267 replies to this topic

[Thaddy]

Tai, I like the idea of having them much longer from heel to toe.  That's something I requested with my set (as long as the retail heads can be) and it really helps build in some forgiveness while still allowing Don to give you the look from address you're after.

[finalist]

I guess the easiest way to confirm what I want is to just send Patrick the picture below and say make all the irons look like this. Tai, in your SB-1 set I believe yours graduated out to more of a rounder look in the long irons. I like this 6 iron's very boxy look with wide corners.

  Could you snap a pic of your 8 iron at the same address position as the 6 iron, or maybe just dead square face on? Does your 6 iron pictured here have same look as your 8 iron, or is your 8 iron even more boxy? - I know your 3 and 4 have more of a rounder look that I don't want. Gotta go all box.



Found the 8 iron:

Edited by finalist, 18 April 2012 - 04:32 PM.

[Scratchtastic]

finalist, on 18 April 2012 - 04:14 PM, said:

I guess the easiest way to confirm what I want is to just send Patrick the picture below and say make all the irons look like this. Tai, in your SB-1 set I believe yours graduated out to more of a rounder look in the long irons. I like this 6 iron's very boxy look with wide corners.

Could you snap a pic of your 8 iron at the same address position as the 6 iron, or maybe just dead square face on? Does your 6 iron pictured here have same look as your 8 iron, or is your 8 iron even more boxy? - I know your 3 and 4 have more of a rounder look that I don't want. Gotta go all box.

Tais_6ironSb1.jpg

LOL.....did you really just type that last line?

Would help even more if you could send me a pic of the toe facing the face of the club.  It's easiest to see lines/transitions from that vantage.

[finalist]

Scratchtastic, on 18 April 2012 - 04:29 PM, said:

finalist, on 18 April 2012 - 04:14 PM, said:

....more of a rounder look that I don't want. Gotta go all box.

Tais_6ironSb1.jpg

LOL.....did you really just type that last line?

Would help even more if you could send me a pic of the toe facing the face of the club.  It's easiest to see lines/transitions from that vantage.

I'll never look at another iron the same way again. lol

I'm hoping Tai can snap a pic of his current SB-1 8 iron face on for you and Don.

[rymail00]

Tai your a sick individual. They look good

[Pure745]

Thaddy, on 18 April 2012 - 02:38 PM, said:

Tai, I like the idea of having them much longer from heel to toe.  That's something I requested with my set (as long as the retail heads can be) and it really helps build in some forgiveness while still allowing Don to give you the look from address you're after.

To give you a better idea of how much longer toe to heel I'm talking about.. check out this picture of my 2 iron compared to my SB1 3 iron:



The difference is pretty noticeable, and I think it will be pretty cool to see how the rest of the set turns out.  

rymail00, on 18 April 2012 - 08:10 PM, said:

Tai your a sick individual. They look good

HAHA!  Thanks man, good to see you posting!  How've you been?

[yoshiod9]

Tai, these are going to be SICK.  

...and Ryan, coming outta nowhere with the TD set?!  Man... I've gotta step my game up!  

SB-1's aren't gonna be cutting it for much longer...

[gandor]

damn Tai! thought you'll keep those sb1s forever..cant wait to see the new set!

[rymail00]

Pure745, on 18 April 2012 - 10:43 PM, said:

Thaddy, on 18 April 2012 - 02:38 PM, said:

Tai, I like the idea of having them much longer from heel to toe.  That's something I requested with my set (as long as the retail heads can be) and it really helps build in some forgiveness while still allowing Don to give you the look from address you're after.

To give you a better idea of how much longer toe to heel I'm talking about.. check out this picture of my 2 iron compared to my SB1 3 iron:



The difference is pretty noticeable, and I think it will be pretty cool to see how the rest of the set turns out.  

rymail00, on 18 April 2012 - 08:10 PM, said:

Tai your a sick individual. They look good

HAHA!  Thanks man, good to see you posting!  How've you been?

I have been good, lookinf forward to more pics!!!

[zm231]

Great thread can't wait to see further updates!

[fore_life]

It's crazy how much longer they appear from the sole view but look pretty similar from address. So awesome, scratch td are my dream set but I wouldn't even know where to begin with all of the magic that they can create!

[Pure745]

fore_life, on 19 April 2012 - 10:58 PM, said:

It's crazy how much longer they appear from the sole view but look pretty similar from address. So awesome, scratch td are my dream set but I wouldn't even know where to begin with all of the magic that they can create!

Look again at the scoring lines, the 2 irons is MUCH longer than the SB1 3 iron.. i'd say half an inch (which is a lot on a blade).

I just got word that my shafts finally came in, so DW can start with the major shaping and grinding them down to their playing weight.  My next update should have some really cool pictures

[finalist]

Pure745, on 20 April 2012 - 03:53 PM, said:

Look again at the scoring lines, the 2 irons is MUCH longer than the SB1 3 iron.. i'd say half an inch (which is a lot on a blade).

That's interesting. I would have thought the scoring lines are the same length as the SB-1s, but just more toe area to grind off. Pretty cool. It's like I keep finding all these hidden little gems in the various designs of Scratch clubs.

Finalized my order and Patrick said my shafts were ordered a few days back. I wonder if our shafts were in the same shipment?

[Pure745]

finalist, on 20 April 2012 - 05:45 PM, said:

Pure745, on 20 April 2012 - 03:53 PM, said:

Look again at the scoring lines, the 2 irons is MUCH longer than the SB1 3 iron.. i'd say half an inch (which is a lot on a blade).

That's interesting. I would have thought the scoring lines are the same length as the SB-1s, but just more toe area to grind off. Pretty cool. It's like I keep finding all these hidden little gems in the various designs of Scratch clubs.

Finalized my order and Patrick said my shafts were ordered a few days back. I wonder if our shafts were in the same shipment?

Not very exact, but you get the idea:



I doubt mine were in the same order as yours.  I ordered these a while back and the wedge shafts were on back order from Nippon (last time it was the Iomics that took FOREVER) and slowed the order down.  DW will not start grinding/finishing till he has all of the components there at the same time.  Patrick says he likes to do everything at the same time, rather than bounce around from set to set so the he can hit your specs dead on with shaft, grip, and requested swing weights.

[scratchswinger]

Tiffany color circle and line, I never would have guessed.

[Pure745]

UPDATE: Some LE grinds..

[rymail00]

I am so jealous

[Pure745]

This week on Oprah's Book Club...

[Thaddy]

yoshiod9, on 18 April 2012 - 11:51 PM, said:

Tai, these are going to be SICK.  

...and Ryan, coming outta nowhere with the TD set?!  Man... I've gotta step my game up!  

SB-1's aren't gonna be cutting it for much longer...

Go for it!  With Tai, Finalist, and myself...you can complete the foursome at the next Byron mixer

Tai, they're looking good!  I'm glad Jeff is making my wedges or else they'd never get done.  Finalist and yourself are keeping Don quite busy these days.

[rymail00]

what finish are you going with?

[shuddleston]

great looking set. scratch does some amazing work.

[ladahl]

Looks like progress is coming along very nicely... How excited you must be?


I ordered a new TD AR 10 iron to rotate into my bag (McCoy) at the end of March, so I'm antisipating its arrive soon, as well...  Would have been fun to get photo updates like this...  Really does add value to purchase process...  

( And Thanks for letting us all live vicariously through your awesome experience).. It really is a lot of fun to see!

[Pure745]

rymail00, on 21 April 2012 - 09:27 PM, said:

what finish are you going with?

Going with the same finish in the irons, and blue ox in the wedges.

ladahl, on 22 April 2012 - 07:15 AM, said:

Looks like progress is coming along very nicely... How excited you must be?

I ordered a new TD AR 10 iron to rotate into my bag (McCoy) at the end of March, so I'm antisipating its arrive soon, as well...  Would have been fun to get photo updates like this...  Really does add value to purchase process...  

( And Thanks for letting us all live vicariously through your awesome experience).. It really is a lot of fun to see!

Thanks Ladahl.  A 10 iron eh?? Haven't seen one of those since the Yonex Super ADX Tour's I played a long time ago!

[ladahl]

Yeah I figured it would be different...  It's going ot be stamped "10" like my other irons (see sig.)  Bu tin the cavity, just have McCoy's "MC" monogram

Again,  Super fun to see the progress of your new irons.. Coolest thread going.

Pure745, on 23 April 2012 - 11:03 AM, said:

rymail00, on 21 April 2012 - 09:27 PM, said:

what finish are you going with?

Going with the same finish in the irons, and blue ox in the wedges.

ladahl, on 22 April 2012 - 07:15 AM, said:

Looks like progress is coming along very nicely... How excited you must be?

I ordered a new TD AR 10 iron to rotate into my bag (McCoy) at the end of March, so I'm antisipating its arrive soon, as well...  Would have been fun to get photo updates like this...  Really does add value to purchase process...  

( And Thanks for letting us all live vicariously through your awesome experience).. It really is a lot of fun to see!

Thanks Ladahl.  A 10 iron eh?? Haven't seen one of those since the Yonex Super ADX Tour's I played a long time ago!

[Pure745]

UPDATE 4/24: MUSCLES ARE CUT!!!

Unreal! As close as you can get to my original sketch, but better!  Updated pics in the original post.

[scratchswinger]

Scratch needs to post these on their site when they are finished.

[ladahl]

Flipping awesome!  I bet you can;t get these home and into the turf.

[kekoa]

Man, this is next level stuff right here.

[rymail00]

damn those look sweet

[rymail00]

sweet setup