Wishon Sterling Single Length Irons

Going to try my hand a review with updates for those interested in the single length irons realm. Hadn't ever heard of single length irons till a WRX forum I stumbled on a few months ago and I started researching.

Background on the Irons: Single length became a thing in 1986 and since then there have been multiple different companies try their hand at them. For the most part, all have had a hard time in the market due to gapping issues and players hitting higher lofted irons same length as middle of the line. The three major companies right now that make them are Cobra, Wishon (now owned by Jaacob Bowden), and Edel.

Cobra made the F7's last year and had issues with the lower lofted irons flying to low. Gaps were consistent but folks didnt like the ball flight. They tinker more with individual lies for each club and are typically all 7 iron lengths. I think the F8's have 2 piece heads to help with some of the flight woes, but don't quote me on that. I hit the F8's and they felt dead to me. Feel is subjective though.

Edel is a smaller company out of Texas and they make a forged offering. Again, from what I could find out, they believe in an individualized fitting process and custom building a set of single lengths using Padderson shaft systems. Essentially, they do similar to Cobra and Wishon, but they use the shafts to help split the gaps. This is what interwebz told me. Have had no prior experience with them.

Wishon is a well known club component maker. Similar to TEE except has been around a lot longer. Wishon made all of his irons at the 8 iron length and kept all the weights and lies the same. According to him, if you're trying to play 8 iron lengths, they should all feel like 8 irons. He helped his gapping issues by putting 2 different types of faces. The wedges - 8i are "soft stee" and while using a "high COR" face to get yardages out of the lower lofted clubs.

LOOKS:
Clubs look really good down by the ball. I am coming off of Ping S55's which fit in the players category of iron with a smaller head size. These are slightly bigger, but same size topline. Not chunky at all like I found the Cobras tend to be. There is minimal offset on the lower lofted irons. Still getting use to looking down at a gap wedge from 8 iron club length though (more on that later)

FEEL:
The "soft steel" 8i-GW feel really really nice. Buttery soft with a little bit of a click on ball contact. Really fun to hit them. The 4i-7i have the "high COR" face and can sound tingy with crap balls I play a supersoft and it sounds good. It sounds like a slightly muted hybrid and feels like a super GI iron paired together if that makes sense. Both feel different, but both are fun to hit so, I dont mind. You purists might not care for 2 different feeling irons across the same set.

WORKABILITY:
The entire set is easy to work. Having a little bit ore offset on the set has prompted me to play nice draws (5-10 yards) which I am still getting use to. Once I get a few more rounds under my belt, I'll have better consistency in the aiming dept.

DISTANCE:
Still ironing (:rimshot:) these out. My Pings had steelfibers in the and I was a good club longer than my previous Pings with KBS Tours in them. I am a good club longer with these than my Pings with the SteelFibers. With 2 rounds in, I am pulling a 7i from 172-176, which use to be my 6iron. 5 iron is my 195-205 club. I think part of this is playing a Rifle type shaft in these. They are Apollo Stepless shafts and can be had for like $5 on ebay a piece. Great shafts for the money.

CONS:
1.) Havent figured out how to hit PW and GW consistently yet. There is so much confidence when you stand over the ball with these two clubs because of how much loft is looking at you. Ir's like, "how can I not hit this close" and then I come in way to steep. Swing flaw, not the clubs.
2.) This one got me yesterday. Both the 6i and the 9i have dots on them. Kind of confusing when they're the same length. Again, indian not the arrow.

PROS:
1.) forgiving
2.) not chunky
3.) If you put a good/easy swing on these, they will go where you want them to.
4.) Only need one club on the range!

MY THOUGHTS:
I got these because I dont time have to practice. I average between 20-40 rounds a year depending on how harsh winter/summer is. I want to be able to go out and have a fun round and I've had just that in the last 2 rounds of using them. Standing over a 5 iron is like cheating and if you put a good swing on the ball, it comes off moving. Looking to grain some consistency and I think these are keepers.

Plenty of info on their website for those interested. I believe they have a "try 3 for 90 days free" type program. If you're in the BR area, and interested, lets play a a round and you can try em out for yourself (Need to practice a bit before hand though).

Check back for updates!