Forge Notes
Not marketing copy — notes written after real builds, on the specific things that come up often enough at the tester to be worth explaining once, in full, instead of repeating in person every week.
What a Rockwell hardness number actually measures, why two irons that look identical can feel completely different at impact, and why we test every head before it reaches the bench.
Read the article →Forging is not as consistent a process as most golfers assume. A look at where batch-to-batch hardness drift actually comes from, and how a tester catches it before you do.
Read the article →The two-step heat treatment that turns a soft forged blank into a clubhead that holds its shape and its feel. What happens in the tank, and what happens in the oven after.
Read the article →A middle-Georgia summer does things to a quench bath and a drying rack that a heat-treat chart written somewhere drier never accounts for. What we watch for on the bench.
Read the article →Most players have never seen a hardness certificate, let alone asked for one. A plain-language walkthrough of what the numbers mean and why they belong with your spec sheet.
Read the article →The cast-versus-forged debate usually stays theoretical. Put both under a hardness tester and the difference stops being a matter of opinion.
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