LH counterfeit clubs; has anyone seen one?

[dokex]

The conventional wisdom is that there are no counterfeit lefty clubs, as there is no market for them. Has anyone here actually seen a bogus lefty club?

[Instron4204]

I have not come across any.  Not having a market for them as most people golf right handed might change as it seems being a lefty in Canada is becoming more and more common. 

[Jeri6gt]

Unless u believe these r real

https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20221122201041&SearchText=left+handed+golf+irons&spm=a2g0o.productlist.1000002.0

 

im guessing there r fakes

Edited November 23, 2022 by Jeri6gt

[okie21]

I’ve never seen one posted for sale or out in the wild. 

[TwistedSister]

On 11/22/2022 at 11:16 PM, Jeri6gt said:

Unless u believe these r real

https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20221122201041&SearchText=left+handed+golf+irons&spm=a2g0o.productlist.1000002.0

 

im guessing there r fakes

Why would you say that other than the Honma none are really name brands are they?

[Jeri6gt]

 

2 minutes ago, TwistedSister said:

Why would you say that other than the Honma none are really name brands are they?

The question from the OP was have I ever seen fake left handed clubs.

So I provided the link and said I guess there are.  Never mentioned which ones are fake, but aliexpress is not known for real gear.  I will leave it up to you and the OP to decide.

[TwistedSister]

9 hours ago, Jeri6gt said:

 

The question from the OP was have I ever seen fake left handed clubs.

So I provided the link and said I guess there are.  Never mentioned which ones are fake, but aliexpress is not known for real gear.  I will leave it up to you and the OP to decide.

My point is the gear is not exactly OEM stuff.  LH clones are all over the place.  The only name there is Honma and that price is not that great. Honma's are sold by anyone that can get a contract. So the answer is LH OEMs are NOT faked.

[Jeri6gt]

3 minutes ago, TwistedSister said:

My point is the gear is not exactly OEM stuff.  LH clones are all over the place.  The only name there is Honma and that price is not that great. Honma's are sold by anyone that can get a contract. So the answer is LH OEMs are NOT faked.

Ok thx fer the education 

[TwistedSister]

Just now, Jeri6gt said:

Ok thx fer the education 

No problem.  When you need one I'll be around!

[brew4eagle]

21 minutes ago, TwistedSister said:

My point is the gear is not exactly OEM stuff.  LH clones are all over the place.  The only name there is Honma and that price is not that great. Honma's are sold by anyone that can get a contract. So the answer is LH OEMs are NOT faked.

Honma is a name brand OEM and those LH aliexpress Honmas are the worst fakes I've seen

[TwistedSister]

12 hours ago, brew4eagle said:

Honma is a name brand OEM and those LH aliexpress Honmas are the worst fakes I've seen

Actually read my post. I plainly stated "other than the Honmas" none of the others are name brand.   But please do tell me what are the the tells that lead you to believe the Honmas picd on that site are fakes. 

 

Edited November 25, 2022 by TwistedSister

[brew4eagle]

3 hours ago, TwistedSister said:

Actually read my post. I plainly stated "other than the Honmas" none of the others are name brand.   But please do tell me what are the the tells that lead you to believe the Honmas picd on that site are fakes. 

 

It was this part of your post that I disagreed with- "So the answer is LH OEMs are NOT faked".

 

The Honmas are clearly counterfeit.  You can tell by just looking at the pictures and the poor quality stampings.  If you can't see that then you shouldn't buy clubs online. You can even choose to buy them as 'heads only' on the site which is quite suspect.  Those things combined with aliexpress' reputation of selling loads of counterfeits is proof that LH OEMs are indeed faked.  Not as widely as RH of course, but they do exist.

[TwistedSister]

12 minutes ago, brew4eagle said:

It was this part of your post that I disagreed with- "So the answer is LH OEMs are NOT faked".

 

The Honmas are clearly counterfeit.  You can tell by just looking at the pictures and the poor quality stampings.  If you can't see that then you shouldn't buy clubs online. You can even choose to buy them as 'heads only' on the site which is quite suspect.  Those things combined with aliexpress' reputation of selling loads of counterfeits is proof that LH OEMs are indeed faked.  Not as widely as RH of course, but they do exist.

If you say so.  But I looked at Honmas online at different places and they look the same.  I would really appreciate you pointing out something specifically that is a give away.  Thank you.

[brew4eagle]

23 minutes ago, TwistedSister said:

If you say so.  But I looked at Honmas online at different places and they look the same.  I would really appreciate you pointing out something specifically that is a give away.  Thank you.

They're blatantly bad fakes.  Here's a couple of examples-  look at the spacing difference of the "T WORLD" stamps from the toplines, and look at the thickness differences of the "FORGED" stamps.  Most telling of all-  when you go to the Honma site, this model is only available in RH.  Also note the "Just Head No Shaft" option on the aliexpress site.  What legit site sells REAL, new OEM heads direct to a consumer?

[brew4eagle]

Even worse, check out the orientation of the hosel stamping...

[TwistedSister]

Ok  I give.  But other than Honma name another?

[brew4eagle]

13 minutes ago, TwistedSister said:

Ok  I give.  But other than Honma name another?

Miura...