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Just to delve into the abyss of banality, what do you think is the most beautiful iron ever made? You know--that sexy, pulchritudinous hunk of steel that makes your eyes dialate slightly and gets you making mental swings in your head, with visions of a buttery, well-struck 6-iron landing softly 4 feet from the cup?

For me, it's the Hogan Apex redline. I don't own a set, but I'd like to.
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I thought the original hogan edge was just flat a handsome looking club. The way it looked just inspired confidence. A perfect example of form follows function.

1W Cleveland LauncherComp 10.5, 3W Touredge Exotics 15 deg.,FY Wilson 19.5 degree
4 and 5H, 6I-GW Callaway Razr, SW, LW Cleveland Cg-14, Putter Taylor Made Suzuka, Ball, Srixon XV Yellow

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Just to delve into the abyss of banality, what do you think is the most beautiful iron ever made? You know--that sexy, pulchritudinous hunk of steel that makes your eyes dialate slightly and gets you making mental swings in your head, with visions of a buttery, well-struck 6-iron landing softly 4 feet from the cup?

Mine - the Mizuno MP60

Along the same lines - what's the most memorable iron shot you have? One time, I had 185 left to the center of the green. i was in the fairway, but the wrong side of a dogleg. There was a set of overhanging branches that i had to hit a sweeping hook around. Took a 4 iron, carved it around the tree beautifully, landed it on the surface and it released to within 2 feet of the cup. i'm sure that more experienced players have aces and hole outs that they can recall

In my Bag:

Nike Sasquatch Tour 9.5*, Diamana BlueBoard 83S
Mizuno F-50 15*
Mizuno F-50 18*TaylorMade Rescue TP 21*Mizuno MP60 4-PWMizuno MP-R 54.10Cleveland CG10 60.08Mizuno Bettinardi C-01

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I gotta go w/ the Hogan Apex Forged-





I also love the CG1's (Black Pearl)-

Current bag:
Driver: TaylorMade 9.5* R-510
3-wood: TaylorMade 15* r7 TP
Hybrid: Nickent 3DX Ironwood
Irons: Hogan FTXWedges: 52* Hogan Riviera | 56* Cleveland TA 588 | 60* Hogan CarnoustiePutter: Cameron Detour 2Ball:NXT
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Old School? I'd have to agree with the Hogan's.

New School? I love all of those shiny, silver clubs Mizuno puts out, that includes the MX900's.

Colin

WITB:
Driver: SUMO 10.5* w/Stock Shaft R
Wood: X-3 15*Hybrids: Slingshot 3 @20* Graphite RIrons: Slingshot OSS 4-AW Graphite RWedge: CG11 52* and 56* Putter: G5i UG-LEBall: One Black -or- Juice. Still experimenting.

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absolutely stunning

Jeff Gladchun

In my bag:
Driver: TaylorMade R7 Quad, 9.5°, Aldila NV
3 Wood: Titleist 904F, 15°, YS-6+ StiffIrons: Titleist 695CB 3-PWWedges: Titleist Vokey 252.08, SM56.10 SM60.08Putter: Odyssey White Steel #5 Center-ShaftBall: TaylorMade TP Black / Titleist ProV1xHome Course: Oakland Hills...

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Completely agree with Jeff. Those are beautiful...

I have to agree with Jeff also. I ended up with 695 CB's for the forgiveness but man would I love to own a set of those blades. They are gorgeous.

905R 9.5˚ - UST Proforce V2
904F 15˚ - YS-6
695cb 3-PW Dynamic Gold S300
Vokey SM54.14 and SM60.08
Scotty Cameron Newport 2 Pro V1x / Pro V1Cyberbilt

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yeah, these titleist clubs are really nice...
however I think the most beautiful set I ever saw was the Taylor Made rac MB blades in BLACK finish. never hit the market, couple sets sold for about $1400 on ebay, can't find pictures of them anywhere. Boy were they sweet looking

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Even though they are getting kind of old, I'm still going to go with these:

Driver: R5 TP 10.5° Diamana Blue S
Hybrid: 585H 19° 904HB S
Hybrid: Idea Pro 23° 80 VS S
Irons: MP-32 PW-7iron & MP-60 6-4iron
Wedge: WRX Vokey 52.08Wedge: Vokey SM Oil Can 56.14Wedge: PM MD 60.11Putter: OLD School FuturaBall: Pro V1x

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I have to agree with Jeff also. I ended up with 695 CB's for the forgiveness but man would I love to own a set of those blades. They are gorgeous.

I'm in the same boat, I lust after the MB's but I play the CB's which are also beautiful, they just lack the smoothness of those gorgeous MB's

Jeff Gladchun

In my bag:
Driver: TaylorMade R7 Quad, 9.5°, Aldila NV
3 Wood: Titleist 904F, 15°, YS-6+ StiffIrons: Titleist 695CB 3-PWWedges: Titleist Vokey 252.08, SM56.10 SM60.08Putter: Odyssey White Steel #5 Center-ShaftBall: TaylorMade TP Black / Titleist ProV1xHome Course: Oakland Hills...

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I'll have to say that Mizuno MP-60 is one of the most beautiful Irons I've set my eyes upon.
Too bad I probably don't play well enough use them yet...
But that's the club I really love to get my hands on when I play a bit better...
Until then I'll just drool at those pictures.....
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I have a very nice set of 670's for sale.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=280039435576





I love the 695's....minus the red lettering.
Current bag:
Driver: TaylorMade 9.5* R-510
3-wood: TaylorMade 15* r7 TP
Hybrid: Nickent 3DX Ironwood
Irons: Hogan FTXWedges: 52* Hogan Riviera | 56* Cleveland TA 588 | 60* Hogan CarnoustiePutter: Cameron Detour 2Ball:NXT
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I have to agree with Jeff also. I ended up with 695 CB's for the forgiveness but man would I love to own a set of those blades. They are gorgeous.

im so sad ..... i bought the 695MB's.... cant believe i actually returned them....well they were hard to hit, but still they are so beautiful

Titleist 905R 8.5 Degree // Stiff
TaylorMade Rescue Mid 16 Degree// Stiff
Titleist 690.CB// PW-3 Rifle Flighted 6.5
Titleist Spin-Milled 56 Degree
Titleist Spin-Milled 60 Degree

Scotty Cameron Newport 2

Titleist Pro V1

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As far as traditional blades, while I'm not a huge Titleist fan I really like the 695MB's but I give the nod to the Mizuno MP-32's

I also find a lot of game improvement irons sexy (like my Srixon I-506's) but I figure that could be another thread

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I'm going to have to go with the current set I have: The Titleist 731PM's. Of course, they were only made for lefties since it was Phil Mickelson's set when he was still with Titleist; however, the whole set to just looks so clean. Before I messed up my elbow, I had some guy after a round of golf offer me 800 on the spot for my irons. I guess he knew that Titleist didn't make them anymore.

Jonathan Wall

In the Bag (Left Handed):
Driver: Callaway Fusion Tour FT-3, Aldila NVS 75X (Stiff)
3-wood: Titleist 975F 13.5°, UST Proforce 75X (Stiff)Irons (3-PW): Titleist 731PM, True Temper S300 (Stiff)Wedges: Titleist Vokey Raw Milled Steel, 52.08, 56.08, 60.06, Rifle 6.0 Shafts (Stiff)Pu...

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