I bought these irons looking for a soft forged iron with a little more forgiveness than the blades I was playing. I loved the look of the irons and had great expectations for the. As soon as I put them in play I didn't like much of anything about them. My distance was much shorter than before and my ball flight was much higher than before. I tried to like them by bending the irons a degree stronger and also putting X-100 shafts in there. I did get the ball flight to come down a little but I still didn't like the feel. They were not forgiving at all, in fact I think my Mizuono MP-32 blades were more forgiving. I had these in play for less than one year and they are gone now. I was really disappointed in these irons.