Re: ShopTalk: Raven Excelsior Stepless

[Mark A Patton]

Have read these, and have no questions that they are good/great, but my question was:

Has anyone used these as well as Raven's and can offer an opinion on how the 2 compare?

Was hoping to get some insight into potential variables that I could eqaute during fitting rather than starting from scratch.

Thanks though
Mark

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Mark,
The Patriots are GREAT!  Read the reviews that I, and others, gave them when
they first came out.
http://www.clubmaker-online.com/patriot.faq.html

(I needed three shafts for some Raven wedges, so I took the simple route and
ordered the Excelsiors.  Oh well!)

/Ed

On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:11:28 -0500 Mark A Patton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

  

Hmmm, and I was getting ready to order another
batch as I am down to 3.
I know there has been discussion on John's
Patriot shafts. Has anyone 
used these as well as Raven's and can offer an
opinion on how the 2 compare?

Mark

Childers, Tedd A wrote:

    

Ed,

I recently ordered some Raven excelsior shafts
      

(8) and had the same problem.
    

The CPM range across the 8 shafts was over 14
      

CPM.  I ordered an additional
    

8, and found the same variation.  I was able
      

to get 8 that were pretty
    

close, and I sent the other 8 back.  I ordered
      

Excelsior shafts earlier in
    

the year and did not have this problem.  I
      

believe that Tony at Raven told
    

me that they switched manufacturers on these
      

shafts, and that may be the
    

problem.  They were using Nippon, but
      

apparently they couldn't get the
    

shafts from them at a consistent rate.  Don't
      

know who makes the shafts now.
    

Tedd 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Reeder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 8:28 PM
To: clubmaker online
Subject: ShopTalk: Raven Excelsior Stepless


I received three shafts today and was
      

surprised by their specs.
    

Weight  CPMs (5" clamp, 254g tip weight)

123g    277
123g    282
127g    289

This is a much greater spread than I would
      

have expected.
    

(Raven claims it is the most consistent shaft
      

for weight and
    

cpms it has tested)

Are these measurements normal for this shaft?

Thx,

/Ed


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