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Yes - i saw them on an auction site - nice - look like the Hogan model that was reissued rather than the original. I posted on another site (more equipment based site) asking for opinions on the design of early Hogan irons.

It interests me that their chief test pilot ( Ben) and their designer were obviously the 2 key minds involved in their products and one can see an evolution within their models... I just can't explain why they evolved that way!

http://www.benhogan.com/legacy/irontour.html

ANy thoughts? He seems to be taking mass away from the toe in varying different designs (personals are similar to MP29s/37... and then he has the powerthrust then apex designs)

Come the 80s The directors redistribute the mass differently too.

I enjoyed a lovely set of Hogan Apex BH grinds ( late 80s models) so sweet... until stolen from car!!!!!

I have a feeling that the older forgings were softer than modern ones. Old mizunos almost drip steel all over the ball... they are that soft - beyond butter!!

It could be the shafts were softer in the 80s? in the average set but i still think that the sweetspot of an old forging is so much better than a modern one!


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I have felt that the sweet spot on the older irons is slightly closer to the hosel, rather than in the center of the face. Maybe that's why they don't feel the same to you.