The irons feature a uniform grain structure.
COBRA Golf have introduced the fifth generation their King Tec and King Tec-X irons.
Aimed at a wide variety of handicaps, the improved King Tec line-up offers the combination of forged feel and looks, impressive distance and enhanced forgiveness.
The new King Tec irons, which target scratch to 12 handicappers, are for players looking for better distance irons, as they feature a newly refined shaping with a shortened blade length, softened topline and an updated pitching wedge with a flattened topline and straighter leading edge.
Improved feel is provided through a five-step forged hollow clubhead construction and enhanced foam microspheres that fill the clubhead and dampen vibration for improved acoustics without sacrificing the feedback better players’ desire.
“While other forged irons have traditionally used a four-step process, we utilise a fifth forging strike to deliver great soft feel and precise shaping,” Cobra said.
The forging process begins by heating carbon steel billets to 1,200° Celsius. The billets are then rough-forged three times, a process in which the metal is bent and forged to form the rough shaping of an iron head.
Step Four involves applying 1,200 tonnes of pressure at 800° Celsius to each rough clubhead, refining the shapes and placing detail lines and logos.
During the final fifth step, each iron head is subjected to 2,000 tonnes of pressure at 700° Celsius, forming an extremely uniform grain structure.
After cooling, each clubhead is polished and made ready for the faces and grooves to be precision milled using a computer numerical controlled machine.
Built with a forged face insert with H.O.T Face Variable Thickness Geometry that is thinner and more robust, the new King Tec irons produce more rebound for faster speed at impact and longer distance.
For added forgiveness, 20g of tungsten is placed in the low heel area of the clubhead to minimise clubhead twisting at impact.
The new equipment is now available locally, and a King Tec set of irons (5-P), with KBS $-Taper Lite steel shafts, are available at a cost of RM6,499 and the King Tec-X at a cost of RM6,499 and the KBS TGI graphite shafts (RM6,899).
