1977 Karsten 1 vs 2015 Ping ei-1

Typhoon

The other night before I sold my old Karsten 1 irons i took them to work to hit them alongside my gamer Pings on the GC2. I only did the 8 iron...
Karsten. Ping
Ball speed. 109. 116
Launch. 21.3. 19.4
Side spin. -284 -112
Spin. 8155. 7184
Carry. 143. 159
Distance. 144. 161

I used a pro-v 1 for both. I think the lofts are only 2 degrees apart. The old Karsten 8 iron, like previous Pings is probably a half inch shorter.

The old Pings felt just as good as the new ones.

sdandrea1

Typhoon

Those 8 irons are at least 4 degrees apart. Your ie1 is 36, the Karsten was probably 40 like the Eye 2. Could have tested 8i against 7i and gotten similar numbers . Interesting test, thanks!

BTW, hitting your 8i 161 yards makes me hate you........😉

Typhoon

I was shocked at how much of a non difference it was. Feel was great. The karsten's spun the ball more...a little too much so that knocked the distance down a little. The carry and total distance was always a yard apart. Also just a bit less forgiving, but like I said, nothing remarkable.