They've also managed to reduce how much resin they required in the manufactoring process which allowed them to add more fibre in. What I managed to find out while they were coming in is that they are marketed from MRC as to have a stiff butt section, weaker mid section with a firm tip. When I was first hunting these shafts, details as I said above, were sketchy at best.
Frankly I'm suprised they didn't make a AX P for the putter shaft for a lark and follow Matrix and Fujikura down that line but whatever.
It appears a lesson MRC learned well with the flow of the Fubuki line in the Alpha to AX F to AX H to AX I. MRC has really kept the same feel throughout the entire line, something I'm quite pleased with.
KURO KAGE SHAFT DRIVER
Normally, I'd split my comments across the hybrid, fairway and driver results and expectations but in this case, it really isn't required. I do have a bunch of LM numbers coming for you but I lost the sheets (ugh) and haven't had a chance to go back for a re-print of the results. The fairway and driver shaft went into Cobra S2's. 2 of the hybrid shafts are Callaway Razr's the other two in Adams 1300SS. Through various sources over the past month I've managed to aquire 4 hybrid shafts as well as a 70 and 60 gram wood shaft all in stiff flex.
Given that I'm a huge MRC fan for shafts, this was certainly something I needed to try out. Details at the time were spotty but it was known ahead of time that this was going to be more of a "budget" line, or at least from MRC's standard pricing models where most driver shafts are $360 retail.
KURO KAGE SHAFT PLUS
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