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Legendary club designer Larry Bobka speaks on his new $599 blade irons

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Larry Bobka, one of the most respected golf club designers in the industry, recently unveiled new Handmade Stix LB-1 blade irons, which are currently available for pre-order for $599.99 on the 2nd Swing website (Bobka is currently a master fitter at the 2nd Swing Minneapolis location).

On our most recent Two Guys Talking Golf podcast, Bobka spoke in-depth on his new designs, which are cast from 431 stainless steel.

Check out the clip from our podcast below where he talks about the LB-1 irons:

Bobka, who also designed Tiger Woods’ classic Titleist 681T prototype blade irons, told the full story of joining Titleist and working with Woods on his old custom blades.

For your viewing pleasure, we also clipped out Bobka’s story about the Woods irons:

He played on the Hawaii Pacific University Men's Golf team and earned a Masters degree in Communications. He also played college golf at Rutgers University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.

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10 Comments

  1. geohogan

    Mar 20, 2023 at 10:07 pm

    The irons from Larry Bobka, look as good as the Adam Scott, Miura.

    Four or five sets of Bobka for one set of Miura?
    I like easy decisions.

  2. Shallowface

    Dec 14, 2022 at 9:32 pm

    Based on the condition of the used sets I see, today’s forgings appear to be of inferior quality to the ones from the 1960s and 1970s. They don’t have that many rounds on them and the bag chatter is far worse than on clubs that are much older. I welcome the idea of a set of 431 cast blades. The truth is people will hit them not knowing they are cast and they will come away thinking they are forged because 431 stainless is that good. That was proven in testing with tour pros many years ago.

  3. Xmas Hack

    Dec 14, 2022 at 11:35 am

    They look similar to Takomo 101/101Ts. Much respect for Larry. He has amazing stories!

  4. BobG

    Dec 13, 2022 at 3:21 pm

    431 stainless is pretty soft.

  5. JP

    Dec 13, 2022 at 12:09 am

    No.

  6. Jed

    Dec 12, 2022 at 7:50 pm

    You know……

  7. Ddd

    Dec 12, 2022 at 1:47 pm

    Cast????? No wonder they’re cheap. Bleh

    • Gunter Eisenberg

      Dec 12, 2022 at 7:25 pm

      Don’t be a snob. Some of the best players irons are cast.

      • Shallowface

        Dec 15, 2022 at 7:09 am

        Based on the condition of the used sets I see, today’s forgings appear to be of inferior quality to the ones from the 1960s and 1970s. They don’t have that many rounds on them and the bag chatter is far worse than on clubs that are much older. I welcome the idea of a set of 431 cast blades. The truth is people will hit them not knowing they are cast and they will come away thinking they are forged because 431 stainless is that good. That was proven in testing with tour pros many years ago.

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