trombettista_vecchio Tue Sep 22, 2015 7:35 pm
The Aldila NV Pro 105s weigh, curiously enough, 105 grams. I had to fight (and pay) to have them put on the Hogans, but the company is new and anxious to please. It's not an offered option, but it's what I eventually had put onto my DCI 962s and everything that followed them, including my late brother's Miuras which I eventually gave back to my nephew plus Mizuno MPs, California Golf Technologies boutique clubs, and Callaway Apexes (which were a gift from my girlfriend only last year and the set I'd better still play when I'm with her.) The only lightweight graphite iron shaft that ever felt stable to me was the Fujikura Vista Pro 70 which hasn't been made for many years. That one played liked hickory but not a fiberglass fishing rod.
As you know, the energy transfer into the ball is a product of mass and velocity. Woods don't add much mass to the equation. A huge titanium driver head is the lightest club head in the bag (although I'm not playing one). Thus, one loses a lot of juice on his woods when flexibility issues reduce his backswing. I need more help in the way of tip kick than I'd get from a green Aldila shaft or equivalent. Thus the 65 Golds.
With irons and their heavy heads, however, I can handle the NV 105s in R-flex and get the benefit of narrower shot dispersion with the lower torque tips.
The Epon (yes, flat face) which you mentioned is a ludicrously over-priced boutique brand club once (but no longer) available from Tour Spec, and it became more expensive when I had to replace the MachLine UT370 with a shaft to match my irons. But what a driving iron! The Fli-Hi is quite good and so are some of the others, but the Epon is highly playable by almost any player. It lands too hot to hit into protected greens from the deck or on par threes, but it hits straight, hot landing line drives on tight driving holes and could be hit into run-on greens if one were so inclined.
I have 15 slots in my bag, but I don't list the Worx sand iron, successor to the discontinued Lovett, lest that fifteenth club offend our purists. That's 11 NV Pro 105s in the new bag alone. I went to graphite on irons a long time ago because my hands swell less on the back nine with them. They're as heavy as lightweight steel shafts but transfer a lot less shock up into the grips. The .335 UST shafts, on the other hand, are as light as any other typical metalwood's graphite shaft.
What I wish is that I could work on my own equipment as you do. Changing shafts and grips to you is like changing socks to me. But I can't, so that's that, I guess.