Cobra clubmaking

[Bagger Vance]

I ordered a brand new set of Cobra irons and to my surprise when I took the grips off to put on new ones I noticed every shaft is cut unevenly and has small jagged sharp pieces sticking out


Not one shaft is cut evenly with a staight line, each one has a pronounced angle or sloped cut

Just wondered if anyone has encountered this and if it has any effect on the shaft's performance

Seems like they were put together by a novice clubmaker

[bl8d]

Re: Cobra clubmaking

ordered directly from Cobra (https://www.cobragolf.com/#)
or from some hacksaw joint overseas?

[Fore Warned]

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I have Cobra irons and driver and have changed the grips. No such issues on mine.

[Phatchrisrules]

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Every Cobra set I have regripped has been very well cut. Obviously there is going to be an instance or two where you're going to get a jagged cut because someone wasn't paying attention. However this will not affect playability, feel, or any other aspects of a shaft in the slightest.

[ctv1]

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...doesn't sound right, I would expect the shafts should be cut by a power saw and the edges should be square and razor sharp.

[Bagger Vance]

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order was placed with Cobragolf.ca and the clubs came direct from Carlsbad California to me

Good to know it doesn't affect the club just puzzling that you would cut a whole set 3-P and not notice every club was crooked

almost looks like it was done by hand because its sort of wanders around up an down totally uneven

[bl8d]

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order was placed with Cobragolf.ca and the clubs came direct from Carlsbad California to me

Good to know it doesn't affect the club just puzzling that you would cut a whole set 3-P and not notice every club was crooked

almost looks like it was done by hand because its sort of wanders around up an down totally uneven

take a pic and send it to them.

[Tintin]

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I'd take pictures and measure the lengths of all clubs" if they were sloppy with the cut they could have sloppy with the lengths as well.

[Bagger Vance]

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I picked away a lot of the sharp parts but not what I would call a clean cut

Looks like a hockey stick cut down with a swiss army knife

[Tintin]

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Or a tube cutter. I for sure would let them know. This is way below standards.

[Carlton]

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Looks like someone laid 'em on the chop saw table without compensating for the taper of the shaft. Not a biggie. They probably didn't bother knocking off the burrs after chopping them. Maybe your clubs got built on a Friday at 4:30pm.

[bogey5]

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Seems odd. I play mine with the grips on.

[ManFromMoffat]

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Looks like someone laid 'em on the chop saw table without compensating for the taper of the shaft. Not a biggie. They probably didn't bother knocking off the burrs after chopping them. Maybe your clubs got built on a Friday at 4:30pm.

Hack job. I made a simple little jig to account for taper and find it hard to believe that a factory wouldn't have something as or more sophisticated.

[Tintin]

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QUOTE=ManFromMoffat;1645299]Hack job. I made a simple little jig to account for taper and find it hard to believe that a factory wouldn't have something as or more sophisticated.[/QUOTE]


A la Ping:

[Fore Warned]

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That does not look right. I could do better at home with a hand saw.

I picked away a lot of the sharp parts but not what I would call a clean cut

Looks like a hockey stick cut down with a swiss army knife