Blades

How many of us oldies are playing blades and if so which ones?

How many of us oldies are playing blades and if so which ones?

I'm not presently playing a set of blades but I do have two sets of them. Hogan Apex II's, and Cleveland TA-1's....make that (3) sets...I forgot about the Mizuno MP 32's. I sold my MP-14's, and the MP-33's.

And I'd bet that every senior here has played blades before.

I'm 50 and playing Adams Pro Black MB's & Hybrids - hope I qualify as an oldie.

Just got back from the driving range, my Ping S-58's are not going anywhere in 2010. We still get along fine.

59 yo raises hand.

Once a month I'll play Golfsmith Pro Forged or Yamaha SX 25's. I believe Scott Simpson and Hal Sutton played the Yamaha's around the 80's

Not exactly blades like we played growing up, but I find my MP-68s to be better companion to my aging swing. Last Sat I had 191 to the front of number 16, pin appeared to be about 4-5 paces from the front. Hit a beautiful 5 iron with about a 5 yard draw, pin high and about 8' left. Made the birdie.

The rest of the round was pretty normal, but that 5 iron made my day.

I started golf as a caddy in 1955, and my first irons were acquired one at a time. All were small headed blades back then.
The Club Pro was an elderly Scotsman who taught, hard work, love of the game, and playing by the rules. Forgiveness was something you got in Church.
I play Mizuno MX25 cavity backs and MP33 blades today. Fine irons. Experimenting with Hybrids in the long irons now, so we'll see as we carry on.

teespoon

I am in and out of clubs these days - occupational hazard around this website, I'm afraid. I alway have a set of blades around though. These are the clubs I love. This is what I carry in the MacKenzie with the persimmons when I am just walkin' the course. I just bought a set of MP-67's to be my toys for the year. Can't wait to get them in.

I still play these...my MP-30's are shovels in comparison.

Here is newest project: waiting for furrules and grips, shafts will be DG's, of course.

I'm 63, my index is 7.8, lowest was about 5. I had been playing Mizuno MP 33 blades for about 4 years. Then, 2 years ago, I switched to Miura tournament blades. Mizunos are great clubs but I really enjoy the Miuras more. Just MHO.

[quote name='teespoon' date='10 February 2010 - 05:38 AM' timestamp='1265798280' post='2240685']
I started golf as a caddy in 1955, and my first irons were acquired one at a time. All were small headed blades back then.
The Club Pro was an elderly Scotsman who taught, hard work, love of the game, and playing by the rules. [size="6"] [b]Forgiveness was something you got in Church.[/b][/size] I play Mizuno MX25 cavity backs and MP33 blades today. Fine irons. Experimenting with Hybrids in the long irons now, so we'll see as we carry on.

teespoon
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LOL on the bold/large quote...I'm gunna use tha one Tee thanks!!!

MP-32

I am still partial to blades, too, ...

I switched to GIs.

Can't seem to find a better feel than my VIP remakes with Apex 4's. I hope I never do...

they're not pure blades but my back-up irons are 1993 callaway S2H2s which i reshafted with NSpro 850s....i use them 1-2x a month and hit them just as well as with my FTs with stock graphite shafts as long as i am not tired...

Moved from MP-30s to the Wishon 550M two years ago. Have some VIP V-foils waiting in the wings. Just picked up a set of Yamaha ST-30...what a nice looking blade! Can't wait to try em.

I'm reshafting a old set of 1978 Wilson Staff Tour blades with 5.5 PX shafts that will be my gamers this year. I also have a set MacGregor 1025 V-foil blades. I'm 61 with a 11 hc (ouch--that will change shortly).

I learned to golf back the early and mid 60's so any club post that time is easy to hit I think. However I did have a 38 yr hiatus before coming back to the game.

[quote name='78blades' date='06 March 2010 - 01:42 AM' timestamp='1267857741' post='2296366']
I'm reshafting a old set of 1978 Wilson Staff Tour blades with 5.5 PX shafts that will be my gamers this year. I also have a set MacGregor 1025 V-foil blades. [i]I'm 61 with a 11 hc (ouch--that will change shortly).[/i]

I learned to golf back the early and mid 60's so any club post that time is easy to hit I think. However I did have a 38 yr hiatus before coming back to the game.
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Oh, you gotta birthday coming up? HA!

My Girlfriends dad plays Those wilson Staffs from that same time frame. He is one of the guys who when he was my age, would have been a member here. Played all the time etc. In recent years he just stopped playing as much. I put a Hybrid in his hands and he looked at me like i kicked his dog. Then he tried to hit it, and i looked at him like he kicked mine. Pretty interesting that he plays much better using his 30 year old blades.

LOL, I love it!--one always feels more at ease with a old friend.

Since I have gotton better with my long irons it is now hard for me to hit hybrids.

My everyday irons are the 1998-2002 Hogan Apex, which are actually pretty darn easy to hit.

But when I want to challenge myself a bit more, I grab this bag...

I have rebuilding my clubs after getting them re-chromed from Golfsmith Mizuno MP33`s ,

Stewart

After a 25 year break from the game I started plaing again almost 7 years ago. I struggled in the beginning playing GI clubs, they just didn't look right to me. One day at a local range the pro brought down a couple of his Wilson P I 5's for me to try out. They looked like an old friend in my hands with the compact head and thin topline. On a whim I bought a set of Wilson FG 51's on ebay for $45 again love at first sight. They are still in the bag 4 years later, and believe me I've demoed evry new iron on the market. My older brother recently took the game up again and he's playing the PI 5's, just couldn't seeing him playing shovels. To paraphrase a gun lover, I'll give up my blades when you pry them from my cold dead fingers. PS I'm 56

MP68's here.

I have two sets that I switch back and forth, Mizuno MP 9 and Mizuno MP 29.

I'm currently playing with the 2008 MacGregor MT Mids iron set and Mactec woods I bought last year, after a 25 year hiatus, but I've got 2 nice sets of late 60s vintage MacGregor MT Tourney irons and one set of MT Tourney woods I'm going to drag out this summer. Those persimmon woods sure look tiny though, compared to the Mickey-Mouse-size driver I now use.

Back in the Dark Ages (60s) I played Burke Punchirons. When I got back into golf in the late 70s I acquired a set of Wilson Staffs and played them reasonably well for two decades. I bought a set of Titleist 690.MBs several years ago and this year bought a new set of Callaway Tour Authentic X Prototypes and love them!! The Titleists will go in my South Carolina bag next month.

I tried different cavity backs, but really prefer the looks of a blade at setup. Blades also force me to make better swings by concentrating on being smooth. Can't beat the feel of a well struck blade, like a hot knife through butter....

[quote name='oldironman' date='10 March 2010 - 03:38 PM' timestamp='1268249887' post='2307006']
[b][size="3"]To paraphrase a gun lover, I'll give up my blades when you pry them from my cold dead fingers.[/size][/b]
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AMEN!


[quote name='3fromthedge' date='23 March 2010 - 12:57 PM' timestamp='1269363466' post='2335581']
[size="3"][b] Can't beat the feel of a well struck blade, like a hot knife through butter....[/b]
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aaaaand.....AMEN!