I'm glad to know I am not alone. The funny thing is, I will hit the blades just as far or furthur with the mis-hits as well.
I know a few will disagree, but it is true for me at least.
I think there is an adjustment period, but for me the "mystique" as it were of playing blades is gone. My MP-32's have that cut muscle thingy, so they're perhaps not pure pure blades, but I have no doubt whatsoever that I can hit any muscleback/blade made.
I think there is an adjustment period, but for me the "mystique" as it were of playing blades is gone. My MP-32's have that cut muscle thingy, so they're perhaps not pure pure blades, but I have no doubt whatsoever that I can hit any muscleback/blade made.
The mystique was fone for me until I put the cavities in for a while, then it came back.
I'm thinking of getting a set of 32's. They look good.
"About two years ago I switched from blade to oversize irons. I started testing the 3-, 4- and 5-irons, and they felt so good I just told Nike to send me the rest of the set. You have to make such perfect swings with long-iron blades. Standing over a pressure shot, I want to know the clubs will help me."
This thread reminds me that I need to reshaft one of my old Wison blades to at least an A flex, just to try it. I can hit the blades fairly well but the old stiff steel doesnt work for me now. Time and the River..LOL
I am not a low Hc player but I will never go back to cast clubs. The look, feel and overall quality of forged irons is far better than cast. If you look hard enough you can find a great quality Forged set for a bargain price Cavity Back, Mucle Back or Blade.
My knowledge about golf is not too diverse, but doesn't the so called "better feeling" come from the process of manufacturing (casting /forging) versus the iron being a CB or a blade? A lot of people in this thread say that blades feel better because they are blades, not because they are forged versus being cast. I could be wrong, please correct me.
That being said, i switched from super game improvement Cleveland CG-4s to Mizuno MP-33 blades last week and could not be happier. Also, i did not switch because i couldn't stand the thick top line or to brag about using blades, i switched because i have a fairly straight swing, and with game improvement irons i just end up drawing all the time, and when i want to draw, i can hook unintentionally. I hit where i want with my blades. Sure they look better, so do 90% of cars as compared to Volvos or Saabs, doesn't mean they are better cars. The stock shafts in the CG4s were also very light, my blades love divots, and i am much more confident i won't top the ball like i was with my cast irons.
I have seen blades from decades past and blades from recent years. Someone left a 30 year old 8 iron (small face and very thin like what delong19 posted) on the course and I just hit it for fun and it wasn't pretty. 7 yards to the right of what I aimed for. The face was not much thicker than the shaft.
In my observation, there appears to be more bulk and weight to the (2005-2007) modern blades/muscle backs, and at least by visual inspection I don't see much difference from older generation cavity backs from the modern blade/muscle.
The modern day cavities are the size of some hybrids (over half had wide soles). Even the Hibore irons are just a bunch of hybrids.
I am going to given a new Mizuno MP-67 a try.
Last edited by titaniummd : February 19th, 2007 at 11:05 AM.
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