Artisan Golf Wedges- Mike Taylor and the old "Oven" crew that made Tiger's clubs

[scott_Donald]

9 hours ago, SwingMan said:

 

Mine made it in a few days ago - did not take that long - about 5 weeks after the fitting. Raw Blasted Finish in 50, 55, 59

 

 

Wow player numbers are getting high now! they did say they are being very busy.

 

10 hours ago, texas_golfer said:

Mine should be ready next week. Or maybe the following week. I cannot wait!! The 3-4 month wait to get fitted and then the 6 weeks to have them built has been so painful. But i can’t wait for my first round to say, it was all worth it! 

 

They were out of Z Cords normal size last Monday so as long as you didn't want them, you should be very soon! can't even think how long dads took, they sat there ready for a month. 

Edited July 25, 2021 by scott_Donald

[sniper]

1 hour ago, SwingMan said:

 

Mine made it in a few days ago - did not take that long - about 5 weeks after the fitting. Raw Blasted Finish in 50, 55, 59

 

If I’m ever fortunate enough to have the Artisan experience I’m 100% copying your ferules and stamping.

 

I’ll go back and look but if you haven’t already…share your fitting experience. 

Edited July 25, 2021 by sniper

[SwingMan]

Story of My Artisan Fitting on June 16:

 

As I opened the door to Artisan, the first thing they asked was to give them all of my wedges. Why not? Jamie Pipes, the Master Wedge Fitter, measured all specs while I was given a tour of the plant. Lots of CNC and other machines, very clean shop, saw Mike Taylor working and he gave me a friendly "Hello". I saw new putters draped on carts, and the new irons that are coming soon - blade, part cavity and full cavity, and wedges... lotsa wedges. I also saw the whiteboard with names of the pros and celebrities who had purchased Artisan clubs.

Then it was time for Jamie and I to get acquainted. Jamie had worked with UST previously but was now telling me about all of the curiosities of my current Mizuno Wedges related to the data he had collected. Lengths were a little off, lofts were too close, could have been from use or from me beating them into the ground - who knows? Some wedges were heavier than others, some of that was concerning, but the only consistency was that the lies angles were almost all 63. One set was Nippon 115, another set of 2 wedges were Nippon 125. What would fit? Let's find out.

We escaped outside to hot, sunny, and muggy conditions. Warmup started with PW, then SW, LW and a few other wedges with different shafts - just easy full swings. I think Jamie wanted to evaluate the shafts more than anything. So we talked about what he saw - I struggled more with the 130g Nippons and got along better with the Nippon 122g.

We changed gears and walked over to a fairway fronting several greens, and hit a series of 50, 75, and 90 yard shots before going greenside, then hitting bunker shots and finishing with more greenside for over two hours.

At the time of the fitting, my game was a bit of a mess from too many lessons and swing thoughts. So I asked Jamie what he saw. This will seem like Golf 101. Ball position was too far forward, I need to open up my feet, and I wasn't aggressive about finishing the swing, and I'd come out of the swing. Yes, I knew some of it because at my last lesson we'd talked about what Jamie was discussing. Fast forward a few minutes later and we'd made most of the simple corrections. Well, not exactly simple. We added some arm rotation at the end of the swing. Same thing my instructor is beating into me. Then we added a more aggressive move with the front foot and turning the hips. Jamie's work was almost done. So yes, a lesson is included and it was everything my instructor had said.

We kept on switching out shafts and Artisan heads and comparing the results to see what was working best and what Jamie was observing. We worked with the GW and SW from 75 and 90 yards. Hit 4 balls and switch out. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

Jamie's preliminary results - I didn't take much of a divot and the Mizuno sat too high (bouncy). The 115 and 125 Nippons were not my best fit. I had better results with the Artisan head with a C type grind that was beveled, and another that was not beveled. Shaft? He thought I did best with the Nippon 105 iron shaft (My graphite iron shafts are now typically 85-95g).

We moved greenside - green was above me and he handed me a variety of wedges consisting of the Mizunos and Artisns with different shafts. But he had narrowed it down to the Nippon 105 and an Artisan 55 and 59 for greenside use. I hit balls below the green from a level lie to 3 pins, and then from uphill lies, and ball above my feet lies to all 3 pins. One of the Mizunos was a little sticky but the Artisan were not - just clean contact and good spin. Huge difference. We hit a few bunker shots to test the wedge selection and then back to greenside to finish off the fitting. The Artisans were a much better fit. Nothing against Mizuno - I love them and play their HMB's. I picked the wrong wedge grind and shaft. That's on me.

I learned that I was lousy at fitting myself and that it pays to pay a professional to fit you. The fitting (and mini-lesson) were more than worth the money. Resolved many issues, plus I'm getting some great custom wedges made to demanding specs.

The above was done over 2.5 hours. The next half hour was guzzling down 2 pints of water and reviewing wedge finishes, ferrules, and initials. And the results? In the pics above.

 

Performance? Played one round with them. Holed a 45 foot chip from 30 feet off the green , at least 4 chips from off the green were tap-ins. Wedges were very precise, partly because I learned a new alignment technique but partly because the ball reacted well to these wedges. Flopped and pitched well. Feel is soft yet solid. Checked up well - using ProV1x. I can get more daring now that I know how they check.

Edited July 25, 2021 by SwingMan

[GC70]

3 hours ago, SwingMan said:

Story of My Artisan Fitting on June 16:

 

As I opened the door to Artisan, the first thing they asked was to give them all of my wedges. Why not? Jamie Pipes, the Master Wedge Fitter, measured all specs while I was given a tour of the plant. Lots of CNC and other machines, very clean shop, saw Mike Taylor working and he gave me a friendly "Hello". I saw new putters draped on carts, and the new irons that are coming soon - blade, part cavity and full cavity, and wedges... lotsa wedges. I also saw the whiteboard with names of the pros and celebrities who had purchased Artisan clubs.

Then it was time for Jamie and I to get acquainted. Jamie had worked with UST previously but was now telling me about all of the curiosities of my current Mizuno Wedges related to the data he had collected. Lengths were a little off, lofts were too close, could have been from use or from me beating them into the ground - who knows? Some wedges were heavier than others, some of that was concerning, but the only consistency was that the lies angles were almost all 63. One set was Nippon 115, another set of 2 wedges were Nippon 125. What would fit? Let's find out.

We escaped outside to hot, sunny, and muggy conditions. Warmup started with PW, then SW, LW and a few other wedges with different shafts - just easy full swings. I think Jamie wanted to evaluate the shafts more than anything. So we talked about what he saw - I struggled more with the 130g Nippons and got along better with the Nippon 122g.

We changed gears and walked over to a fairway fronting several greens, and hit a series of 50, 75, and 90 yard shots before going greenside, then hitting bunker shots and finishing with more greenside for over two hours.

At the time of the fitting, my game was a bit of a mess from too many lessons and swing thoughts. So I asked Jamie what he saw. This will seem like Golf 101. Ball position was too far forward, I need to open up my feet, and I wasn't aggressive about finishing the swing, and I'd come out of the swing. Yes, I knew some of it because at my last lesson we'd talked about what Jamie was discussing. Fast forward a few minutes later and we'd made most of the simple corrections. Well, not exactly simple. We added some arm rotation at the end of the swing. Same thing my instructor is beating into me. Then we added a more aggressive move with the front foot and turning the hips. Jamie's work was almost done. So yes, a lesson is included and it was everything my instructor had said.

We kept on switching out shafts and Artisan heads and comparing the results to see what was working best and what Jamie was observing. We worked with the GW and SW from 75 and 90 yards. Hit 4 balls and switch out. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

Jamie's preliminary results - I didn't take much of a divot and the Mizuno sat too high (bouncy). The 115 and 125 Nippons were not my best fit. I had better results with the Artisan head with a C type grind that was beveled, and another that was not beveled. Shaft? He thought I did best with the Nippon 105 iron shaft (My graphite iron shafts are now typically 85-95g).

We moved greenside - green was above me and he handed me a variety of wedges consisting of the Mizunos and Artisns with different shafts. But he had narrowed it down to the Nippon 105 and an Artisan 55 and 59 for greenside use. I hit balls below the green from a level lie to 3 pins, and then from uphill lies, and ball above my feet lies to all 3 pins. One of the Mizunos was a little sticky but the Artisan were not - just clean contact and good spin. Huge difference. We hit a few bunker shots to test the wedge selection and then back to greenside to finish off the fitting. The Artisans were a much better fit. Nothing against Mizuno - I love them and play their HMB's. I picked the wrong wedge grind and shaft. That's on me.

I learned that I was lousy at fitting myself and that it pays to pay a professional to fit you. The fitting (and mini-lesson) were more than worth the money. Resolved many issues, plus I'm getting some great custom wedges made to demanding specs.

The above was done over 2.5 hours. The next half hour was guzzling down 2 pints of water and reviewing wedge finishes, ferrules, and initials. And the results? In the pics above.

 

Performance? Played one round with them. Holed a 45 foot chip from 30 feet off the green , at least 4 chips from off the green were tap-ins. Wedges were very precise, partly because I learned a new alignment technique but partly because the ball reacted well to these wedges. Flopped and pitched well. Feel is soft yet solid. Checked up well - using ProV1x. I can get more daring now that I know how they check.

Great review! Where are the pictures? That place is so great I haven’t been there since it was the Oven. I definitely need to get back there and have MT make me some new wedges! 
 

When will we see the new irons?

Edited July 26, 2021 by GC70

[SwingMan]

10 hours ago, GC70 said:

Great review! Where are the pictures? That place is so great I haven’t been there since it was the Oven. I definitely need to get back there and have MT make me some new wedges! 
 

When will we see the new irons?

 

See some pics of the wedges a couple of posts above the "review."

 

New irons? Looks like they were moving forward and had 3 lines. But I don't know the timeframe. When I go there in September, I will ask.

[Diamana_Stinger]

Ok guys, so the embargo has been lifted in Japan with regards to the irons. I do want to re-iterate these are the Japan versions of the irons, I do not know if the US release will be different....

 

720MB,720HM & 720CB (the CB is coming late October, no pics yet...)

Edited August 5, 2021 by Diamana_Stinger

[Diamana_Stinger]

LS720MB

 

[Diamana_Stinger]

720HM

 

[hurley999s]

Wow…just returned here and last thing I need to do is start pondering irons, but those are sick

[Fort Worth Pro]

41 minutes ago, Diamana_Stinger said:

Ok guys, so the embargo has been lifted in Japan with regards to the irons. I do want to re-iterate these are the Japan versions of the irons, I do not know if the US release will be different....

 

720MB,720HM & 720CB (the CB is coming late October, no pics yet...)

From what I’ve been told, the irons will not have the mirrored chrome on them. Will be satin finish

[LionGolfer]

3 hours ago, Diamana_Stinger said:

Ok guys, so the embargo has been lifted in Japan with regards to the irons. I do want to re-iterate these are the Japan versions of the irons, I do not know if the US release will be different....

 

720MB,720HM & 720CB (the CB is coming late October, no pics yet...)

 

Thanks for this news.  Are the MB and HM immediately available?  Any idea on the price point and how they are sold ie 5 to PW or we can order individual irons which I hope so as I have the Artisan 46* wedge.  

 

Thanks again for this share.

Edited August 5, 2021 by LionGolfer

[LionGolfer]

3 hours ago, Diamana_Stinger said:

720HM

 

 

Great to see the lofts are not jacked up.  Will be looking to get the HM in 5 to 9 as I already have the 46* wedge.

[LionGolfer]

3 hours ago, Fort Worth Pro said:

From what I’ve been told, the irons will not have the mirrored chrome on them. Will be satin finish

 

Satin will be great.

 

Any word if these take taper or parallel tip shafts?

Edited August 5, 2021 by LionGolfer

[00bolt]

There’s a guy on Instagram that has these. I was there getting my wedges and saw all 3 versions. I definitely want a set! Everything they do is so nice. Not to mention I bet the iron fitting itself would be amazing process 

[adamnbomb]

4 hours ago, 00bolt said:

There’s a guy on Instagram that has these. I was there getting my wedges and saw all 3 versions. I definitely want a set! Everything they do is so nice. Not to mention I bet the iron fitting itself would be amazing process 

 

Aren't these the Nike MM Protos? Is Artisan still making a version of these? They look incredibly similar

[Diamana_Stinger]

Another round of pics with some release dates; as well the ones stamped "MT" are the limited edition first run.

 

First limited model 720MB 720HM Released on　　September 28th

 

First limited model 720CB　Scheduled to be released at the end of December

 

 

Regular model 720MB　Scheduled to be released on October 28

 

Regular model 720HM　Scheduled to be released in December

 

Regular model 720CB　Scheduled to be released in February 2022

 

Edited August 8, 2021 by Diamana_Stinger

[Diamana_Stinger]

[Diamana_Stinger]

 

 

 

 

Edited August 8, 2021 by Diamana_Stinger

[Diamana_Stinger]

[LionGolfer]

21 minutes ago, Diamana_Stinger said:

 

Fargin beautiful.  Can you share the Japan link pls.

 

Also, do you know which shop sells it in Japan, what the price is for the regular model and whether they take parallel or taper shafts please.

 

Can they be bought by individual irons or only as a set?

 

Thanks for the fantastic share!

[hammergolf]

Those guys just flat out know how to design and make perfect looking golf clubs…

[sniper]

@Diamana_Stinger bringing us the 🔥🔥🔥. Thanks!!!

 

So for those in the know…Will the irons require the in-person fitting like the wedges? (For those that have the wedges)

Edited August 8, 2021 by sniper

[cjblake09]

16 hours ago, LionGolfer said:

 

Fargin beautiful.  Can you share the Japan link pls.

 

Also, do you know which shop sells it in Japan, what the price is for the regular model and whether they take parallel or taper shafts please.

 

Can they be bought by individual irons or only as a set?

 

Thanks for the fantastic share!

Just keep waiting for the call to come get fit for them. I bet it will be 2022 before they get to me but we shall see.  

[cjblake09]

2 hours ago, sniper said:

@Diamana_Stinger bringing us the 🔥🔥🔥. Thanks!!!

 

So for those in the know…Will the irons require the in-person fitting like the wedges? (For those that have the wedges)

You did not have to do an in person fitting for the wedges it was just recommended.  

[Golfingfanatic]

short video of the blades in action

[daniel gibson]

On 8/8/2021 at 5:47 AM, Diamana_Stinger said:

 

 

 

How's the forgiveness? Gave that toe and heel a good working out 😄😄 

 

[PorkChopExpress]

This thread makes a whole lot of happy 🙂

[Diamana_Stinger]

10 hours ago, daniel gibson said:

 

what are you talking about? where did i ever say i hit these? i do not need to run my mouth on some internet forum, but if you want to talk some ish....maybe have a clue both who and what you are talking about!

[daniel gibson]

On 8/19/2021 at 3:12 AM, Diamana_Stinger said:

what are you talking about? where did i ever say i hit these? i do not need to run my mouth on some internet forum, but if you want to talk some ish....maybe have a clue both who and what you are talking about!

Way to take a little lighthearted joke personal! 

Have a good weekend. 

[CallawayLefty]

God, will they EVER make lefty stuff?  It’s just criminal at this point.