Follows in design as in a design being improved on is one issue. All do such. Do not most 460cc , black driver heads look alike?
Try to copy trade dressings like name (Big Brother vs Big Bertha), color scheme (blue and gold shaft painted to look like another), etc. is a knockoff.
Yea, I have no idea who did sliding weights first. I would have guessed TM, but I always remembered what Mike Tait said about there not being enough weight to move to make a difference anyway, I am pretty sure Nickent had the first adjustable face angle drivers, though. I had one years ago.
"Friend on the site..."
Sinister Golf, Riverside, CA.
Might that friend be a fellow Californian whose last name begins with an A ? 
rob
Rob, as soon as I saw this post I also thought it might be Mr A as well. Although he usually comes right out and asks himself and not through a second source.
Personally I don't care if an existing concept is used a basis for an improved product. I get turned off when companies spew marketing bullshit about how they invented it and how much better/longer/straighter it is going to be, As one end-user, for me it would be refreshing to see some genuine honesty in marketing. Go for it.
Gus, Mr.A did post though.
To be clear we are talking about the "friend", not TGF.
Steve has a lot of friends in the industry.
Trust all is well w/you.
rob
Might be OMG Golf.(??)
Par, Sinister Golf had a driver review, Agent Orange, on Mygolfspy a few years back.
A google search will show it.
I will give you this though - ThatGolfGuy appears to have the same sense of humor as Steve.
And No, I do not think they are the same but it makes sense that they would know each other given the geo. location.
rob
Would it have anything to do with the "surprise" announcement slated to be the first on this site ?
I think so.
We saw the flash now...........Wait for the sound of thunder gets closer before the rain.
Damn we are good as a group for charade.
Good to know, I'm looking at a driver that has a moveable 12 gram screw so glad to hear it will actually have some impact. I just remember Tait saying it wouldn't matter. Maybe because he didn't have a driver out with moveable weights, or maybe because at that time we were talking about smaller amounts of weight.
Very well could be, but as I said to Rob Steve is not shy and would bring to the forum himself, well at least normally. He is getting long in the tooth now.
Weight placement does influence ball flight, but only if you allow it to. In other words the golfer can over ride it with their swing. The way weight bias works so I'm told is it moves the center of gravity more towards the weight side.
So, more weight towards the heel moves the COG towards the heel essentially allowing for more of the face to act similar to a toe strike thus 'gearing' the ball back to the left. But as I mentioned if you leave that face wide open with an out to in swing no amount of weight placement will help.
Would that be (with a 12 gram weight) the new Cobra F7 driver that will be out in mid January? That driver has 3 weight ports (two 2 gram weights and a 12 gram weight). You can move the 12 gram weight front, back or heel to change the ball flight from lower, higher and draw. I'll be demoing it when it comes out.
Still own the Amp Cell and Bio Cell and have both set to max loft for most closed face angle, but would like to be able to have the ability to move the weight to the heel for more draw bias help.
All things being equal moving weight around on modern drivers works. Now a lousy swing can certainly counter act this to a certain degree which is why for many years I have been saying to fitters that you can't properly fit this type player. They must have a semblance of a repeating swing.
No actually looking at an old Callaway Razr Fit Extreme. I like that the face can be opened 2.5 and with the 12 gram weight in the toe hope for a fade machine.
