Well these are my first
REAL
irons, the ones I played before were bought for like $250 a few years back. The 704's were a bit tough at first coming off newbie clubs with huge offsets and wide soles but they're excellent clubs. They feel great, have an excellent balance of workability and forgiveness (they're used on tour a lot), and plenty of feedback on those mishits
. I've read reviews saying that they don't feel as good as pure forged
mild carbon
steel since they're made of just forged stainless steel but they're good enough for me. I've tried 690.MB's and I can barely tell a difference but thats probably because I'm not at that level. The only thing that I don't like is the Satin finish. I like the shiny look of the 690's but they get the job done