Maruman Conductor Classic 404c blades?

[fore_life]

Can anyone help me identify these/shed some light on them? I scored them today, original maruman golf pride victory cord grips, s400 shafts, 2-pw set in great GREAT shape. Each shaft still has the "made/assembled in japan" sticker near the grip. Cool finish, maybe raw, but you can defiantly see how much darker they are compared to the chrome shaft.

 

Very hard to find info on Maruman other than the ones Olazabel and Woosie played back in the day, does anyone know what era these are from? Muira forged? Sorry for the quick lo quality pics~ club pictured in the 7 iron.

 

[chiromikey]

i can't tell you anything about them... but i can tell you i'd love to game those! the only thing that might be missing is a modern sole grind. nice purchase!

[Blade Junkie]

I'd speculate wildly and say they might have been played by LPGA golfer Brandie Burton ?

[johnstitch]

Great find. Maruman made superb forgings. I had a set of Conductor SPSS for 2 seasons, the short irons were stunning and the whole set was workable. A shame they went down the rich hacker line and tried to emulate Honma.

[fore_life]

[quote name='Blade Junkie' timestamp='1363505049' post='6628059']
I'd speculate wildly and say they might have been played by LPGA golfer Brandie Burton ?
[/quote]

That's what I was thinking after doing a little online search, I found one forum that mentioned a set made for her but it had no pictures. Pretty cool if they are hers, she's a multi major winner.

I need to add pics of the sole, it's got to be the thinnest sole I've ever seen, and the 2 iron is the butter knife of all knives haha.

I haven't hit em yet, but does anyone know if the blade design with narrow sole and high muscle back would produce more of a flat flight?

[bananaezgo]

I play the Maruman CS-1 "Curtis Strange" blades from '93 and love them. I've hit most modern forgings but keep the Marumans in the bag. The Conductors came shortly after the CS I believe. Yes from what I gather they are one of the better forgings out there but as mentioned they chased the ultra high dollar route and never truly recovered.

[fore_life]

So if anyone was to put a qoute on resale value, what do you guys think, ballpark figure? I'll probably keep the heads,but just for s&g's what do you think a fair price would be?

[lumberman2462]

My Dad won a set of Marumen in a tournament in the early-mid 90s...they were nice clubs. Do they still make those things?

[Blade Junkie]

Maruman Conductors in various iterations generally go for £60-£100 on UK eBay.

I'd keep them!

[RIDuffer]

I believe they are updating the Conductor blades for '13. Those look to have some offset to them. Enjoy...

[fiveunder]

[size=5]Similar forgings, two of which have the Maruman Sole.[/size]

[fore_life]

I emailed maruman and they got back to me, they were muira forged in 1988, with a msrp of 25,000 yen per club.
Loft is based off a 48* pw, d1 swing weight.

I ended up selling to a local online retailer, I made more than my share of money on them and they stand to do the same. Beautiful clubs, I just wasn't going to play them anytime soon and needed the $$$ more than a fancy set of back ups haha

[johnstitch]

Excellent purchase. I had 2 seasons out of a set of Conductor SPSS irons. Excellent feel. They had early Nippon shafts that were very smooth feeling. Enjoy.

[fore_life]

Lol way to read the responses.

[lumberman2462]

Fore_Life

You have the best avatar on GolfWrx.

[fore_life]

Thanks!!!

[fore_life]

Now that these are long gone... I originally paid a whopping $10 for these, 2-pw. Should have kept them. Damnit.