Takomo 301 irons

[jrdubbb]

I have been looking into the Takomo 301 combo set, but haven't seen a lot on here from people who have used them. Does anyone have experience with the 301s? When going through their shaft options I noticed their Obsidian graphite shafts, but I cannot find information on them anywhere. Is there anyone who has the Takomo irons with the Obsidian shafts, and if so do you like them? I have also considered buying heads only, but it seems like there is a limited amount of options of 0.370 tip x flex shafts. Anyone have any advice about building the irons from head only or doing the custom order from their website and waiting 6-10 weeks? Thanks guys!

[Wettyb]

TLDR: think you should buy the heads and have them put together locally or by yourself if you are up to it/have the tools.

 

i have the 301 combo set and actually went through the ordering just the heads and got them built myself option.  originally bought the 301 cbs back in may with kbs tour 130x, loved the heads but the shafts were not really my cup of tea, also dont care for lamkin grips.  found the cb to be very forgiving so decided to do a new build and went with the 301 cb/mb combo heads, accra 125 isteel green shafts (x-stiff and now in 2023 available in .370 even though their site's outdated - can be bought here: https://billybobsgolf.com/product/accra-isteel-green-irons-105-115-125-370-parallel/), mcc plus 4 grips.  I had my club builder put them together locally, weight to D5 which he said took a bunch of weights near the head to get it there, but couldnt be happier with the result.

 

the only thing i was not too thrilled about was the packaging.  For the full clubs the packaging was great and everything arrived safe and sound no problem.  for just the heads however....they were just loose in a box with a thin sleeve of bubble wrap around each head, so some of them were a little dinged up upon receiving from bouncing around shipping, not the end of the world as the grooves and faces were fine, but still not what you want when you pay for new clubs.  Takomo offered a $50 refund for the damage and said they are looking into better ways for shipping the heads, hopefully that issue is resolved now for other customers.  Their customer service is very responsive though which is nice and they get back to you within 24 hours, and definitely try to do right by the customer.