Cavity, muscle, glaze
An iron blank is a small fixture, not a personality
We mill the hitting window of the iron you already own. We do not hunt a catalog year. The 7 that lives on a mat usually arrives first. The 4 that has already been recut sometimes does not get a second chance.
Match the set you still have
A single recut that is twice as sharp as its siblings is a party trick. The ball sees a family. We map the remaining texture on the 6 and the 8, then mill the tired 7 into that neighborhood. Hero clubs are how golfers start missing the middle of the green with one number and not the others.
A full 5-PW window is the other honest option: one Ra band, one land story, one ticket. That is a weekday job. Saturday is for smaller blanks.
304 and 17-4 are not the same blank
17-4 PH takes a flute cleanly and holds an edge through a wet winter. 304 is softer, cheaper to stamp, and wants a gentler feed. Chrome on a game-improvement cavity can peel if you pretend it is stainless. Reed sparks before Keiko writes CAM. If the spark says “stop,” the spindle stays still.
Read the longer argument on 304 versus 17-4 in the cutter notes. The short version: alloy first, Instagram later.
Thickness vetoes are not a mood
Every mill removes metal. A prior recut without a ticket is a mystery we mic, not a challenge we accept for sport. If the 4-iron is already foil, we will mill the 7 and leave the 4 ugly. Ugly and intact beats pretty and cracked on a McKenzie Meadows tee.