From The Iron Factory

CallMeAl

Just got my Hogan FTX back from The Iron Factory.

I must say Jim did a fantastic job of refinshing these. If any of you are considering having a set redone, I Highly recommend Jim!

Now some Pics...

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Umfaan

Those look fantastic. What does a quality job like that cost?

azgreg

Umfaan Those look fantastic. What does a quality job like that cost?

http://www.theironfactory.com/

FauxAmish

Those are really nice Al.

pdxhak

They look amazing! I have an old set of FG17s I have wanted to send them for a long time.

pdxhak

What is the turn around time?

Release

Beautiful !

Did you get the standard square groove treatment ?

It'll be interesting to see how it aged after a couple of season's playing.

I wonder if the new chrome plating would feel harder than the original OEM finishing.

CallMeAl

Let me see if I can answer some of these...

Cost? Depends on what you have done.

Turn around time? Apparently, this isn't Jim's busy season as mine only took about 3 weeks door to door.

Harder Chrome? Jim told me His chrome plating process is more durable than the standard process used by OEM's.

Everything went Very Smooth and I'm sure he could do the same job for you. I wouldn't hesitate using or recommending him to anyone.

Weirfan

they look great Al,

I've used Jim before as well and concur, great work and highly recommended

brsmith

They use military hard chrome. It isn't as shiny but is far more durable. I had a set of Titleist 681 irons re-done by Jim. They were gorgeous and after years they barely looked used,

CallMeAl

brsmith They use military hard chrome. It isn't as shiny but is far more durable. I had a set of Titleist 681 irons re-done by Jim. They were gorgeous and after years they barely looked used,

Jim does have shiny chrome available, but I chose satin because of the non glare appearance.

d5n03

Very nice!

Release

brsmith They use military hard chrome. It isn't as shiny but is far more durable. I had a set of Titleist 681 irons re-done by Jim. They were gorgeous and after years they barely looked used,

How does the military grade chrome feels ? Can you feel any different than the original finishing ?

brsmith

Release How does the military grade chrome feels ? Can you feel any different than the original finishing ?

I had a copper underlayer applied first. This is supposed to give a softer feel. I know the harder chrome really reduced the chatter marks compared to before and made a definite difference in the sole and face dings. I never sharpened the grooves after having the tour chrome applied. It was definitely an upgrade over stock.

Release

brsmith

I understand the harder the finishing surface the less wear will show.

Remembering reading this from somewhere that Ben Hogan himself did not like the re-chromed iron heads, something to do with the feel.

Since I do not have any personal experience with the re-chromed forged iron heads, hence I ask if there is any difference.
I guess there would not be any difference for the general golfers and if they're happy look down on a shinning set of jewel like iron then it's all worth awhile.
The iron Factory had been around for awhile now, so they must have been doing something right.

brsmith

Release I understand the harder the finishing surface the less wear will show.

Remembering reading this from somewhere that Ben Hogan himself did not like the re-chromed iron heads, something to do with the feel.

Since I do not have any personal experience with the re-chromed forged iron heads, hence I ask if there is any difference.
I guess there would not be any difference for the general golfers and if they're happy look down on a shinning set of jewel like iron then it's all worth awhile.
The iron Factory had been around for awhile now, so they must have been doing something right.

The feel wasn't really any different. Jim Kronus built clubs for Nicklaus among others. They used to build the TC tour issue wedges for Titleist. They offered the C2 wedges commercially, which was where they would take a Vokey, re-chrome it with the copper underlayer just like the Tour issue wedges, with the square grooves and aggressive sandblast of the face. I have a set of Vokey 200 series done that way and the 252-08 and 256-12 are still in my bag. I have a 60* special grind raw Vokey P grind with porting and the square groove and sandblast from a different source.

The iron factory is the real deal.

Continental golf is another good shop.
http://www.continentalgolf.net/

CallMeAl

Even Continental recommends that you send your forged irons to The Iron Factory since they don't refinish forged.