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Forged or Cast?

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Question: Which do you prefer in your irons and/or wedges?
Forged in Both - 10 (37%)
Cast in Both - 2 (7.4%)
Forged Irons/ Cast Wedges - 3 (11.1%)
Cast Irons/ Forged Wedges - 2 (7.4%)
It doesn't matter, it's all hype - 10 (37%)
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Forged or Cast?
« on: November 29, 2006, 12:42:22 PM »

Vote or die.
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Re: Forged or Cast?
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2006, 01:26:01 PM »

Cast if I paid for it

Forged if I am a pro and gears are given for free/they paid me to use theirs  Grin
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Re: Forged or Cast?
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2006, 01:29:42 PM »

i'm not particularly fussed either way.... as long as they work how I want them to work... Wink
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Re: Forged or Cast?
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2006, 01:34:20 PM »

I voted cast, because my irons fall into that unholy region between forged and cast called "Form Forged", but they're more cast than forged.

It's funny, a year and a half ago, I was a complete Forged 1020/1035 carbon steel guy playing Maltby M-05s/Miz. mx-23s and SnakeEyes black wedges.   But now, looking at my Kenneth Smith Milled Cavities, GolfSmith Tour C wedge and Golden Bear BearClaw wedge, I guess I've gravitated toward cast 304 stainless.
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Re: Forged or Cast?
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2006, 01:42:09 PM »

forged forged forged
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Re: Forged or Cast?
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2006, 02:08:44 PM »

Nothing, and I mean nothing, feels quite like hitting a forged iron perfectly.  It's like bouncing marshmallows off your forehead.  Not that I've ever done that.
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Re: Forged or Cast?
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2006, 02:15:21 PM »

Nothing, and I mean nothing, feels quite like hitting a forged iron perfectly.  It's like bouncing marshmallows off your forehead.  Not that I've ever done that.

I think it's a Utah thing. They wouldn't understand.
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Re: Forged or Cast?
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2006, 02:26:30 PM »


one is better than the other: BS

I've hit both.  Both (to me) can feel like butter, when hit in the right spot.
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Re: Forged or Cast?
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2006, 02:43:05 PM »


one is better than the other: BS

I've hit both.  Both (to me) can feel like butter, when hit in the right spot.

Quite honestly, while currently my irons and wedges are both forged, I probably fall into this camp as well. I think by and large, though, that you can more reliably rely on the feel of forged over cast as a general rule. This isn't to say there aren't a variety of cast options that feel every bit as good as forged, but not all cast options do. $.02.
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Re: Forged or Cast?
« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2006, 02:47:39 PM »

It's an opinion thing so obviously everyone is right.  If you prefer F over C or visa-versa then you just do. 

It seems likely that it comes down to the player, the particular equipment and probably a dozen other variables.

But I can say this for me.  My 550Cs feel five times better in the sweet spot than my TA-5s.  I'm not a club HO and the only other set I've owned in the past ten years has been some Cobra knock-offs and I sucked large at golf back then.  I can only compare the previously mentioned sets.
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Re: Forged or Cast?
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2006, 03:55:33 PM »

Could just be that the 550Cs kick large-scale ass.
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Re: Forged or Cast?
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2006, 04:17:25 PM »

Could just be that the 550Cs kick large-scale ass.

 Grin

I love my irons.  It's a manly love.  In a Marines fighting cheek by jowl in Belleau Wood sort of way.
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Re: Forged or Cast?
« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2006, 09:07:25 PM »

Where's the Women's Clubs option?  Angry Grin
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Re: Forged or Cast?
« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2006, 12:47:03 PM »

Metal Injection Molding  Devil Smiley
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Re: Forged or Cast?
« Reply #14 on: December 22, 2006, 02:00:26 PM »

I have sets of both, so I guess you can count me for both sides
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