JoeHatesSnow For me, I just like a clean looking iron, without a bunch of color or splashy medallions. A good sole design and specs that I like would make it even better. I like a satin finish as well on my irons so these check a lot of boxes for me.
Like this Joe? 
scotts33
Those look great, Scott. I think they are chrome or mirror polish though if I'm not mistaken. I like that much better than a dark finish that wears like crap, but satin is my favorite. 
Now wedges, for some reason I like raw like the Callaway vintage finish over satin. Maybe that's odd, dont know...
JoeHatesSnow Louisville Classic 50's Blades just received from an old clubmaker friend of mine when we were both Louisville clubmakers in the late 90's. New old stock 2i - PW hard to find some of the last true forged iron blades made in the USA. Old school lofts 28 deg. 5i and 48 deg. PW.
BTW the Maltby DBM's or the old designation M-05 are great smaller CB's rate them with Swing Science FC-One Pro Forged or Wishon 575MMC. I have played Maltby M-05, SS FC-One Pro Forged and Wishon 575 MMC in any of them you can't go wrong.
DonM How big is the market for component blades????
I wonder as well. I love the look of most ‘blades’ but when I see one I see them all. Just like the SMT MB-3. Love the look of it but I wonder how well something like that sells.
scotts33
I love the look of old blades but a super sharp leading edge is not my friend. 
JoeHatesSnow love the look of old blades but a super sharp leading edge is not my friend.
I hear ya Joe. I learned to play golf as a kid early 60's on non-irrgated Milwaukee Muni courses where you got tight lies and nothing lush. Hence sharper leading edges and a picker type of swing (think Tom Watson) were a prerequisite. As we go to less water use on golf courses I can see these type of iron design becoming more back in vogue. Even at Odana I see a lot of dirt and tight lies where I can play shots that others with wide sole big bounce irons can't. 
scotts33
I don't really like a wide sole, but I do like a bit of camber to it I guess. I should probably get a few nice sharp-edged blades to practice with, but I swore off practicing a few years ago so........ 
scotts33 Hence sharper leading edges and a picker type of swing (think Tom Watson) were a prerequisite
Scott,
What does your type-of-lie vs sole-grind chart look like? I'm interested.
For example: wide sole is better for lush turf, narrow sole/ sharp leading edge better on tight lies?
Jelopster
I like that look too. When considering the TS2 I've always wondered how clean you could get the cavity if you removed the badges. I don't think they are crazy obtrusive but from pics I've seen of used ones they do look to have a tendency of getting dented up.
sdandrea1 For example: wide sole is better for lush turf, narrow sole/ sharp leading edge better on tight lies?
IMO narrow sole and low bounce easier to get leading edge under ball with good forward shaft lean. Part of it is technique but wide sole shovels harder to make crisp contact from tight lies and non-lush turf. (I play muni golf that isn't lush and perfect + play the ball as it lies 
). Those designs IMO were designed for lush watered turf that seems to be going away as time marches forward.
Louisville Classic 50's 2i sole
When I see something like that my first inclination is to reach for a dinner roll
bad9 you know, I always felt the same about Wishon irons, the performance was generally there, but not once did I set them at address and say “oh that looks great”. The 560 looked great in the bag, never could figure out what it was, but never liked it at address. I have also tried the 870, 770 and the Sterlings (really hated the sound/feel of those), they were all pretty much ugly piglets that worked pretty well, but not enough for me to ignore how much I didn’t care for the look.
