at the screen now. Oh, it's going to affect the feel and the swing weight
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It's not. Do people scream in that voice? It's not, they do. Okay, well it's not, no
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So I've measured out this gaffer tape. It's less than 1.2 grams going on the back of the club here
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So a totally negligible amount of weight. Doesn't affect feel at all. I've tested it with them on, I've tested it with them off
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So we're going to get- It's the best we can do. It's the best we can do. What about the specs, Joe
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Well, we've done the best we can again. It's not full science, but I've got as close as I can
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to getting all of these irons in from the various manufacturers in Rob's specs
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in terms of his lie angles, the shaft, and the grips we can, within reason
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We've not managed it all the way through. You'll find about that in a minute. And I'm gonna be sat in the back
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while these two are nattering away, taking notes. Gonna rate each one on looks and feel
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And at the end, we're gonna find out in the most scientific way possible
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which is the best blade from the voice and the brain of Robert Rock
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Should we just get on with it? Let's go see Rob. Right, Rob, you up for this
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We've got a blind blade challenge. I've got the stealthiest bag you've ever seen. Nice
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That's all blacked out. All the back of the blades are blacked out. So you're not going to know what's going to happen. I'm going to hand them to you in a very special way
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So you can't even see any of the back. We're just judging on profile
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So looks in behind the ball. Yeah. What you like to see, whether it's blade length, whatever you look for in an iron
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Yeah. And clip a couple away. And I'll get your impressions of feel. And then we're going to ask you for a rating out of 10
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And I reckon we need to chuck a decimal point in here because there might be a few eights, a few seven. Yeah
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So we're going to go very... an overall rating out of 10? No, each. We're gonna have a rating for looks
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and a rating for feel. All right, so we're gonna start off. Yeah
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Keep your little peepers closed. Yeah. There you go. What'd you make of that
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For those of you at home, by the way, this is gonna be up on the screen now. You're gonna know what Rob's hitting before he's hit it
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What's your thoughts? Thoughts are, I like the shape. Frontline's nice, head's a little smaller
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than what I normally use as far as blade length. Heel to toe? Yeah. Okay
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But looks good. Works. Soft. Soft
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Yeah, that felt nice actually. How many are hitting? I'm hitting three. You just, whatever you need to get a good judge
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of what you feel, feel us. Feel like I should have a towel in here. Yeah. You normally got a towel, haven't you
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Can my glamorous assistant, Dan, can you pass me that towel in please
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yeah very soft actually that feels nice okay possibly coming off a little lower than mine
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but i actually like that one more because i want to ask you a little bit about what do you make of
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the bottom line there the white line yeah white white it out not hugely traditional for a blade
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what do you make of that no i would probably if there was this was mine i would probably scratch
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out okay but it doesn't bother me yeah i actually struck them three pretty similar might have found
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a new gamer that was nice actually i like that come on then to the ratings what we got out looks
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wise out 10. looks i'll give it a seven because it's not my preferred length okay maybe an eight
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because the shape's nice so what we're settling on seven and a half seven and a half maybe seven
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7.5 for looks to start with and feel-wise, you're complementary there. Feels 8 to 9, yeah, so let's go 8.5
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So we're going 7.5 looks, 8.5 feel. Yes. Good. Any guesses what it is
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It's a ping. Oh, is it? Is it, Rob? Yes, it is, yeah
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Oh, is it though? Is it though, yeah. Right, here's a very sneaky way of going again
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So the second one is, don't look at the grip, I would say here. Yeah, okay
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Thoughts straight away, immediate impressions of a look. Good. Any advances on good, Rob
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It appears slightly longer. So is that something you like in a blade
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You want a little bit of extra blade length? I don't like it when the blade length goes too short in the short irons
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And then you go bigger again when you go to your wedges. That doesn't make any sense to me
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Based on just pure looks or is there any function? Just making the whole set flow
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and I've used shorter blade, or tried to use shorter blade lengths
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and didn't get the strike location that I was used to. Okay
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So most of my golf was played with the Callaway X4, which was longer
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And I've had a middle to slight heel strike on that, which I preferred
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So anything that nudges me towards a toe, I don't like. Right, that makes sense
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Which I tended to do, but this is a good looking club, not too low in the heel part
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So for the seven, it looks nicely balanced from sort of toe to a higher heel
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So you don't like it when that heel goes too low? I don't like going too pointy, no, I don't like that. Okay
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Because then that gets more severe when you go into the short irons and wedges
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For the benefits of those watching, the reason I've got this piece of paper is to try and make sure I give these to Rob
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in the right order. I'm not just reading off a script. Give me your first impression strike there, Rob
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That was slightly firmer feel than the previous one. yeah i'm good i know you are struck it pretty well i felt i should do like the shape of this
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didn't hit that one as good clean yeah a little bit a little bit low on the face that
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mike this feels heavier because you we've got a dynamic gold in here haven't we
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yeah so again we have mentioned this in the intro but these aren't we couldn't get them all to the
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exact specification but we've got as close as i think that explains just a very very tiny
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mishit there because the weight's slightly different to what i'm used to use x100s but
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sounded nice yeah that was good it's a different feel it's a harder feel because of the shaft
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i think people overlook that the vessel that sends the message from the head up to the grip
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is pretty important okay so yeah looks looks a eight solid eight straight eight feel
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i would have preferred that one when i was using x100 it now feels different to me and feels harder
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work slightly harsher yeah so the feels probably seven okay interesting right next one up now this
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This is the only one that I couldn't get in seven iron. So it's a six. So bear that in mind
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But we're talking looks and feel here. So don't worry too much about that. Looks and feel, mate. So again, this will be up on screen
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for those of you watching. So you'll know what Rob's got in his hand now. I know what this one is
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Rob thinks he knows already. It's a little bit upright. This yeah it a little bit upright though But I know how to hit these ones mate Yeah don you I had a set of these so you you said to me when we were sort of chatting about this over lunch you felt you
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be able to get every iron yeah this is the tw be bad if it was a ping g7 40 wouldn't it look a right fool on youtube that's nice i've hit
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millions of these come on man so we don't need to dwell here give me that's that's it's an
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absolutely fantastic set of iron right so looks for me that's at the top end of the best possible
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blade you can get so it's a lux it does everything i want with looks from the x4s which is long
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blade length multi grooves exactly what i want higher heel it's a nine ten doesn't exist does
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it okay can we go nine points we'll go nine and a half nine and a half nine point five please
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and feel wise we similar similar yeah take some beating that nine and a half nine and a half that's
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that's putting down a mark at early doors let me see if i can find the next one i reckon this has got half a chance i reckon you might enjoy this i enjoy this hey oh okay yeah i know what this is
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this is supposed to be blind i know the only thing i don't like about this is that bit going
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a little bit narrower but that's totally personal preference so what rob's pointing to there is this
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bit is a little bit what's the word a little bit narrower than the other ones that are preferred so
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the the top line would be a tiny bit squarer that's something interesting because i actually prefer
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you prefer that because i like seeing upright that makes things look more upright to me because it
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yeah it does raises those yeah and i like seeing that right and this does i mean does nothing for
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for the function of the shot, does it? It's just purely what shape of club you like. Yeah
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And what you've, I suppose what you're used to playing with. But leading edge, brilliant, top lines, lovely
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Face looks, it's just a good club this is. Do you think much about turf interaction
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when you're hitting these? Yeah. Is that something that you... Yeah, and that's pretty nice to be fair
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It's very smooth contact. And I know the soul of this is slightly different
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I talk about this sole a lot. That's why I was leading you a bit there. It's a good sole, actually
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I would like to have maybe tried. Probably a perfect set would be my TW
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with a sole similar to this, to see what that would work like. Yeah, that's interesting
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Because that's the first one that's done that. Hey, Rob, we've got grinding wheels
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I know. Expensive experiment, though, isn't it? Yeah. Clean the face of that for you
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Good club, this. Come on, then. and then I want your scores
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And then we're at the halfway point very nearly. That sounded good
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Yeah, that come off. I pulled it a little bit, but. Yeah, that's a great club
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What is it then? That's the Shrixon, I believe that's a Shrixon blade
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Good, Rob. So, out of 10 for looks. We didn't love the lower heel area
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Eight and a half. Eight and a half there. Only because of the, I know that heel goes lower with a short iron
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So I could possibly use that set going five, six, seven, eight
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but then I'd need a different nine, I think. Feel-wise, if you like the turf
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Feel and divert, nine. There we go, we got that, Daniel? Bless you
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Next up. What are we saying there, Rob? Oh, different, different looking
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Any hunches? Yes. Okay, keep it to yourself. Okay. Try and keep the suspense going here, Rob
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Oh yeah, you guys know about it, but just let's pretend you don't
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What do you think? Almost forwards, isn't it? Almost on set? Almost, because of the little nick in there. Correct
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But it's a rounded front, more like a- So like the center part of the leading edge feels
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Yeah, sticking forwards a little bit. And what do you make of that
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I've not hit an iron like that. Okay. It's very cryptic. Yeah, it's possibly going to throw me off a little bit because I've not done it
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But, oh no, I hit that good. What do you think about the finish, the sort of brushed rather than chrome
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You a chrome guy, traditional? I don't mind that. I used to be, but I don't mind that now
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Once you hit it off of them, they all kind of just, it all goes off the face. All muck up a little bit, don't they
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Yeah, it stops being so shiny. It's only really the look on the back, really, I suppose, that does that
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So now looking down in behind the ball there, because you dressed pretty tight in there
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so you can't even see the front of that leading-edge side. No, it's tucking under a bit more, I feel. It's probably not, but it's..
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A tiny higher flight. Popping up a little bit more. Yeah, we're dynamic gold again here, aren't we
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Yeah. We're not worried too much about the ball flight and the data
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I'm just focusing more on those sort of unquantifiables of looks and impact feel. feels very similar i couldn't tell you that it's um very good at balancing balls is it
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no i couldn't tell you it's particularly harder you don't want to stay there does it we'll go there
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there you go um it's quite good actually for a nice little tight lie actually it sits in
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sits in well that was good yeah it sounded lovely okay feels good right so feel would be a
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on a par with the others eight and a half nine i don't like that leading edge look but it's
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again that's just because i haven't you haven't had a set of irons like that before i don't think it does anything bad but it just the little nick in the heel i didn't like so
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where does that net out for you then on score for looks seven and a half seven and a half
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next up you didn't ask me what it is but what do you think it was wilson very good rob yeah Yeah
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Most patronising I've ever been to anyone. It was very good, though
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This is the... Well, again, this is a tricky one because you've got this in the bag
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I've got these, yeah. So you were always going to know this. Yeah. So presumably from a blade length point of view
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when you put that down, that's in your wheelhouse, right? Yeah, absolutely, yeah. The only way I would improve this club
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from what I've used would be to put the multi-groove on it
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that my old irons had. but I'm using these five, sorry, six, seven, eight, nine
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I'm using of these at the moment. And the multi-groove Rob's talking about is in the P7TW
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used to be in the Nike VR Pro blades, I think it was just essentially more groves, yeah
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Yeah. More groves here. Less prone to pliers, don't you? Callaway, I've done that on numerous sets before
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Thank you. More than welcome. But it's a squarer, it's a squarer blade, isn't it
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like they're not running more angular but yeah i like the look of this which is why obviously why
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i've been been using it and feel wise then because obviously you necessarily wouldn't hit this side
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by side with some of the irons you've tested here how does it compare to say the you guessed it the
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wilson you've just hit or in terms of is that a soft blade is that a firm one to you they're all
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they're all pretty similar i think yeah um yeah it's only really the shafts that i've noticed the the difference in the weight and
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the firmness of it we're hitting the same balls we're in pro v1s with everything here yeah
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cool get a score because i've obviously chose to use that anyway it's just a
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straight nine and nine i think i wouldn use it otherwise that fair right we on the home stretch we spanner in the works for you what do you make of that no idea what that is good initial thoughts look pretty good though in terms of blade length shape yeah for what I like yeah
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yeah nice good what shaft we got in it kbs Oh, soft. Is that the head or the shaft? I don't know
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I know. Do you? Yeah. You know, do you? Tested these a lot. I'm a big fan here
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Try it, man. The answer. Soft was your first impression, right? Yeah, yeah
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Nice. It was very much my first impression as well. Could be the softest one so far
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That was good. need any more with that no nice club that don't know what it is but very nice club
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probably uh eight and a half for looks and a nine for feel very very interesting
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you have yes there's one to add i'll put it at the end dan yes nine
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right so once again you'll know what rob's got in his hands here i reckon tight list
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yeah i knew you'd know that one why was that immediately apparent to you tightness just got a look about their iron don't they there's some there's something this is a
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straighter version of a tight list less off less less offset very nice this is in quite tight so
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the starting line of the grooves into the hosel are tighter my ones that i use are just nudged a
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little further out a bit more of a gap yeah um this is slightly more upright than the others
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probably by a degree or so lovely yeah nice maybe I should bend mine a little bit more upright
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that was good wasn't it that was nice yeah I did that sounded great great clubs it sounded great
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if you put this on the right lie really other than that little bit in the heel that I probably
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wouldn't choose okay i'd have to use this enough to see where i'm actually striking it if i don't
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and if i was hitting these out the middle reliably 100 could use these okay yeah interesting
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use voki wedges tonight it's kind of a natural thing to that felt lovely that was probably the best one sounded superb yeah i hope that's picked up on
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on audio that was nice come on then great club um we're gonna we're gonna change the bag here rob
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no i'm too much practice to change clubs i like mine as they are but that's a very very good club
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looks i go nine and nine and nine again there okay solid uh right last two
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then we'll let you go home how's that sound good don't know what this one is i might get there in a
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it i'm not the game isn't to guess what it is what the game is yeah what you think okay all right
19:05
so upright again so not quite how i want it to sit don't quite like the the the finish all
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across the face nothing's sort of standing out as in sometimes you get the chrome strips down
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side but then the grooves i don't like that standing out too much one way or another that
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it reminds me a bit of a Mizuno JPX but I don't think it is because I used the JPX for a while
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but it's not that I'm pretty sure it's not that hope I don't catch a big stone under this I hope not because that's one of mine that one
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is it yeah that's why it's a little bit upright yeah that's why it's gone that's why it's got a
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bit left on you yeah that's why it's got a bit left on you feel wise strike felt very good yes
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The feels up there with the others, like an eight and a half, nine
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I don't like that. Okay. Yeah, that spoils the look of the club to me
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What Rob's saying there is it's got a KBS C taper shaft in, it's kind of a brushed steel
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You're more of a traditional chrome step man, aren't you? Blade's got to have chrome
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What are you doing, put that in it? Just really chrome finish. I'm just really strong, Rob
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There's only so many shafts that can handle it. Oh, there you are, okay. Yeah, lovely feeling club
20:24
If we just tweak that down a little bit, that would be excellent
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Okay, cool. I can tell you you were on the right lines with Mizuno
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Yeah, don't know which model though. You were there, you knew. Come on then, looks wise
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Ignore the upright because that's not its fault. Eight and a half. Yeah
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The face looked really good. Probably be a nine if it had a chrome shaft in it
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Feel wise is a nine. Well, we've got to put it up to a nine because it can't help the shaft that I put in it
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just like we tell you to all right fine yeah eight and a half eight and a half right last
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one this will be a little bit upright as well okay a bit of a wild card for you wild card
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look at the shaping on that will i have used this at all i don't think you will have done
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i love this sort of suspenseful glare yeah i'm just pondering what it looks like
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it's the tensions the grooves grooves are good it is a little upright probably in between it's not
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too it's not too small a tiny little bit longer blade length that'd be that'd be on the money for
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me because it's nice and straight down the front that's minimal offset but yeah i quite like that
21:32
okay good oh my eyes are going a bit funny then i was looking too hard at the green a minute yeah
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this will probably go a little left as well this one is a touch upright
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Sounded good. Yeah. Up in the air a little bit. Are these all the same loft
21:57
Yes, they're all set to exactly 33.5, I think I did. Can I just give you a little wipe there, please, Rob
22:02
Okay, mate. And the club. There is more grooves on that, isn't there
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Is it just appearance? We'll get to that. Yeah, I like that. I like that
22:14
Is that just simply because that's something you felt in the P7TW before
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Yeah, I like it. something you always look for. I think this is a Cobra
22:30
Yeah, it's a good club, that, like that. So that's X100 again, so to judge the feel entirely
22:36
I think we'll have to do them all with the same shaft. Yeah, this isn't the world's most scientific test
22:41
I'll grant you, but I just wanted to get your vibes and your feels, and I think we've got some scores
22:45
So we'll just get your final score here. So you're complementary of the looks of that. That'll be a nine looks and hard to
22:56
it's at least an eight feel, maybe eight and a half. Nine and eight and a half
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Dan, we've got that. So now we're gonna have to pause for about three and a half hours for Dan to add up these numbers
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because maths isn't his strong point. And we'll get to the reveal now. Scores, Joe
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Scores, Dan. We'll do the top three in a minute, but I want to talk about some surprises. Can we talk about what came last
23:15
It was that one there. It was Iron B, Rob. It was what
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Sorry? Iron B, which you knew what it was because you could see it on the grip. But maybe struggled with the shaft that was in it, yes
23:27
However, on the feel front, but the looks, that's a classic blade
23:31
Any differences to you now we've taken this sort of secretive tape off? But it's got some classical nods to some classical design
23:38
And a Hogan blade iron is an unbelievable club And they done so many great models And that looks really nice on the back doesn it cool from the back yeah it cool in the bag yeah what did i say about that
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struggled because of the dg that was in it yeah and the looks were about an eight it was there
23:55
or thereabouts it just had the lowest field score did it and that may have been because it was the
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first x100 i hit in the test of the day yeah so it surprised me a little bit that does but that
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looks a great club and it's got a nice soul to it um and that you're criticizing the validity of my
24:11
testing is that right it might be yeah yeah because a hogan iron shouldn't come out towards
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the bottom end should it i don't think so but nothing there was nothing you disliked no i didn't
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don't dislike anything about that but it's the proof of the shaft the shaft the important if we
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had gone straight from sort of nip on to nip on with this we might have had a better hey there's
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We'll squeeze more out of Rob. Good. I've always liked Hogan iron, so I'm not going to..
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We can't criticise. Yeah, I can't criticise. Let's do this one because you love the feel of this one
24:42
I don't think you knew what it was either. Iron on for everybody. Any guesses, Rob? Rip that off
24:45
You unveil that one yourself. I actually don't know what that is. Would it be any surprise for you to know it's less than half the cost of every iron in there
24:54
Is it? Less than half price of everything else we've just tested there. And your first impression was, yeah, looks fantastic
25:00
Yeah, it still does. nine on field and actually just listening to the way you spoke it was a it was a strong nine yeah
25:07
words you used no it's a good shape too yeah that's a good club and they're what 600 pounds
25:14
four to pitching wedge can't say fairer no very good very good validity where did that where did
25:19
that one rank that one got 17.5 which is technically a very very congested tied fourth okay yeah so
25:26
So it's absolutely there. That's good value, isn't it? That's good value. That was interesting to know. And this is Joe's gamer
25:31
This is what I'm playing, Rob. That you guessed was a Cobra. I was surprised you did. So this is the only iron that you've tested today there that isn't forged
25:38
This is 3D printed. Is it a 3D printed? Oh, interesting. 3D printed MB
25:42
Yeah, cool. So the only one that isn't forged. I bent this three degrees upright. And one of the most..
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What, just to try and make it harder for me? Yeah, yeah, specifically for that. But because the only one that isn't forged, this is a really tough bend
25:53
So this is technically really hard. So you know when you're bending a forged iron, just breathe on it and it goes
25:58
This is a bend like a cast iron. It's so hard. Yet when you hit it, again, your first thoughts were soft
26:05
And I think that feels... Cool looking club. Really cool, isn't it, in terms of shelf appeal
26:10
Yeah, I like that. In terms of impact feel, to be going up against all fully forged clubs
26:14
and come out as scoring very highly on the feel side of things. I'm biased
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I'm playing it. I've spoken at length about how much I love this club. I'm glad you didn't absolutely..
26:22
And you have bent that a lot, haven't you? Yeah, it's three degrees upright. And if we did do performance in this, Joe
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If we did do performance in this, Joe. Sorry, we're sharing a mic. If we did do performance, it would be fascinating to see where this stacked up
26:32
From a forgiveness side, from back dispersion, all of these things. It's another video idea I've just had
26:37
Yeah, I think so. That would be worth testing side by side with exact specs and everything
26:44
Top three. Top three then really quickly. So tied second, Titlis and Callaway both getting 18 out of 20
26:51
Both scoring 9 out of 9 in each category. at clubs you're familiar with rob um and i guess that's why they came out yeah yeah i'm familiar
26:58
with the look of both of them um i've got tightless wedges so i know what they look like i've i've hit
27:06
tight list times before i've never actually used since i'm right in the early tiger woods days of
27:12
the tight list blade i haven't used the blades tightest blade since then um but always always
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and look better now that they've got a straight line to the front in my opinion if we had a tie
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breaker right now rob if we had a tie breaker right now yeah and i showed you them you had to
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sit them in the bag and then you've got one of these in the bag right now yeah would this change
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your mind because i think the tight blade is maybe the cleanest looking blade from that angle that
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i've ever seen you've got a bit more going on on your apex yeah with the weight etc it's not as
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classic would that would that tilt your opinion in any way or am i just being too fussy
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do you even look at that part of the club really no i do i do yeah i do i like this
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portion which actually reminds me of a a hogan set that i've got at home the precision
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so i've got a set of 1953 hogan's at home that have got a little cut out at the front and they
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and they just i like that shape so that's why i use these and and the fact i just like i like these
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callaway irons anyway i've always nearly always used callaway irons that does look pretty nice
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i would like that just a tiny bit smaller oh good job yeah yeah yeah yeah i agree i just love that
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there's no we have like in the way that i haven't got bouncing all of this yeah that's clean as
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anything that's nice and polished there if that was the size that it is on the wedges yeah bang
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Hang on the money. Great. Right, winner, winner, chicken dinner. We all know what it is. It's the best kept secret in this video
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But the tailor made one by a whole point, actually, 19 out of 20. And you said it was nearly the perfect blade, really, for you
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If Tiger Woods has had his influence on that, which I believe he has
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who's to argue with that? So there you have it. That is the best blades with Robert Rock
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As blind as we could do it, scientific as we could manage, and making those results what you will
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Well, I think if we both come in a lab coat next time, Joe, Blindfold me next time, so I can't see him
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Blindfold him. Certainly for the ideas. What a fake strike, Rob. We'll see, won't we
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We'll see, won't we? It's a good test for me too. Right, that was fun, wasn't it, Joe
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For those still with us, thank you very much. Here is a full list of the ten irons in leaderboard position
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with the breakdown of the score. It was very close, but I guess it would be because these are all ultimately just lumps of metal
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with very slight adjustments to them. That's a bit facetious. Anyway, any surprises from that
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A little. I think the one that didn't surprise me, obviously, the couple of irons that he's played being high up there
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As soon as it was in his hand. Twigged them, saw them immediately from the profile. That's what I'm talking about, that
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And makes very good sense that he would rate them highly. So he's obviously making good decisions around his irons
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It also surprised me how hyper aware of almost everything, what it was, despite it all being blacked out
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which made a mockery of the blind test, frankly, but was still really interesting. The one that maybe didn't surprise me
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but might surprise people at home, Tacomo. I've been saying it since day one, when I tested that 301 MB
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I was chatting so much about how soft they felt and how much softer than some of the irons
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the Muras I've tested, the Mizunos, the stuff, the Japanese heritage that people go on
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Are you telling me that a Chinese forged iron or Taiwan can possibly be as soft
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Well, yeah, I am. And so can Robert Rock. So I feel very vindicated in that sense
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Oh, that's good for you. Congrats. It is good for me. And it's also, it was very interesting for me to see the iron I play, that Cobra 3D PMB
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Again, his first thought was soft. feels great that and that is the only one of the bunch that isn't forged so again there's a lot of
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people saying how can possibly this modern 3D printing possibly feel as good as old forged
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the old ways well once again there's more evidence to support what I've been saying there around 3D
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printing I genuinely believe that's the future and I think Rob was really surprised we spoke off
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camera about that as well he really enjoyed that he really liked that we had to try and teach you about 3D printing which is a little awkward uh because we don't really know it yet anyway um I
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I would like to, Joe, one day do this all in Rob's specs. One final thing I will say, you mentioned about shaft
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and Rob spoke about it a lot. The vessel that takes the strike and the impact feel
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from here all the way up there and to your hands, that test, I think, showed a lot of the importance of that
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because he immediately noticed the difference and the harshness in some shaft from another
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that he's played over time. So that's something to really bear in mind when you're talking about feel of clubs
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that is very important. Well done, Joe, that was really fun. Thanks, can we go
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Yes, goodbye. Bye. Thank you
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