colej way back when UST put out the easy flex shaft. If you can find one of those you can make your own.

I have one with an old 300cc driver head on it.

6 days later

Well now I like the Vertices. 🙂

They were in the garage mocking me, and I decided I wasn’t going to take it any more. I would play them, score be damned. Long story short, I hit them in the center of the faces, and they created good swings. So nice to be making the same setup and swing all round.

First nine I missed every green, shot 45. The strikes were good but yardages were iffy. Second nine I hit 7 greens, shot 37. Was getting the yardages dialed in. The AW is still too high, and a hair short. And I bent it strong. I will be replacing that one with something blade like. PW goes high but it’s okay. A blade there would probably be better too. We’ll see. The hot 6 iron is good. So is the Pinhawk 5h. It goes good and high, to my surprise. I need to try the 4h 20 degree now.

Bag pic later....

DonM

Here bag full of Vertex's whimpering to be hit when the weather improves. Also in da bag a Ping G410 and my old trusty Heavy Sole Rescue M3. I have not decided on which fairway club. I have an M2, GBB Epic or a Pinhawk SL 5 I will probably or maybe a TM H816 I hit just as far. Hmmm. Now if I can just get some fetchin' warm weather.

    Wow I haven't seen a Heavy Sole Rescue in a while! I had 3 of them and then my buddy had them in the bag for a long time.

      KCee Wow I haven't seen a Heavy Sole Rescue in a while! I had 3 of them and then my buddy had them in the bag for a long time.

      I have all three and have them shafted with True Temper TX90 .370 shafts. These are the most solid clubs I have ever owned. The downside is having to dial out some of the closed face.

        Rickochet Yeah they were especially awesome from the rough. TX90 is probably a great shaft in them. I think I had some Tour Trac 80 shafts, but they were light for me. They worked well for my buddy. He kept taking them out of the bag for a new hybrid or fairway wood, but they'd always come back.

        Rickochet You went all in. I am loving the Pinhawk 5 hybrid. I feel like I can go at it with confidence. I am going to get the 4H for sure. I probably would love the 6H but I'm giving the Vertex 6i a good try first. And it's pretty good.

          You can tell a lot about a man whose work bench looks like Rick's. Mine looks worse. 😀

          I see you still have the ole MentorSports Triad II Rick!

            scotts33 You can tell a lot about a man whose work bench looks like Rick's. Mine looks worse.

            Scott, that is just a table I was using to clean out my golf bag and sort my golf goodies. I have three other benches piled deep with tools and other assorted crap. 😛

              The salvaged door table top is classic. I have one too.

                DonM You went all in.

                "Santa" went all in and got me the whole set. I don't know if the 3,4, & 5 will work but will know soon.

                DonM The salvaged door table top is classic. I have one too.

                My wife wanted a taller and large table to wrap Christmas gifts years ago and I had a 36" used door. I put the folding legs on it and turned some wooden dowels down to fit inside the legs to raise the height of the table. It is nice to have a large surface to use for various projects when you need it. I also used a 36" new door slab to make my wife a desk by getting two cheap 2-drawer file cabinets as the base. She has her PC on it and it gives her lots of room as well.

                " I also used a 36" new door slab to make my wife a desk by getting two cheap 2-drawer file cabinets as the base. She has her PC on it and it gives her lots of room as well."

                You just described MY "desk." I've had it in the basement for years.....works great!!

                Rickochet Scott, that is just a table I was using to clean out my golf bag and sort my golf goodies. I have three other benches piled deep with tools and other assorted crap. 😛

                How about a pic of those other benches if you're feeling up for it? 😂

                On second thought, might be too much of a threadjack!

                6 days later

                I’m hitting more greens with my Vertex irons. The SKF shaft is soft and high launching. Very high. It’s helping me hold the rock hard greens here at my course.

                One sign they are too soft for me is that 70, 80, 90, and 100 percent swings all go the same distance, but with different heights. It’s strange, but I kinda like it. Eventually I’ll have to find a better fitting shaft, because it’s hard to actually take yards off the swing. Also I get some lateral variation that seems to be more the shaft than the swing. I want to try the same shaft in S.

                Overall I am loving having the same distance from ball for all irons. It’s really helping me.

                  DonM

                  I got my Vertex out on the range Sunday. I haven't swung a club since Oct. and the rust was very evident. My swing felt awful as were the results. So, new heads, new shafts I hadn't hit before and rustly = total crap. As I probably posted earlier I installed some KBS Tour 90 R Satins and I have never tried them and the tip trimming was kind of a crap shoot. I have been using FST 115 for many years and I should have put them in the Vertex first and may still do that. In general the trajectory for them in the Vertex were much lower than expected. A better test would be a shaft I am familiar with or wait until the rust is worked off. One thing after hitting them a few times, I am having doubts that this geezer will have much luck with the 3, 4, & 5 iron. We will see. Golf wx will be here soon.

                  I know you got the full set from Santa, but for me there is no reason to try the longer part of the set. I am pretty satisfied with the PH 5 hybrid. I built the 4H last night. I'm pretty sure that last year James @customgolfcenter told me the Pinhawk hybrids are best of the breed.

                    DonM I'm pretty sure that last year James @customgolfcenter told me the Pinhawk hybrids are best of the breed.

                    The full set of Pinhawk SL hybrids have been around several years but I don't think I have ever seen a review or comment about the full set. I have the Titleist 816 H1 hybrids up to 27° that are wonderful. I can dial the 27 up to 29°. I may pick up a Pinhawk SL hybird AW to tinker with. 😁