Not to confuse the issue, but we have never found the FST 125 to be stiffer than the C-Taper. The FST product has always run a little softer for each flex designation. Our profile numbers show the C-Taper to be significantly stiffer than the FST 125, and I can personally tell you the C-Taper will play and feel much stiffer.
Britt Lindsey
The last Mizuno JPX EZ series came out in 2015. The JPX EZ and EZ Forged on the Mizuno website are the same models and we have them on our MPF list. We do have all the new JPX product, but have not measured them for MPF yet. If there are new EZ products, I have not seen them and they are not on the Mizuno website.
Britt Lindsey
3 key factors: first, the club must be secured in an appropriate vise. Second, you must use plenty of solvent. These two keys have already been shared, but there is a third key, namely, the kind of solvent you use. Some solvents start to work so quickly as to not give you more than a second to put the grip on. Most clubmakers prefer Brampton for this reason. Here’s the link for the solvent that dries very fast, maybe too fast.
https://www.golfworks.com/the-golfworks-grip-solvent/p/SOM/.
Check the reviews and then check the kind of solvent you’re using. With a super fast drying solvent, no grip goes on easily! (By the way, the advantage to the super fast drying solvent is that the clubs are ready to play almost immediately, although there isn’t a long wait when using the other kinds.) Hope this help! Michael
Chris, if you’re looking for a good but inexpensive alternative to the KBS shaft, you might consider the True Temper TT Lite XL shafts. – https://www.golfworks.com/true-temper-tt-lite-xl-parallel-iron-shafts/p/UTXLIC/.
They definitely run stiffer than the flex. I believe Jim will also confirm this. I shafted up 2 demo 6 irons, one with the shaft cut to R, the other to S. You might want to try it in one of the heads and test it out before doing the whole set, but for the price, this might be your best bet. Michael
Where are you located?
Britt Lindsey
Hello, Chris. You’ll definitely need more info because I put an FST Pro 125 stepless shaft in a demo 6 iron and cut it for X flex, but it came out much softer, in fact between regular and stiff. If Britt or Jim can’t respond to your question, call in and ask for more info on their testing of these shafts. Hope this helps! Michael
Hey,
Based on my calculations used my Wishon profile software, The FST was firmer than the KBS overall. The upper half by ~7%, and the lower half by ~11%. Butt frequency by ~5%.
Hope this helps some.
-B-
Sounds like the machine Ralph uses in section one of his book Golf Club Design, Fitting, Alteration & Repair, fourth edition, where he explains how to do sanding and refinishing of woods. (I tried to post a picture of it from the book, but it wouldn’t show.) You can get good instructions there if you can’t get any other help.
Hope this helps a little. Michael
Actually, no. Although it is true that the sum of the parts would be a lighter static weight, the lighter grip on the heavier putter would produce a heavier feeling putter because, just like with irons, the swing weight of the putter would go up. You want the swinging weight of putter B to feel lighter, you either have to remove weight from the head, or use an even heavier grip. It should be about how the putter feels when you are swinging it, or stroking it, not when your carrying it. The absolute fact about the heavier putter is that it will have a higher MOI and should be more stable throughout the stroke. However, in the end, you have to like how the putter feels for it to perform the best for you.
Britt Lindsey