Acer XV Pro and Tour Blade
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Interestingly to me, those look super similar to the Jeff Sheets Golfsmith design that's been in my bag for the past many years.
I'm wanting to try a bit less offset while retaining GI properties, and a medium sole, some bounce, with a friendly leading edge. What can you tell me about the FC One Pro Forged?
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DonM Interestingly to me, those look super similar to the Jeff Sheets Golfsmith design that's been in my bag for the past many years.
They are a Jeff Sheets design Don. I play FC-One irons on FC-One Ion graphite 50g shafts. TLT Series #7 2660 kg-cm ^ 2 target number toe down MoI heft match.
DonM I'm wanting to try a bit less offset while retaining GI properties, and a medium sole, some bounce, with a friendly leading edge. What can you tell me about the FC One Pro Forged?
Smaller-medium players CB. Narrow sole pretty forgiving. The top line is slightly more than some forged heads.
Adding 3 pics of a FC-One 5i for Don.
That is a good looking stick. Does not look as if it has too much offset and the sole is not too wide.
They are so close to what I play now that I wouldn’t change for them.
As it is, I woke up this morning with another idea. 
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Went out and hit a bucket o balls with the Pursuit blades in the Miyazaki shafts. Impressed with how EZ they are to launch. The blade length is longer than my Snake Eyes irons, but the sole width is significantly thinner. It is a larger face iron than the Snake Eyes. I found that choking down about 3/4" had me striking them pretty solid. They feel a little harsher than my Snake Eyes but our driving range is tight Bermuda on firm soil, where I our fairways are spongy soft zoysia. The Miyazakis are fine, but I'd say no better than the Acer shafts I have in the Snake Eyes. I must say, once out in the daylight, I do not like the color of the Miyazaki shafts.....I prefer black graphite iron shafts, believe it or not. As of now, I prefer the very buttery feel of the Snake Eyes irons, but I'll give the Pursuits a real go on Tuesday on course. Note: Pursuit heads are forged from 1035 Carbon steel, as opposed to 1025 in the Snake Eyes. I do not know how much that would affect feel.
colej scott I’m gonna say I’m impressed by the FC One driver. Forgiving, long, and not too loud! I also really like the FC one 3 wood with the HeX 360 fairway shaft!
I just wish they offered a swing science graphite Iron shaft that was heavier. I’d buy that from then too
I found the FC-One "A" driver to loud for me and I fibre-filled mine. The FC-One Plus 14* driver is much more solid and non adjustable which is why I would think.
The FC-One "A" 3 wood is solid and "hot" best SS head by far going away. I use it more and more off the tee.
Use the Legacy 400 Series 44" 80g in one of two flexes ARS or RSX depending on needs. It's a pretty stout shaft and flex as to how it's tipped.
sdandrea1 Went out and hit a bucket o balls with the Pursuit blades in the Miyazaki shafts. Impressed with how EZ they are to launch. The blade length is longer than my Snake Eyes irons, but the sole width is significantly thinner. It is a larger face iron than the Snake Eyes. I found that choking down about 3/4" had me striking them pretty solid. They feel a little harsher than my Snake Eyes but our driving range is tight Bermuda on firm soil, where I our fairways are spongy soft zoysia. The Miyazakis are fine, but I'd say no better than the Acer shafts I have in the Snake Eyes. I must say, once out in the daylight, I do not like the color of the Miyazaki shafts.....I prefer black graphite iron shafts, believe it or not. As of now, I prefer the very buttery feel of the Snake Eyes irons, but I'll give the Pursuits a real go on Tuesday on course. Note: Pursuit heads are forged from 1035 Carbon steel, as opposed to 1025 in the Snake Eyes. I do not know how much that would affect feel.
Got 18 holes in today with my regular 4 some. Use the Pursuit blades. They are not as forgiving as the Snake Eyes off center, but they are just as easy to launch. I'd say feel is just not quite as buttery as the Snake Eyes, but they are made from a different carbon steel and have different shafts/grips, so.....
Most of my full shots today were with the 8, 9 and W and were solidly struck, high soft landing approaches. I teed off on a par 3 with the 7i and center struck it to about 4 feet and missed the birdie! My only other full shot with the 7i was my approach on #9 and I thinned it low but straight, short of the green. Chipped with the same club to about 6 inches and made par. My review is biased because my game is in the slot right now with my last 2 scores being 75 on my home course (67/133 P.B. Dye - The Gauntlet). Anyway - these are good solid heads!
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Thanks for the review Steve....I used to be an "iron snob," and thought I had the game to play blades. I had a couple of sets of Hogan Apex that I hit pretty well, but that was THEN! Now, I realize that the more forgiveness the irons offer, the better for me. Undercut cavities are my "new normal," and I'm satisfied with that. Back when Golfsmith owned the Snake Eyes name, I never tried any of their game improvement clubs. Wish they were still around, because my memory of them was that they were good looking and offered some GI designs. Maybe that will be my next "quest," to find an old set of those still in good shape and retro-fit them to suit my needs.
Nice round, BTW! I managed a 79 myself, this morning and was pretty pleased with that....!
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Thanks for the kind words! I need to dampen my humblebrag a bit. Let's make it clear that I do not have the game to be a blade player. Remember, I'm only hitting blades in 7 iron thru wedges and mostly, 8 iron thru wedges. I won't go near a 4, 5, 6 iron blade, because I know better. My 31 degree club is a big fat hybrid! MANY of my pars today were scrambling shots with my 52 and 56 wedges and some longish putt saves.
P.S. I may have a nice set of Snake Eyes 600c for sale soon. Shhhhhhh....
I'm having an iron crisis. I just can't hit the damn things. Even on my good days the iron play is the shakiest part of my game. The last few times, hoo boy. I'm resisting the urge to tinker around the edges. The only sensible head change that makes sense right now is hybrid irons, or real shovels. But the way I'm swinging them, I don't think either of those is the answer. I need to start hitting them flush, somehow.
I suspect I need heavier shafts but I really really don't want to play steel. And the heavy graphites out there are expensive and play like boards.
I've fallen and I can't get up. Bleepin' game.
DonM Not sure what flex you are needing, but these shafts have some weight. If you need the 'old man' flex, RBG is cheap. Monark has all flexes. I have used them in the past and will say they do flex(soft tip), so if you are looking at R, I'd probably trim for S, depending on swing.
https://www.rockbottomgolf.com/golf-clubs/club-making-gear/shafts/apollo-golf-shadow-iron-graphite-shaft/
https://www.monarkgolf.com/golf-components/shafts/graphite-golf-shafts/apollo-graphite/apollo-shadow-graphite.html
