V Foil’ed

[Walter Sobchak]

Just a little late night V Foil appreciation … nasty

[ballzo]

Back at ya....
 

[phizzy30]

Oooooo....midnight porn. 

[fixurpitch]

12 hours ago, Walter Sobchak said:

Just a little late night V Foil appreciation … nasty

Such good irons. Man I miss them. 

[Hernasco]

I put some lighter weight steel shafts in a set of VIP 1025M irons and tip weighted shafts with 10 gram brass tip weights to get swingweight up to about D1.  They sorta don't feel right to me...is 10g tip weight too much in hosel area of clubhead, or is it just my imagination the clubs seem off now swinging?

[Port and Starboard]

I bought a set of V-Foil blades for stupid cheap off of Rock Bottom Golf and I enjoyed them.

 

My only real disappointment was that the chrome went away pretty fast on on the PW-7 irons after a couple seasons.

[islesmb]

16 hours ago, Walter Sobchak said:

Just a little late night V Foil appreciation … nasty

Me in 2000 or so wanted those irons bad, lol.

[PeanutsDaddy]

5 hours ago, islesmb said:

Me in 2000 or so wanted those irons bad, lol.

Likewise . . . and could never afford them.

 

Fast forward a decade . . . Find a beat up set for $40 that I have stripped for $40 and then stumble into some NOS heads. Thankfully I was gainfully employed.

 

Fond of the wedges, blades and cavity backs. The diamonds that frame the face are my favourite aesthetic feature. Truly iconic. 

 

 

[NRJyzr]

Like the TW800 woods 🙂

 

[PeanutsDaddy]

9 hours ago, NRJyzr said:

Like the TW800 woods 🙂

 

Solid thwack to them. Nice tight grain. 

[AdamMH]

17 hours ago, PeanutsDaddy said:

Likewise . . . and could never afford them.

 

Fast forward a decade . . . Find a beat up set for $40 that I have stripped for $40 and then stumble into some NOS heads. Thankfully I was gainfully employed.

 

Fond of the wedges, blades and cavity backs. The diamonds that frame the face are my favourite aesthetic feature. Truly iconic. 

 

 

Those look great raw. Notice any weight difference after stripping? I bet my Australian blades would look great with all the chrome missing instead of just some of it...

[PeanutsDaddy]

29 minutes ago, AdamMH said:

Those look great raw. Notice any weight difference after stripping? I bet my Australian blades would look great with all the chrome missing instead of just some of it...

I have 1/2 dozen raw sets. Weight loss has always been 2 - 8 grams. If the heads were really beat up and required further finishing you may lose a few more. I have offset weight loss with tip weights and have never had an issue with a build. 

[AdamMH]

28 minutes ago, PeanutsDaddy said:

I have 1/2 dozen raw sets. Weight loss has always been 2 - 8 grams. If the heads were really beat up and required further finishing you may lose a few more. I have offset weight loss with tip weights and have never had an issue with a build. 

Great, thanks. I assume you bring them to an industrial plating service for stripping?

[elwhippy]

Drool. Cracking clubs. 

[PeanutsDaddy]

3 minutes ago, AdamMH said:

Great, thanks. I assume you bring them to an industrial plating service for stripping?

These heads were stripped by Continental Golf and I also have a contact at a local metal refinisher. I have never used his services, but would not hesitate to send heads to Doug Oughton.  

[BIM_Monkey]

On 9/28/2022 at 4:08 AM, Walter Sobchak said:

Just a little late night V Foil appreciation … nasty

Full on iron porn.

 

I loved mine. Wish I’d kept them.

[No_Catchy_Nickname]

On 9/29/2022 at 9:26 AM, PeanutsDaddy said:

Likewise . . . and could never afford them.

 

Fast forward a decade . . . Find a beat up set for $40 that I have stripped for $40 and then stumble into some NOS heads. Thankfully I was gainfully employed.

 

Fond of the wedges, blades and cavity backs. The diamonds that frame the face are my favourite aesthetic feature. Truly iconic. 

 

 

 

They look really, really good raw😍

 

Nice woods, too.

[No_Catchy_Nickname]

On 9/29/2022 at 11:49 AM, NRJyzr said:

Like the TW800 woods 🙂

 

I knew you'd say that!

[03trdblack]

On 9/29/2022 at 2:54 PM, PeanutsDaddy said:

These heads were stripped by Continental Golf and I also have a contact at a local metal refinisher. I have never used his services, but would not hesitate to send heads to Doug Oughton.  

 

I live near Continental golf and called them today about chrome removal on a set of irons I'm working on. They said they don't do chrome stripping 🤔

 

I asked who might do it and they didn't really know but said maybe the iron factory. Who did you speak to when they stripped your Irons? 

[PeanutsDaddy]

41 minutes ago, 03trdblack said:

 

I live near Continental golf and called them today about chrome removal on a set of irons I'm working on. They said they don't do chrome stripping 🤔

 

I asked who might do it and they didn't really know but said maybe the iron factory. Who did you speak to when they stripped your Irons? 

Stuart assisted when I sent the heads in, but this was a few years back. Not certain what they offer in regards to iron refinishing  today beyond what their website states. 

[03trdblack]

8 hours ago, PeanutsDaddy said:

Stuart assisted when I sent the heads in, but this was a few years back. Not certain what they offer in regards to iron refinishing  today beyond what their website states. 

Ahh OK that makes sense if it was a few years ago. I'll ask Stuart next time I talk to him. 

[NRJyzr]

A bit of personal irony with the V-Foil blades.  When they were introduced 20 years ago (or so), they weren't playable for me; I was a high trajectory player and they hit the ball even higher.

 

Now, as I've aged into no longer being that player, making them usable for me, it's a moot point.  They're fairly scarce, and most of what is available is a little more worn than I'd care for, or overpriced.

 

Such is life

 

 

[03trdblack]

These are going to be one of my next projects. 

 

 

[fixurpitch]

03, I remember those feeling so pure.  Some said those were more demanding than the MBs on contact. Any truth to that?

[03trdblack]

2 hours ago, fixurpitch said:

03, I remember those feeling so pure.  Some said those were more demanding than the MBs on contact. Any truth to that?

 

They are some of the softest irons I've ever felt.  I was also quite surprised by the amount of offset these have and it likely turned a lot of people off.  I don't feel they are demanding at all personally as the soles are fairly chunky for this style of iron.

[03trdblack]

Got the MacGregor irons back from the chrome stripping process. Turned out fantastic, looking forward to putting them back together. 

 

 

Edited October 20, 2022 by 03trdblack

[JungleJimbo]

25 minutes ago, 03trdblack said:

Got the MacGregor irons back from the chrome stripping process. Turned out fantastic, looking forward to putting them back together. 

 

 

Looks like a Ping sandblast! Thanks for sharing @03trdblack!

[Anser3]

Nicest looking irons ever made, IMHO.

[mogc60]

Best irons I ever hit, 1025M, it’s not even close. They were just an amazing blade. Ball flight, feel, consistency, forgiving. I wore the grooves completely out on my 7-pw. Used them for 10 years

[Tar_Heel_93]

Such good looking irons.