Blade users thread (NO DEBATING CLUBHEADS! NO Buy Sell Trade!)

[Bigmean]

On 7/10/2025 at 10:08 AM, No_Catchy_Nickname said:

 

It actually isn't that hard to hit off the tee. I bought an old ATTAS 110X carbon shaft for it, which helps generate a little extra swing speed.

 

Also a great club to practise with. REALLY helps you stay within yourself throughout the swing.

Smart to throw carbon in a club like that.

[Bigmean]

So I got the stensons, just gamed them off the rip yesterday with the dg200, no range first or anything, raw dog.  They are pretty much as expected.  Feel like other endo s20, smaller profile, etc.  good enough for me to be done with cbs and my kid is starting to really get into golf and has been using my shingo onoffs that are missing a 5 iron and why I was back on the cb hunt (Still mad no one turned in a single onoff 5 iron, like cmon man, it’s a no name 5 iron to whoever grabbed it off the tee box).   He is going to try these tomorrow.  My debut round was 42/38 so not at all bad for a double triple opening 2 holes.   I figured them out better toward the end, but irons didn’t hurt or help me much of the day.

 

I am curious on dg200 in this regard, I didn’t hook an iron all day.   I was either small blocking these or I am so used to setting up for a 5-10 yard draw that I was hitting them really straightish tiny push and about where I was looking?  At best the irons were turning over like 1 yard if at all.  On one hole, in a spot I’m in all the time on a par 5 under trees on the left, I normally get out hittting a swinging hook 5 iron that moves like 20 yards and ends up getting out and running up the fairway, with these that same swing moved it like 7 yards, still fine up the right first cut, but I hit that shot in my sleep and am never not middle or left side fairway.  I’m fully aware I don’t move cbs as much as blades, but these didn’t move much at all even trying to send a hook with a lower lofted club.  
 

They also felt a touch light to me, SW and overall, but im not good enough to be sure that wasn’t in my head.  Any thoughts as to the reluctance for them to turn over being, shaft or heads?   Shaft was my gut thought?  If my kid likes them, the dg200s stay.  If he likes the onoffs more, I’m still leaning towards putting the 105s I also got in my small blades and get back to gaming those again to mix it up.   They lost the bag, but I am starting to miss the dopamine hit they give….
 

I don’t mean any of this to sound like I don’t like the stensons, they are really nice players cbs and for $200 in awesome condition I bet they stand up to anything current.   I still shot 80 cold playing a set I got delivered an hour earlier with shafts I don’t play and no warm up, so that is some kind of testimony because the vegas did not go that well at all, but I’m just a blades guy at heart so not hating a cb is a glowing review.  There is a lot to like in these visually, higher trajectory, and that hollow cb softness.   Distance control actually was very much blade like, probably a top highlight looking back.   I just am tossed on if I should put the 105s in them or my small blades…

Edited July 12 by Bigmean

[Christen_The_Sloop]

61 yesterday at Royal St. Georges off the tips with my Founders Club irons. (Top Tracer). Much of Top Tracer is decided by wedge shots and I hit it really well - still can't kick the Cleveland RTX 4 forged 56 from the bag. St. Georges has a couple really long par 3s and I stuck my 7-wood once and hit it to 35 odd feet the second time. Also hit it to 12 feet on another hole. It's going to come to Canada with me next week. Another experiment that is paying dividends is putting an ATTAS G7 6x in the driver. Getting a little more height, can swing all out and not go left too. The majority of drives measured between 163-167 miles per hour. Still like to bump those numbers up - have to continue to Jazzercise while I''m on vacation I guess. 

 

As for the blades. Don't think I pulled the 3 or 4 iron during the round. Hit the 5, 6, 7 a bunch and the height I'm getting is nice. Still adjusting to the 9 and PW (they want to go left, so I have to open the face at address and be very careful with them.

 

I got a set of Tour Grinds (Frequency matched 2-P with FM 6.5s) a while back and I took the wedge. Does it ever want to get hit right out of the middle. If I didn't need to replace all of the grips, I would probably have them in the bag right now.

Edited July 12 by Christen_The_Sloop

[No_Catchy_Nickname]

10 hours ago, Bigmean said:

Smart to throw carbon in a club like that.

 

Yep, it really helps. I was very lucky to spot it on a certain Japanese auction site. Don't see many 110X 1i shafts, and it was cheap as well.

 

Also, I'd already tried the same shafts in a set of Mizuno Masters Model irons, so I knew what I was getting

[Bigmean]

14 hours ago, Christen_The_Sloop said:

61 yesterday at Royal St. Georges off the tips with my Founders Club irons. (Top Tracer). Much of Top Tracer is decided by wedge shots and I hit it really well - still can't kick the Cleveland RTX 4 forged 56 from the bag. St. Georges has a couple really long par 3s and I stuck my 7-wood once and hit it to 35 odd feet the second time. Also hit it to 12 feet on another hole. It's going to come to Canada with me next week. Another experiment that is paying dividends is putting an ATTAS G7 6x in the driver. Getting a little more height, can swing all out and not go left too. The majority of drives measured between 163-167 miles per hour. Still like to bump those numbers up - have to continue to Jazzercise while I''m on vacation I guess. 

 

As for the blades. Don't think I pulled the 3 or 4 iron during the round. Hit the 5, 6, 7 a bunch and the height I'm getting is nice. Still adjusting to the 9 and PW (they want to go left, so I have to open the face at address and be very careful with them.

 

I got a set of Tour Grinds (Frequency matched 2-P with FM 6.5s) a while back and I took the wedge. Does it ever want to get hit right out of the middle. If I didn't need to replace all of the grips, I would probably have them in the bag right now.

Nice top tracer work!

 

god I haven’t had 167 in the bag in a long a** time.  I was maxing out high 150s with a few over 160 when I was testing all those shafts last year.  I am not sure if my swing is losing distance (Irons notably) or if it’s age, I feel like it’s my swing settling into smooth and better golf, but every now and then the call is club down and step on it with short being the optimal miss and I will flush it to only be disappointed…. Like say my 9 iron went 147 playing for 155 like wtf….do I not have that in the bag anymore?   Eh, shooting better is much better mentally than hitting a 158y 9 iron but it’s still annoying to put a good swing on an iron and have it not go what you think you have in the bag…

Edited July 13 by Bigmean

[Bigmean]

So the dgs200 are 127g.  I have been playing 105.  There is no way that difference would have me hooking the ball more with 22g less shaft right?  It isn’t like I haven’t played 120-130g shafts plenty.  Playing today and not sure if I want to game the callaways again for more research or bag my kyeois and try to shoot a score…

[NRJyzr]

11 minutes ago, Bigmean said:

shooting better is much better mentally than hitting a 158y 9 iron but it’s still annoying to put a good swing on an iron and have it not go what you think you have in the bag…

 

Feel your pain, Biggie.  😐

 

In 2008 or 2009, I could hit my Golden Ram 6 iron to our longest par 3.  7 years ago, i could hit my 3i or 4i to that green.  These days I *might* be able to get there with my 2i, but it's more likely I'd need my 1i, if I were carrying it.

 

Father Time is the undisputed and undefeated champion of the world.

 

[Golfingfanatic]

22 hours ago, Bigmean said:

So I got the stensons, just gamed them off the rip yesterday with the dg200, no range first or anything, raw dog.  They are pretty much as expected.  Feel like other endo s20, smaller profile, etc.  good enough for me to be done with cbs and my kid is starting to really get into golf and has been using my shingo onoffs that are missing a 5 iron and why I was back on the cb hunt (Still mad no one turned in a single onoff 5 iron, like cmon man, it’s a no name 5 iron to whoever grabbed it off the tee box).   He is going to try these tomorrow.  My debut round was 42/38 so not at all bad for a double triple opening 2 holes.   I figured them out better toward the end, but irons didn’t hurt or help me much of the day.

 

I am curious on dg200 in this regard, I didn’t hook an iron all day.   I was either small blocking these or I am so used to setting up for a 5-10 yard draw that I was hitting them really straightish tiny push and about where I was looking?  At best the irons were turning over like 1 yard if at all.  On one hole, in a spot I’m in all the time on a par 5 under trees on the left, I normally get out hittting a swinging hook 5 iron that moves like 20 yards and ends up getting out and running up the fairway, with these that same swing moved it like 7 yards, still fine up the right first cut, but I hit that shot in my sleep and am never not middle or left side fairway.  I’m fully aware I don’t move cbs as much as blades, but these didn’t move much at all even trying to send a hook with a lower lofted club.  
 

They also felt a touch light to me, SW and overall, but im not good enough to be sure that wasn’t in my head.  Any thoughts as to the reluctance for them to turn over being, shaft or heads?   Shaft was my gut thought?  If my kid likes them, the dg200s stay.  If he likes the onoffs more, I’m still leaning towards putting the 105s I also got in my small blades and get back to gaming those again to mix it up.   They lost the bag, but I am starting to miss the dopamine hit they give….
 

I don’t mean any of this to sound like I don’t like the stensons, they are really nice players cbs and for $200 in awesome condition I bet they stand up to anything current.   I still shot 80 cold playing a set I got delivered an hour earlier with shafts I don’t play and no warm up, so that is some kind of testimony because the vegas did not go that well at all, but I’m just a blades guy at heart so not hating a cb is a glowing review.  There is a lot to like in these visually, higher trajectory, and that hollow cb softness.   Distance control actually was very much blade like, probably a top highlight looking back.   I just am tossed on if I should put the 105s in them or my small blades…

I've had three different sets of Stensons (Modus 120, DG S200 2x) and fully share your views. They are excellent clubs, but a bit boring (which is probably a good thing if you're serious about your golf). Distance control and spin retention has always been a strong point with these for me.

Edited July 13 by Golfingfanatic

[jimb]

On 7/12/2025 at 11:21 AM, Bigmean said:

None as of last week😬

Duties are coming on all golf clubs.  I just bought a Vokey 46* PW from Titleist.  Head made in Vietnam, shaft in USA, and assembled in USA as stated on the label.  There are basically no foundries in the USA anymore to make clubheads.  Clubs, that are already expensive enough are about to get more expensive I'm afraid.

[NRJyzr]

Been playing my MS11s with Modus 120, it's been going reasonably well.  Having hit my TS4 3i with Modus 105, I can feel a difference.  The 9g static weight increace is noticeable, and I also notice that kick section in the lower mid.  It's giving me a trajectory bump.  Some of that could also be the clubheads, I have always hit these higher than my other sticks. 

 

Fun extra here, using the MS11s, I finished T3 in a Men's Club event this past weekend, earning another few dollars in chits (proshop credit).  Some of that was related to a semi-ridiculous chipping day with the PW, including a hole out.  

 

My 986 Tours are fully shafted, gripped, lead taped, and ready to play.  I will be taking these out for my next few rounds.  Looking forward to playing these again, it's been almost two decades since I sold my set.  Yikes.

 

Will also be interested in seeing how these perform in trajectory terms, compared to the Mizunos, or even the TS4 3i.

 

[No_Catchy_Nickname]

7 minutes ago, NRJyzr said:

Fun extra here, using the MS11s, I finished T3 in a Men's Club event this past weekend, earning another few dollars in chits (proshop credit).  Some of that was related to a semi-ridiculous chipping day with the PW, including a hole out.  

 

In older sets, the PW is usually a great chipping club, especially when combined with the bounce of the MS-11s.

[No_Catchy_Nickname]

Might well be getting my hands on a set of Nike VR II blades (4-PW) very soon. Excellent condition, and a very tasty price...

Edited July 14 by No_Catchy_Nickname

[Bigmean]

On 7/13/2025 at 10:39 AM, Golfingfanatic said:

I've had three different sets of Stensons (Modus 120, DG S200 2x) and fully share your views. They are excellent clubs, but a bit boring (which is probably a good thing if you're serious about your golf). Distance control and spin retention has always been a strong point with these for me.

How did you like them with the 120s?  Did they get a touch more softness and feel to them with those vs the dg200?

 

Yup, you nailed it.   Boring in a great way I guess.   I think I am putting the 105s in my small blades.    I’m still going to keep and reshaft the stensons.  I gamed the Kyoei blades yesterday and it was probably one of my best iron days of the year, so they got the message no one’s job is permanent lol.   Even on the front and +5 on the back as I sorta fell apart with short game (2 skulled pitches….fml) and I missed seriously 6 birdie putts that maybe didn’t even total 50ft, one was a ball short and one a ball wide and all the others touched the cup, it was sickening.   That 77 was my best look at giving par a run and I just couldn’t read/speed 7ft putts after flag hunting the whole round.   My only birdie was a 20fter…..I was better from there than 8 ft…..

 

Also the no left thing was my swing, not shafts or heads, I didn’t miss anything left iron wise, and I brought back most that I started right of the pin.  I’m thrilled with that.  

Edited July 14 by Bigmean

[Bigmean]

On 7/13/2025 at 10:10 AM, NRJyzr said:

 

Feel your pain, Biggie.  😐

 

In 2008 or 2009, I could hit my Golden Ram 6 iron to our longest par 3.  7 years ago, i could hit my 3i or 4i to that green.  These days I *might* be able to get there with my 2i, but it's more likely I'd need my 1i, if I were carrying it.

 

Father Time is the undisputed and undefeated champion of the world.

 

Yeah, I’m still in reasonable shape and not that old yet, but I think my 3/4 takeaway and lack of coil flexibility is catching up, but my back feels good for all I have been playing and that I will never take for granted or trade for distance, I’m still very grateful I can play this game…
 

My 16 year old started playing again (87 yesterday in his 3rd round of year after not playing since he was like 10) and I’ll be damned if he wasn’t as long as I was off the tee with some 44” old Masda driver I had laying around.

 

I have no issue being passed up by youth, but it really hits home when you play all the time, have a high dollar shaft/head combo, practice, and feel like you are putting it out there and then some kid just rolls out there with your old junk driver for his 3rd round of the year and just sends it out there plus or Minus 10y of you all round long…..

 

 

 

[NRJyzr]

Separate post commenting on a driver shaft experiment...

 

Over the winter, I'd bought a HZRDUS Green Smoke (not RDX) 70 shaft in X, wanted to try it.  The EI curve shows its a bit softer in the mid, compared to the HZRDUS Black 75 that I've played, possibly getting stiffer at the tip.  

 

Plugged this into my King LTD driver, the OG with the spaceport, cut it to 44", D7, and off we went.

 

Really quite lovely.  Felt like a better ball flight than I'd had with the HZRDUS Black, had better accuracy than I'd been seeing.  Managed to struggle and still shoot only two strokes off my season best.  Its a low bar, but with the struggle I've had this year, any positive is good.

 

Ironic for many in WRX-ville as I'm a sub-100mph player using Xstiff.  It works.  😁

 

[nzio]

5 hours ago, No_Catchy_Nickname said:

Might well be getting my hands on a set of Nike VR II blades (4-PW) very soon. Excellent condition, and a very tasty price...

Congrats. 
 

still not leaving my bag anytime soon. Just so good. 
 

even though I just sniped a great condition MP32 set from Japan with custom name on it for s bargain. Excited to get those 

[No_Catchy_Nickname]

Welp, I picked up the Nike VR blades today. 4i-PW, heads in great condition, DG Tour Issue Design Tuning X100 shafts, and full cord grips, which will need changing.

 

All for the sum of about 85USD.

 

They look fantastic at address, and, after giving the little hit in the net, I can say they feel great as well.

 

I'll try to get some pics up sometime soon.

 

Also got a bonus Callaway Mack Daddy2 52° T-Grind wedge. Chrome, not the raw version unfortunately, but in very good condition.

[Bigmean]

44 minutes ago, No_Catchy_Nickname said:

Welp, I picked up the Nike VR blades today. 4i-PW, heads in great condition, DG Tour Issue Design Tuning X100 shafts, and full cord grips, which will need changing.

 

All for the sum of about 85USD.

 

They look fantastic at address, and, after giving the little hit in the net, I can say they feel great as well.

 

I'll try to get some pics up sometime soon.

 

Also got a bonus Callaway Mack Daddy2 52° T-Grind wedge. Chrome, not the raw version unfortunately, but in very good condition.

You should be able to flip the DT shafts on yahoo and get your money back and then some even if they are X and that sells worse.  God knows they go for a premium over there for some silly graphics…..that said I absolutely love my DT 105s, they are just something I will never ever ever see in another American bag…..so being a gear ho that checks a box for me lol.   I don’t think any DT shaft pulls of any make have gone under $125, I stole my 105 DT shafts for $170ish.

Edited July 15 by Bigmean

[No_Catchy_Nickname]

2 hours ago, Bigmean said:

You should be able to flip the DT shafts on yahoo and get your money back and then some even if they are X and that sells worse.  God knows they go for a premium over there for some silly graphics…..that said I absolutely love my DT 105s, they are just something I will never ever ever see in another American bag…..so being a gear ho that checks a box for me lol.   I don’t think any DT shaft pulls of any make have gone under $125, I stole my 105 DT shafts for $170ish.

 

Yes, I'm considering that. I hit them alright in the net, so I may keep the shafts, but probably cut of the grips, pull the shafts, and reshaft with something a little lighter.

 

I'm quite into the old NSPRO 1015 shafts at the moment. Got two sets shafted up with 1015S, and one with 1015X, and I think I prefer the S over the X.

[No_Catchy_Nickname]

A couple of pictures of the VR blades. They are in such good shape. I hit them at the range to today. and while I could just about get away with using the X100s, I think I would be better off with a different shaft in these. 

 

Problem is, what?

[VinylParadise]

On 7/14/2025 at 12:45 PM, NRJyzr said:

Ironic for many in WRX-ville as I'm a sub-100mph player using Xstiff.  It works.  😁

 

The more I've played golf, the more I notice that shaft flex is a dark art. 

A lot of flex choice has to do with transition tempo, not only raw speed.

Also, almost every shaft maker has a different definition and label for what qualifies for a certain flex. The only real way I've had success is through experimentation. 

[NRJyzr]

1 hour ago, VinylParadise said:

 

The more I've played golf, the more I notice that shaft flex is a dark art. 

A lot of flex choice has to do with transition tempo, not only raw speed.

Also, almost every shaft maker has a different definition and label for what qualifies for a certain flex. The only real way I've had success is through experimentation. 

 

Over the years, I've occasionally made use of the old Dynacraft DSFI system, now Hireko Golf's system.  They have a component to their process that relates to shaft load and/or tempo.  Their system seemed to align for me, particularly when looking at steel wood shafts, when I used their factor for a quicker tempo, harder shaft load.

 

Amusingly, the first driver I could hit decently came with an XX shaft.  Had I known, I wouldn't have bought it (found it used at 2nd Swing), but it was largely a clubmaker shaft with no flex identification.  The flex was on a label under the grip.  Was quite the surprise when I regripped the club the next winter.  LOL

 

[Bigmean]

Shafts are 1000% you have to try.   And to further complicate especially with woods, the head combo will alter that.   I am a 100-105 driver these days and I can play a pretty large array of shafts.  Dispersion and feel is how I gauge shafts in trial now and not with numbers and tech.   

 

On another note, I’m not sure if it’s cause I played a lot last summer and have been playing legit almost 4X a week since May this year, but after the first month I have been in the 76-79 range a ton, and all while my short game has been sketchy as hell and putter couldn’t be colder regarding them actually falling.   Best thing I have done is not get a lesson like last year, not thought about much swing wise other than making what I see in my head happen, and I have just been playing with basically no practice.  Unlike last year my iron game has been really strong.   Driver still isn’t going to impress anyone but it’s getting it sorta done.   I feel like I’m stuck between a decent driving and short game in same round day away from even par as I am leaving so many shots out there and simultaneously feeling like I’m barely clinging on to keeping it under 80 and it’s going to fall apart, but it keeps happening, if that makes sense.  
 

Last time I got here expectations really

ruined me as some may remember.  I think that humbling experience has really helped me just keep going out to have fun, play every round one shot at a time, and it happens how it happens…So yeah….. now that I got this off my chest I'm just going to go back to not thinking and I’m just happy to be here😂...

[Tinkerer]

7 hours ago, No_Catchy_Nickname said:

A couple of pictures of the VR blades. They are in such good shape. I hit them at the range to today. and while I could just about get away with using the X100s, I think I would be better off with a different shaft in these. 

 

Problem is, what?

Nice set! I recently got a set of new Wilson Staff Model blades with the X100s. Love the irons but age 58 with a driver SS in the early 90s the X100s did not work. Worked with my local golf pro and changed to Dynamic Gold s300. Irons are now much better. 

[craz-e]

On 7/17/2025 at 12:06 AM, No_Catchy_Nickname said:

A couple of pictures of the VR blades. They are in such good shape. I hit them at the range to today. and while I could just about get away with using the X100s, I think I would be better off with a different shaft in these. 

 

Problem is, what?

 

 

One of the sets I regret not buying back in the day 

Edited July 18 by craz-e

[No_Catchy_Nickname]

1 hour ago, craz-e said:

 

 

One of the sets I regret buying back in the day 

buying or selling?

 

I sort of regret buying these because they look likely to give my MP4s a good run for their money.

[Jonesy]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, so glad this thread is still going 😁

 

Hope everyone's been keeping well! 

[Nard_S]

On 7/17/2025 at 12:51 AM, No_Catchy_Nickname said:

 

I sort of regret buying these because they look likely to give my MP4s a good run for their money.

 Across the set they are stellar. They continually surprise to the upside. 

Edited July 18 by Nard_S

[Nard_S]

On 7/13/2025 at 9:55 AM, Bigmean said:

So the dgs200 are 127g.  I have been playing 105.  There is no way that difference would have me hooking the ball more with 22g less shaft right?

Yeah it did for me and the difference was less. 

Edited July 18 by Nard_S

[Choclab]

On 7/14/2025 at 9:27 AM, NRJyzr said:

 

My 986 Tours are fully shafted, gripped, lead taped, and ready to play.  I will be taking these out for my next few rounds.  Looking forward to playing these again, it's been almost two decades since I sold my set.  Yikes.

 

I want to hear about this.  I still remember 30 years ago I saw a set of those in a used shop in OKC and always regretted not buying them.