R9 tp B irons - forged or not forged?

Hi pros,

anyone knows whether these set of irons are forged or not ? some pple say its forged. some pple say its soft cast but feels like forged..
GH salesman say not forged engraved on it means not forged. When i say i looking for forged, he say maybe this is forged.. so im quite confused now..
How do we know whether an iron is forged ornot?

Bro, me not too sure if this set is forged.

But the way this salesman is going, I'd say dun buy from him.
No product knowledge and seemingly trying to push sales.

this is a new term...soft cast..they are inventive aren't they.

these irons are not easy to bend. best you get the right lie angle. i know they come standard, flat and upright.

btw the type of material they use will determine how much it can be bend. again depending on the chroming quality, there may be permanent scarring.

DGman

Do some research on the internet before you go look around. Most forge irons have the forged word engrave on it.

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duffader wrote:

Do some research on the internet before you go look around. Most forge irons have the forged word engrave on it.

yeap....mine has 'grain forged' clearly engraved on it........very easy and no confusion...more importantly my golf idol #1 said its such.....

garylin wrote:

Hi pros,

anyone knows whether these set of irons are forged or not ? some pple say its forged. some pple say its soft cast but feels like forged..
GH salesman say not forged engraved on it means not forged. When i say i looking for forged, he say maybe this is forged.. so im quite confused now..
How do we know whether an iron is forged ornot?

When you can see the word "forged" engrave onto it. That will be it.
All else, check specs.

TP B is not forged for sure. Forged irons are stated on them, except for some tourstage irons like the x blade cb which are forged but not stated.

thanks guys for your inputs. will go check out the specs again before deciding

think you have a R9 Forged (not TP), and a R9 TP Forged (only avail in Japan market)... R9 TP B is not forged..

disclaimer: i may be wrong, but a little googling will go a loong way

http://www.taylormadegolf.com/mainlevel/golfshop/irons.html?IsPopUp=0#30
http://www.tourspecgolf.com/Taylormade-Japan-2010-R9-TP-Forged-5-PW

Hahahaha you log on to the taylormade website and the first thing you see is the Taylormade Tour Preferred MB Forged irons.. what for bother with the R9? The MB is the way to go..

Not forged , but can bend it .... as taylormade bend it for me 1 degree Upright

It is soft cast, not forged. However people wanna say it feels soft, it is still not as soft as forged iron.

It can be bend, but it will be a painful process. I am sure DGman can do it, but please get it to him first thing in the morning. Any later, when his energy is drained, will be charged extra!