On 2003-01-12, H Kobi rated this Precept Precept CB a 5...(898)
Purchase: As an avowed equipment fanatic for the past 20 years, I hit just about every iron I can get my hands on. At the Golf Expo show here in Vancouver, I hit some forged blades from Precept that had exceptional feel, but, alas, no game improvement features.
Recently, I ran across a set of forged Precept CB (cavity back) irons in a used equipment shop and hit them at the range.
Within an hour I was back at the shop trading in my former irons, Cleveland TA-5s.
I paid the equivalent of about $550 CDN for 3-PW in mint condition.
Pros: I think thare are literally millions of golfers like me, 10 handicappers who have been searching for forged irons with a clean blade look, minimal offset with some degree of forgiveness. Golfers like us go through Eye2s, Callaway X-14s, Cleveland TA3s, etc. but always tucked away is that dream of something better.
Better has arrived.
Two offerings, I think, have got it just about perfect: Mizuno MX-20s and Precept CBs.
In most iron sets, there are weak clubs. In the traditional game imrovement cast clubs like X-14s, the short clubs are numb. No feedback. Chipping is often a guess. In the traditional players forged clubs, the longer irons are impossible to get airborne and mishits remind you your wristbones have nerve endings.
Not with the Precept CBs. The short irons are as sensitive as scalpels but are absolutely solid like the mid-irons. The long irons have special weighting that produces the right trajectory with a reasonably well struck shot.
Hit a traditional long iron forging and then try a Precept CB. You will be amazed at the progress we've achieved in game improvement forgings.
Cons: I think these clubs work exceptionally well with Rifle shafts, as mine are. But they're not available from the factory.
Quality: Every so often you run across an equipment company that really ENGINEERS their products. Accuform out of Toronto comes to mind. Before they began building exceptionally well engineered irons for the likes of Davis Love, they used to be in the aerospace industry.
Although I don't know much about Precept Golf, I get the very same feeling about the CB irons.
Irons are double chromed and beautiful. The look and feel are every bit as good as the best forgings from Mizuno, which says a lot, I think.
The extent of cavity back treatment varies throughout the set as does the minimal offset. Longer irons carry tungsten weights which make the longer irons very playable.
Review Summary: If you truly love golf and play half way decently, you owe yourself a set of Precept CBs or Mizuno MX-20s.
Don't fall into the trap again of buying irons by taking out a bunch of 5 irona and buying the one you whack the farthest.
Remember that you fell in love with golf because of the way the club FELT when you hit a good shot.
Stop chipping with numb, game improvement cast clubs that feel the same no matter where you hit the ball on the face.
A warning though, there's only a few forgings out there that are true game improvement clubs. But of these, I think the Precept CBs are the best.
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