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... I am basically wondering how long they (forged) will last compared to a 'regular' club? I average about 36 holes a week and live in Maine so it's a shorter season. ...

Exactly 13 seasons 4 rounds and 6 holes ... at which time the head on your 5 iron flys off during your tee shot and lands in a pond in the adjucent fairway ... but you don't care because you make a hole in one off that fluke shot ... unfortunately between buying rounds for everyone in the clubhouse and celebrating you somehow don't make it home with your golf bag and never see your 57s or wedges again ... even more strangely your bag with the Taylormades and Odyssey are turned in to the pro shop ... weird ... maybe because the woods and putter had head covers

Mike

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I don't own forged irons personally, but my friend has some Mizuno MP67s. He doesn't take much care of them - he's a bit of a 'club ho' :D

When is the last time you saw a touring pro with iron covers? Their clubs get banged up a million times more than ours do.

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What about storing forged irons? Right now I have no choice but to keep them in a garage. It's rainy and damp weather here lately. How will affect my Mizuno MX-200s? Also, I would have them, in the bag, in the garage over the winter. Is this ok? Or should I put them in storage I will be renting for my books, CDs/DVDs, etc?
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I've had forged irons a couple of seasons now and don't think they look beat up at all. I expected it to be worse. It's mostly inside the back of the club, which I rarely look at anyways. I'd rather try keeping the sole of the club nice, but most important is of course the face of it. As long as I can look down at the club and not see any scratches or bumps on the face, it doesn't really matter how they look on the bottom or back. Clubs are meant to be used and get banged up.

Alohaed: It can work fine, but I would not recommend it. Don't you have a closet or something with room for 7 clubs?

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I think I may prove EVERYONE on this thread wrong. My forged irons (MP52's) may not make it 3 rounds. If I hit them the way I did the first two times out, I am going to shove them up *&^%$*%*(^!!!
Driver: Cobra ZL 3 Wood: Cleveland Launcher War Club: Burner Titanium Raylor 21degree Hybrid: Bobby Jones 24 4-PW: Ping i3's Wedges:Mizuno MP T-10 White Satin 52, 56, 60 Putter: 15 year old Odyssey Rossi Blade. Ball: Bridgestone e5 Swing Oil: Grey Goose, always in the bag.
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Forged irons should last plenty long, but as stated numerous times you've got to take a bit better care of them in comparison to cast clubs. The face of my blades looks great, even on the wedge and 8 irons which i hit more often that the rest. I take precautions against hitting sandy or dirty balls, and will clean the clubface when at the range more often than I do with a cast club.

The feel is very well worth the effort though... and the bag chatter knicks are somewhat satisfying in the sense that I the more beat up the backs of my blades are, the more golf I am playing.

In the Bag: TaylorMade R11 TP - TaylorMade R7 TP TS - Cleveland Halo - TM TP 2009 3-PW - Vokey SM 52 - Vokey SM 60 - Rife Barbados CS - ProV1x 


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What i was told is that they would last a long time good 10 years, BUT only if you look after them! clean them regularly, and get the loft and lies checked every year! because they are made out of a weaker metal and cast irons.

Driver: Hippo Hex2, HL
980F 3, 5 wood
X-Forged Irons, 3-Pw
50 deg wedge
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Bottom line is if you wan't you clubs to look nice and not like some hack..then get iron covers and who cares what other people think.!! I have 2 different set of forged clubs one almost 20yrs old and the other about 9yrs old and they both look awesome..!! I'll put money on it either look better than a guy who just got new forged clubs last year and doesn't use covers..!! And for the guys that wear jeans..big whoop you can beat the "pretty boys" you still look like a d-bag wearing jeans to the course, have some integrity and respect for the game..!!

In my TaylorMade Catalina cart bag
TaylorMade Burner Superfast 2.0 TP 8.5*
Cobra Baffler Pro 18* Aldila NV Hybrid Stiff
TaylorMade 300 Forged 3-PW Rifle Flighted 6.0 Stiff
Cleavland 691 Tour Action 52* CG10 58*All wraped in Itomic Tacki-mac grips Oddesy White Hot #4 cut down to 33 1/2" Tempest...

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Bottom line is if you wan't you clubs to look nice and not like some hack..then get iron covers and who cares what other people think.!! I have 2 different set of forged clubs one almost 20yrs old and the other about 9yrs old and they both look awesome..!! I'll put money on it either look better than a guy who just got new forged clubs last year and doesn't use covers..!! And for the guys that wear jeans..big whoop you can beat the "pretty boys" you still look like a d-bag wearing jeans to the course, have some integrity and respect for the game..!!

Can you post a picture of the 20 year old blades? I think my 19 year old blades look good, but maybe I have low standards.

Mizuno MP600 driver, Cleveland '09 Launcher 3-wood, Callaway FTiz 18 degree hybrid, Cleveland TA1 3-9, Scratch SS8620 47, 53, 58, Cleveland Classic 2 mid-mallet, Bridgestone B330S, Sun Mountain four5.

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Ok First three are My Lazor FX Forged, bought in 1991 & the second three are my Taylormade 300's forged bought in 2001, My dad bought and used these for a years be for handing them down to me, I've pretty muched used the Ram's for the last 10 to 12 years up untill this year I made the switch. http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/r...13/golf013.jpg http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/r...13/golf010.jpg http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/r...13/golf012.jpg http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/r...13/golf011.jpg

In my TaylorMade Catalina cart bag
TaylorMade Burner Superfast 2.0 TP 8.5*
Cobra Baffler Pro 18* Aldila NV Hybrid Stiff
TaylorMade 300 Forged 3-PW Rifle Flighted 6.0 Stiff
Cleavland 691 Tour Action 52* CG10 58*All wraped in Itomic Tacki-mac grips Oddesy White Hot #4 cut down to 33 1/2" Tempest...

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Not sure what happen there?? but you should be able to click and see all pics? let me know if not?

In my TaylorMade Catalina cart bag
TaylorMade Burner Superfast 2.0 TP 8.5*
Cobra Baffler Pro 18* Aldila NV Hybrid Stiff
TaylorMade 300 Forged 3-PW Rifle Flighted 6.0 Stiff
Cleavland 691 Tour Action 52* CG10 58*All wraped in Itomic Tacki-mac grips Oddesy White Hot #4 cut down to 33 1/2" Tempest...

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Ok First three are My Lazor FX Forged, bought in 1991 & the second three are my Taylormade 300's forged bought in 2001, My dad bought and used these for a years be for handing them down to me, I've pretty muched used the Ram's for the last 10 to 12 years up untill this year I made the switch.

Thanks man, I think mine look good, but those Rams look like new - very nice!!

Mizuno MP600 driver, Cleveland '09 Launcher 3-wood, Callaway FTiz 18 degree hybrid, Cleveland TA1 3-9, Scratch SS8620 47, 53, 58, Cleveland Classic 2 mid-mallet, Bridgestone B330S, Sun Mountain four5.

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Thanks, yea my Dad took very good care of them as do I..always covers on them wiped after evey shot and washed about every 3 rounds. I had to sandblast the faces of the Ram's once, but that it.

In my TaylorMade Catalina cart bag
TaylorMade Burner Superfast 2.0 TP 8.5*
Cobra Baffler Pro 18* Aldila NV Hybrid Stiff
TaylorMade 300 Forged 3-PW Rifle Flighted 6.0 Stiff
Cleavland 691 Tour Action 52* CG10 58*All wraped in Itomic Tacki-mac grips Oddesy White Hot #4 cut down to 33 1/2" Tempest...

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Where can you find a loft / lie machine at without sending your clubs out?

In my r7 bag:

Driver:r7 460
3 wood:r7
hybrid:burnerirons:320 serieswedges:TP Rac Z 56*, 60*putter:Circa 62 #3balls:prov1x

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Where can you find a loft / lie machine at without sending your clubs out?

I think you can take your clubs to some place like Golfsmith and use their lie board? I'm not sure, I'm curious about this as well. When I pick up my new irons next week I'll ask them about this because I want to get a regrip done every year, why not get the lie checked as well?

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Callaway X 460 9* - Callaway X 15* - TaylorMade 19*/21* Hybrid - Callaway Diablo Forged 4-PW - Titleist 50/56/60 - Rife Cayman Brac - Bridgestone xFIXx/B330-RX - TRUE Linkswear Supporter!

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