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Looking for some Shimada Shafts for my 2011 OnOff Forged irons as well as 3 Sky Dream Jump Type Bite wedges.
On the US site all their shafts have green stickers and they offer the "Tour" and the "Pro" for irons. For wedges they offer the "Tour Wedge" and the "Tour Wedge Black".
On the Japanese site none of the shafts have the green stickers, and they offer a "K's Tour"? For wedge shafts, there's the K's NW110 and the K's HW120...
Can someone please tell me what in the hell the deal is with all of this...
I would REALLY appreciate it.
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SHIMADA SHAFT RUNDOWN - DESPERATELY NEED SOME HELP
Started by Mjr. Diarrhea, Jan 18 2012 09:14 AM
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Posted 18 January 2012 - 09:14 AM
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Posted 18 January 2012 - 09:49 AM
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Mostly JDMs
I didn't know an American site existed but I just got some K's HW120 wedge shafts for my SDJ Type Bite wedges in the "black" finish...Great shaft. One of the lowest launching wedge shafts I played... Much better then the NS WV 125....
'12 Yamaha V202 Tour 10*: Diamana X 70
'11 Yamaha V 14*: DJ-8
Adams Idea Pro A12 20*, 23*: Altus 95
Miura CB202 4-6, Miura Tournament Blade 7-PW: NS Modus3
Sky Dream Jump Tour Bite 52-08, 58-11: Shimada 120 Black
TP Mills Hand Made "High Toe" Black Oxide
Penta TP5
Nike Lunar Control, Adipure
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Posted 18 January 2012 - 11:08 AM
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What's in the Bag?:
1W: 2012 ONOFF D-Long 46.25" w/Crazy CB-46
(Crazy CRZ 435II coming soon)
3W: PRGR Egg Spoon w/ Crazy FW80
5W: 2012 ONOFF Type S FW w/ Crazy FW80
7W: 2012 ONOFF Type S FW w/ Crazy FW80
5-PW: Waiting for my 2012 Titleist JDM VG3's
52/58: Yururi Prototype 2012 Wedges
Putter: Gold's Factory Custom Odyssey 2 ball CS
It's actually a european company that is distributing Shimada in the USA. Tour & Pro are basically different specs than the Japanese Shimada shafts. We can get both.
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Posted 18 January 2012 - 01:07 PM
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Epon AF 101 (2009) 10.5° - Diamana Stinger 60S, 45.45''
RC TRC Driving Spoon (2011) 13°- GD BB7S
Yamaha Inpres X V (2009) 14° - Diamana kai'li 70S
PRGR Egg Spoon (2010) 17° - GD P9003x
RC BBD TRC hybrid (2009) 18° - N.S.Pro 950 FWS
RC BBD TRC hybrid (2009) 21° - Fujikura Tour Spec HK Pro 95
RC BBD TRC hybrid (2009) 24° - N.S.Pro 950 FWS
5 - PW:Yamaha 2012 V Forged Tour Limited - Shimada K's Tour 120 S
53° RC Limited DB Forged Proto - Shimada K's-Wedge HW120
56° Epon 210 KGX - N.S. Pro WV
59° RC Limited DB Forged Proto - Shimada K's-Wedge HW120
33'' Yamada Ibushi 390g
Thank you for bringing up this question. I was wondering about the same discovery but then decided to go with the Japanese site offerings just because they were Japanese. Speculative - yes, but I decided to go JDM stuff all the way - even if it seems to be the same offering. But at least now I know I was right chosing the K's HW 120 for my wedges :-)
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Posted 18 January 2012 - 06:24 PM
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CREWS Golf D-460, Roddio W-6BA (S)
Epon AF202 3HT, Accra XE80 M4
Adams a2os #4, Grafalloy ProLaunch-HL blue (R)
Mizuno MP-32 5-P, NS SP Blue (S)
Mizuno MPT-11 52*, 56* and 60*, Shimada HW120
Putter: Miura KM-350
A few months ago I went through the same thing.
I looked hard at purchasing from http://www.shimadashafts.com/, which is actually out of the UK (nothing against the UK, btw), before I got spooked and bought from TSG.
Now, today, I know that when I say "I have a set of wedges with Shimada black 120g shafts in them" that I actually do have those shafts. I traded a number of emails with the good people at that web site, but never felt the level of engagement and customer service that I feel here at TSG. Maybe I am biased, but those "intangible" factors do matter.
The deal was sealed when I asked for payment options such as paypal, credit card, etc.,They said "here, flll out this form and fax it to us with your credit card info and your signature on it"!. Later, in response to my "I don't do business that way" email, they said "oh, we can take paypal or whatever you want, just let us know". Too bad they didn't address my initial question on the first pass....
For the record, I spent about $10US per shaft (shipping/handling, mostly) above what it would have cost me to order from the "official shimada shaft" site at the link. What I gained for that 10 bucks is peace of mind that I have the precise object of my desires.
Hope that helps,
Kevin
I looked hard at purchasing from http://www.shimadashafts.com/, which is actually out of the UK (nothing against the UK, btw), before I got spooked and bought from TSG.
Now, today, I know that when I say "I have a set of wedges with Shimada black 120g shafts in them" that I actually do have those shafts. I traded a number of emails with the good people at that web site, but never felt the level of engagement and customer service that I feel here at TSG. Maybe I am biased, but those "intangible" factors do matter.
The deal was sealed when I asked for payment options such as paypal, credit card, etc.,They said "here, flll out this form and fax it to us with your credit card info and your signature on it"!. Later, in response to my "I don't do business that way" email, they said "oh, we can take paypal or whatever you want, just let us know". Too bad they didn't address my initial question on the first pass....
For the record, I spent about $10US per shaft (shipping/handling, mostly) above what it would have cost me to order from the "official shimada shaft" site at the link. What I gained for that 10 bucks is peace of mind that I have the precise object of my desires.
Hope that helps,
Kevin
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Posted 18 January 2012 - 07:19 PM
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1W: 2012 ONOFF D-Long 46.25" w/Crazy CB-46
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3W: PRGR Egg Spoon w/ Crazy FW80
5W: 2012 ONOFF Type S FW w/ Crazy FW80
7W: 2012 ONOFF Type S FW w/ Crazy FW80
5-PW: Waiting for my 2012 Titleist JDM VG3's
52/58: Yururi Prototype 2012 Wedges
Putter: Gold's Factory Custom Odyssey 2 ball CS
Hey Kevin, Thanks for the kind words man.
In the next day or two we will be adding the Tour & PRO green label Shimada shafts. They are still made in Japan just shipped from the UK instead of Japan. I will be posting a topic on their bend profiles and the differences hopefully tomorrow.
In the next day or two we will be adding the Tour & PRO green label Shimada shafts. They are still made in Japan just shipped from the UK instead of Japan. I will be posting a topic on their bend profiles and the differences hopefully tomorrow.
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Posted 18 January 2012 - 09:34 PM
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Why are they shipped from the UK instead of Japan and how come the different look? No questioning your knowledge just curious as to why they'd make a different looking shaft and shift out of the UK...
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Posted 19 January 2012 - 04:58 PM
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Driver Epon AF 102 9* GD Tour AD DI 7 XS
Driver Epon AF 101 9.5* Crazy Black 50LS
3 Wood Epon AF 201 15* Crazy Black 50LS
19* Tourstage X-UT Nippon 950 WF
Epon AF Tour Blades 3-PW w/Shimada K's Tour stiff
53* BeCu Ping Eye 2
58* Mizuno Custom Tour Dept.Grind/Endo Forged/Nickel Satin
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I had the same question,. so I emailed Shimada Europe ( UK ) ,. this was their response to the difference in K's Tours (JDM) , and Shimada Tour (UK)
The K's Tour and our TOUR shaft are the same, the flex's have been amended
for the western world so you would have to go up to X flex for the same
shaft as you currently have.
We do not have the print on our shafts, we just use the labels.
We also introduced new shafts - Pro, Pro Black, Pro Wedge Black, Tour Wedge
Black, all shafts that are new to the Shimada range.
Kind Regards
Graham
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The K's Tour and our TOUR shaft are the same, the flex's have been amended
for the western world so you would have to go up to X flex for the same
shaft as you currently have.
We do not have the print on our shafts, we just use the labels.
We also introduced new shafts - Pro, Pro Black, Pro Wedge Black, Tour Wedge
Black, all shafts that are new to the Shimada range.
Kind Regards
Graham
Graham Webb
Director
Professional Golf Europe Ltd
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Posted 19 January 2012 - 07:48 PM
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Cool, so I (i'm in Canada) should just stick to the US site then. Great! Glad to know there's no difference in quality - or least none that they want you to know about...
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