a month later

Final review of the Maltby KE4 Max irons.
I had them bent to 2 degrees upright from factory specs (not from factory "actual"). Lofts we're also bent to factory specs. Guy that bent them said the lofts were almost all withing 1/2 degree of spec.

Played 18 with them today and was hitting it pretty well. I had better contact and on-center strikes with the heads dialed in so it was awakening how LONG these are. These are DISTANCE irons! The downside of that for my game is they're effective for 4, 5, 6, even 7 iron shots......long and high. For scoring shots, 8 iron to GW, they're not so great. Distance control and green holding became an issue for me today. I airmailed a few greens with the 8 and 9 iron and had a few wedge shots that landed nicely and kept going. Could be the shaft and/or my swing, but for playing my best, the TE Forged or GigaGolf CB Forged will go back in the bag. If there's interest in buying these heads, let me know.

    sdandrea1 If wedges aren't holding and you're air mailing greens with short irons it's obviously a lack of spin. What ball are you using?

        pellmell air mailing greens with short irons it's obviously a lack of spin.

        It's more of a "my PW is actually almost an 8 iron" problem. The balls I use hold just fine with my TE Forged irons. Callaway Super Soft.

          16 days later

          What do you guys think of the idea of weakening the KE4 Max lofts a little to go 26-30-35-40-45-50 from 6-GW? would involve bending 8,9,P,G a little weak.

            bad9 I do that kind of thing all the time. Go for it.

              bad9

              Only possible drawback I could see is you’re going to be adding bounce? Will that help or hurt your game?

              • bad9 replied to this.

                  colej I thought about the bounce but honestly don't know what, if any effect the extra bounce would have for me. In the last decade I have mostly played I series Pings and several Maltby models. Most of the lower bounce/sharp leading edge irons I have tried dig badly for me. I tend to hit thin.

                      bad9 Most of the lower bounce/sharp leading edge irons I have tried dig badly for me.

                      More bounce should help with the digging. You'd be raising the leading edge, the weaker you make the lofts, 1-2* in this case.

                      That said, digging is usually a problem with "Fat" shots, not necessarily thin ones. Anyhow go for it.

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                          2 months later

                          bad9 An update to my post. I bought a set of 6-G Max heads from colej and had him adjust the lofts to 26-30-35-40-45-50. They spent a month is Custom Canada purgatory and didn't get here until just over a week ago. I got to play two rounds over the weekend with the Max.Both days were low 50's temp, light to moderate winds and mostly sunny. Distances were as expected given the lofts, just had to remember the wider distance gapping to to the larger loft separation. By the time I got to the 6 I was pretty much a club longer than my KE4 Tour+ set which is to be expected. Although I had read lots of comments about the good feel I was a little surprised at how soft they actually felt, very nice. I didn't notice any ill effects from the increased bounce on the clubs that were bent weak. I hope to get a couple more rounds in as temps are forecast to be low 50's to low 60's for the next week which is unseasonably warm for here in October.