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Titleist Vokey Wedge Finishes

Birdie

By Birdie
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  1. 1. Which finish do you prefer on your wedges?

    • Tour chrome
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    • Black nickel
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    • Oil can
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I have crome wedges at the moment, but my next set will definatly not be. I keep getting blinded by the sun. Living in Australia its noramally pretty sunny.

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Does anyone notice a difference in sound and feel with the oil-can finish? It seems like it clicks a lot, even for a Titleist forging. I've got an old Vokey 200 52* in oil-can that I picked up for a few bucks used that I've been trying out. It's definitely more clicky that my CG10s or even the mizuno MP-Rs. I found this to be the case on some Titleist blades I tried. Is that typically the case for most Titleist irons?

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Does anyone notice a difference in sound and feel with the oil-can finish? It seems like it clicks a lot, even for a Titleist forging.

Vokey wedges are not forgings.

Is that typically the case for most Titleist irons?

Mmmmm, no.

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I have noticed a difference in feel and sound too when the treatment wears off of the oil can finish and the playing surface becomes a little more raw.

And the oil cans are really raw wedges, IMO. But, you can never get the hitting areas on those things to rust over like they are supposed to if you play or practice with any measure. The grooves wear down much more quickly than the tour chrome style as well. Ive had my 200series 48 wedge for over a year now and it still looks brand new with only a few common knicks on the face and sole. If where an oil can it would probably be blasted by now...
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There, I corrected that for you. The oil can finish does nothing -

nothing - to affect feel or sound.
But, you can never get the hitting areas on those things to rust over like they are supposed to if you play or practice with any measure.

They are not "supposed" to rust over. Rust does nothing for you (except eat away at your wedge). The whole point of "oil can" is simply to reduce glare.

Time to trot out this URL once again: http://thesandtrap.com/bag_drop/is_rust_a_must

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I have the tour chrome and love them. The oil can almost looks rusty to me...You should see which you feel more confident standing over and go with it!

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