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Big brand tour irons, not all they seem to be.

murphthemog said:
Does any one actually believe that Nike, with all their millions behind them can't forge a golf club for tiger to use?

I am not convinced that miura do their own forgings.

Ping players do play ping clubs. They are the same as you can buy, but I guess they are measured, and weighed so that the set is exactly matched. Yours are off the rack.
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Nike clubs are Miura. Sorry dude its true. I found this:

Up for auction is a set of brand new Nike Forged Blades that were forged by Miura, 3-PW. Believe what you read online about Miura never forged for Nike or Nike denying Miura forging for them, but just check out the number fonts on the sole of these clubs! They have the same sole stamps as the famour Nike Split Cavity Proto that were forged by Miura. Also, no serial on any of the irons. If you still don't believe, find a picture of Miura blades and compare the sole number stampings to these. The heads on these are smaller than retail set and are just beautifully made. I have another set of retail Nike Forged Blades, there are significant differences. Set was never played, shafted with Dynamic Gold X100 shafts with Golf Pride Tour Velvet Wrap grips (another rare item). Only wear you'll find is from transporting and handling clubs. PW's sole has slight brush mark, but probably from doing practice swing in the living room. No wears on face at all, no ball marks.
If you still don't believe these are Miura forged Nike blades, research "Miura forgings Nike" on www.golfwrx.com, there is a post regarding these Nike irons that have the Miura sole stampings. Or check out a set of Tiger's old blades, the pictures I can find confirm his old forged blades also have the same sole stampings as these, different than the retail sole stampings.
I accept Paypal only. Payment must be made within 24 hours. Shipping insurance is required and paid for by the buyer, it'll be calculated after auction due to fluctuating costs in relation to final price. I'll be sending you an invoice after auction ends. I'm selling this set as is and will not accept return, refunds. If you aren't sure and have doubts over the authenticity of this set, please don't bid. Please do your research on these clubs before you place your bids. Good luck!

 
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munro007 said:
Nike clubs are Miura. Sorry dude its true. I found this:

Up for auction is a set of brand new Nike Forged Blades that were forged by Miura, 3-PW. Believe what you read online about Miura never forged for Nike or Nike denying Miura forging for them, but just check out the number fonts on the sole of these clubs! They have the same sole stamps as the famour Nike Split Cavity Proto that were forged by Miura. Also, no serial on any of the irons. If you still don't believe, find a picture of Miura blades and compare the sole number stampings to these. The heads on these are smaller than retail set and are just beautifully made. I have another set of retail Nike Forged Blades, there are significant differences. Set was never played, shafted with Dynamic Gold X100 shafts with Golf Pride Tour Velvet Wrap grips (another rare item). Only wear you'll find is from transporting and handling clubs. PW's sole has slight brush mark, but probably from doing practice swing in the living room. No wears on face at all, no ball marks.
If you still don't believe these are Miura forged Nike blades, research "Miura forgings Nike" on www.golfwrx.com, there is a post regarding these Nike irons that have the Miura sole stampings. Or check out a set of Tiger's old blades, the pictures I can find confirm his old forged blades also have the same sole stampings as these, different than the retail sole stampings.
I accept Paypal only. Payment must be made within 24 hours. Shipping insurance is required and paid for by the buyer, it'll be calculated after auction due to fluctuating costs in relation to final price. I'll be sending you an invoice after auction ends. I'm selling this set as is and will not accept return, refunds. If you aren't sure and have doubts over the authenticity of this set, please don't bid. Please do your research on these clubs before you place your bids. Good luck!
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Oh that's it then - a solid piece of evidence - not....

This is an interseting thread though. It's like buying aftershave by Ferrari - it won't be made in Maranello. Titliest make balls, Mizuno make irons and my Ping Anser is deffo the real deal so that will do for me.

My brother does not play golf more than twice a year with a set pf 30 year old Diawas. If he was to practice I reckon he would get down to single figures quite quickly. His clubs are fine - perhaps they could do with new grips. It's not the clubs, it's the swing you make that counts.
 
munro007 said:
Nike clubs are Miura. Sorry dude its true. I found this:

Up for auction is a set of brand new Nike Forged Blades that were forged by Miura, 3-PW. Believe what you read online about Miura never forged for Nike or Nike denying Miura forging for them, but just check out the number fonts on the sole of these clubs! They have the same sole stamps as the famour Nike Split Cavity Proto that were forged by Miura. Also, no serial on any of the irons. If you still don't believe, find a picture of Miura blades and compare the sole number stampings to these. The heads on these are smaller than retail set and are just beautifully made. I have another set of retail Nike Forged Blades, there are significant differences. Set was never played, shafted with Dynamic Gold X100 shafts with Golf Pride Tour Velvet Wrap grips (another rare item). Only wear you'll find is from transporting and handling clubs. PW's sole has slight brush mark, but probably from doing practice swing in the living room. No wears on face at all, no ball marks.
If you still don't believe these are Miura forged Nike blades, research "Miura forgings Nike" on www.golfwrx.com, there is a post regarding these Nike irons that have the Miura sole stampings. Or check out a set of Tiger's old blades, the pictures I can find confirm his old forged blades also have the same sole stampings as these, different than the retail sole stampings.
I accept Paypal only. Payment must be made within 24 hours. Shipping insurance is required and paid for by the buyer, it'll be calculated after auction due to fluctuating costs in relation to final price. I'll be sending you an invoice after auction ends. I'm selling this set as is and will not accept return, refunds. If you aren't sure and have doubts over the authenticity of this set, please don't bid. Please do your research on these clubs before you place your bids. Good luck!
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You might be right, but that is hardly proof
 
I don't deny that there are a few pro's who use clubs not made by their sponsor but they are actually quite few and far between. The vast majority of them use genuine clubs, exactly the same as those that we can buy in the shops. You also get a few guys using prototypes but they generally go on to become standard models as well.

And Woods didn't use Titleist balls, he used Bridgestones stamped with a Nike swoosh. But he now uses genuine Nike balls.
 
Miura do not forge any thing. They machine stuff, but factor out their forging. Fact.

Who really cares?

Callaway golf balls are made by spalding. Cally bought the company. Spalding make topflight. Plenty of people by cally golf balls, but would not buy topflight. Same ball.

There is yet to be a proven difference between cast and forged any way.
 
munro007 said:
Nike clubs are Miura. Sorry dude its true. I found this:

Up for auction is a set of brand new Nike Forged Blades that were forged by Miura, 3-PW. Believe what you read online about Miura never forged for Nike or Nike denying Miura forging for them, but just check out the number fonts on the sole of these clubs! They have the same sole stamps as the famour Nike Split Cavity Proto that were forged by Miura. Also, no serial on any of the irons. If you still don't believe, find a picture of Miura blades and compare the sole number stampings to these. The heads on these are smaller than retail set and are just beautifully made. I have another set of retail Nike Forged Blades, there are significant differences. Set was never played, shafted with Dynamic Gold X100 shafts with Golf Pride Tour Velvet Wrap grips (another rare item). Only wear you'll find is from transporting and handling clubs. PW's sole has slight brush mark, but probably from doing practice swing in the living room. No wears on face at all, no ball marks.
If you still don't believe these are Miura forged Nike blades, research "Miura forgings Nike" on www.golfwrx.com, there is a post regarding these Nike irons that have the Miura sole stampings. Or check out a set of Tiger's old blades, the pictures I can find confirm his old forged blades also have the same sole stampings as these, different than the retail sole stampings.
I accept Paypal only. Payment must be made within 24 hours. Shipping insurance is required and paid for by the buyer, it'll be calculated after auction due to fluctuating costs in relation to final price. I'll be sending you an invoice after auction ends. I'm selling this set as is and will not accept return, refunds. If you aren't sure and have doubts over the authenticity of this set, please don't bid. Please do your research on these clubs before you place your bids. Good luck!
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And who wouldn't believe a paragraph by an ebay seller?

Anyway, even if all that is true, it does not show that Nike clubs are Miura, but simply that one set of clubs made by Miura were stamped as Nikes. Says nothing about any other set of Nike, least of all the retail sets sitting on the shelf at AG.

There could well be other sets manufactured by Donnay or Pinseeker, but stamped as Nike too.

Given a choice between a set of Miura manufactured Nike stamped clubs hit by a duffer and a set of retail Nikes made in a Chinese sweatshop but hit by a Nike staffer, I know which I would bet on.
 
dog377 said:
Oh that's it then - a solid piece of evidence - not....

My brother does not play golf more than twice a year with a set pf 30 year old Diawas. If he was to practice I reckon he would get down to single figures quite quickly. His clubs are fine - perhaps they could do with new grips. It's not the clubs, it's the swing you make that counts.
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There were some Diawa clubs that were forged by Miura too. And some McGregors!

Those TOUR ISSUE Nike Split Cavity ones might have been Miura forged, but that does not mean that ALL Nikes are Miura forged. In fact, it's almost certain that they cannot be, purely because Miura does not have the capacity to produce the number of forged clubs that Nike sell. And he's making and selling quite a few of his own too!

There is a huge amount of rumour on WRX about the TM/Miura forgings. Check out which of the Coin Forged RACs were/were not! There were a sizeable number of these assigned to the Tour, as is probably the case here, that were while the retail ones were forged elsewhere - China probably.

So Munro007, I'd have to call B/S on your claim that ALL Nike forged irons are made by Miura!
 
At the end of the day at my level it is irrelevant anyway. I play the clubs I think suit my game the best whether that is a cast set as my TM TP's are or a C/F forged set by Mizuno, Titleist etc. To be honest I don't really give a jot what the pros play with as I'm realistic enough to know that in 95% of cases the set they play bears no resemblance to the ones I might have hit. It doesn't matter and its the enjoyment of watching them perform that I turn on to see, not who is playing with what brand and whether it's actually what it says on the label. It doesn't matter
 
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Have a set of rare Nike Split Cavity Prototypes 2-PW. These were tour only and never offered through retail chains. Very soft Miura forging with minimal bag chatter. A little research will just show how amazing these are. Hurts to let these go, but found my gamers and hopefully someone can put these to good use. Asking $650 for heads only or $750 shafted with S300.

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dog377 said:
Brilliant, I thought that might be the case. The old Diawas are a fine looking blade and you have top make a pure strike to get them to perform.
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Again, just because SOME Diawas were, doesn't mean ALL were. Certainly the McGregor PCBs were, but not others - like the ViPs etc were not.

And having to make a pure strike to get them to perform is a rather negative attribute imo.

Slightly oddly, I did find my Miura blades easier to hit well than the Miura CB201s I had. Just not great to hit anything longer than an 8-iron out of the 2" rough!

munro007 said:
http://www.tourspecgolf.com/forum/topic/16642-nike-tour-miura/
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Just reinforces my point. Some - not All

 
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