KBS has taken a leadership position by offering custom colors and limited-edition shafts. Nippon has offered special editions of its shafts in the past, including a matte-black version of the Modus Tour 105. Fukuda says Nippon could offer other Modus products with the same finish, but doesn’t have any plans on the table at this time.

1. Nippon Modus 105 Vs Kbs C Taper Lite Review
2. Nippon Modus 3 105 Vs Kbs C Taper Lite 110
3. Nippon Modus 105 Vs Kbs C Taper Lite Steel

1. Nippon Modus3 Tour 105 By Russ Ryden, Fit2Score, A Dallas Fort Worth Club Fitter & Club Maker The Golf Center at the Highlands, Carrollton Texas The N.S Pro Modus3 Tour105 was released to the US public in August 2015. I had seen a set of these earlier in the year, labeled Prototype ST.
2. THP TV with a new KBS Breakdown segment. In this episode Kim Braly from KBS Shafts discusses the differences between C-Taper and C-Taper Lite shafts.

We fit a LOT of different golfers every year. The shafts we put into their irons (and wedges) is determined by our BGF Fitting System, TrueFitClubs Fitting Wizard and player testing during the fitting. Our fitting recommendations include length of iron, shaft weight, shaft trajectory and spin profile, shaft flex, and swing weight. Loft and lie are determined by launch monitor testing. The recommendations are determined by a golfers physical characteristics (height, weight, wrist crease-to-floor), strength (distance), launch characteristics (actual and desired trajectory, spin, dispersion), and swing dynamics (tempo, transition and release point).

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When we test in our dynamic fitting sessions, we choose 4-5 shafts that match the BGF Fitting System recommendations, and then test on TrackMan for performance with a head chosen by our fitters and the golfer. Once we determine the best performing shaft, we try different heads to narrow down the selection. When using our TrueFitClubs Fitting Wizard, we rely on our golfers description of their shot shape and desired results.

Bottom line is that these shafts have done the best job of increasing our golfers distance, accuracy and consistency. They are also the best in terms of consistency for our club building team.

Not on this list but under evaluation are other iron shafts from Fujikura, Paderson, Mitsubishi Chemical Golf, and UST Mamiya. Others will be evaluated and added to the list as they are released and tested.

Because each golfer has a unique set of performance criteria, let's categorize the best performing shafts by strength of player and show different weight, launch and spin characteristics for each:

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Shaft Weight Trajectory Spin

Strongest Players (6 iron over 200 yards)

True Temper X7 132gr Low Low

Project X LS 120-130 Low Low

Project X LZ Steel 6.5 125gr Low-Mid Low-Mid

Rifle 6.0 and 7.0 125-130gr Mid Mid

OBAN CT-125 125gr Mid Mid

OBAN CT-115 115gr Mid Mid

KBS C-Taper X 120gr Low-Mid Low-Mid

KBS $ Taper X 130gr Mid Mid

Nippon Modus 130 121 - 129gr Low-Mid Low-Mid

Nippon Modus 125 127 - 129gr Low-Mid Low-Mid

KBS TGI 100, 110 100-110 Low-Mid Low-Mid

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Stronger Players (6 iron 175-200 yards)

True Temper TI X100 128gr Low-Mid Low-Mid

True Temper DG 120 120gr Low-Mid Low-Mid

True Temper AMT White 102-130 Low-Mid Low-Mid

OBAN CT 115 115gr Mid Mid

Project X I/O 105-115gr Variable Variable

Project X LZ Steel 6.0 120gr Mid Mid

True Temper ELEVATE Tour 115-120gr Mid-High Mid-High

True Temper ELEVATE 105 105- 110gr Mid-High Mid-High

Project X Catalyst 100CW 100gr Low-Mid Low-Mid

Rifle 5.0 and 6.0 115-125gr Mid Mid

KBS $ Taper S 115gr Mid Mid

Nippon Modus 120 111 -126gr Mid Mid

KBS TGI 90, 95 90-95 Mid Mid

Xcaliber 95 96 Mid Mid

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Average Player (6 iron 150-175 yards)

True Temper S300 128 gr Low-Mid Low-Mid

True Temper XP100 105-107gr High High

True Temper ELEVATE 95 95-97gr High High

OBAN CT 115 115 Mid Mid

OBAN CT 100 100 Mid-High Mid-High

Project X I/O 105-115gr Variable Variable

Project X LZ Steel 5.5 115gr Mid Mid

Project X LZ Steel 5.0 110gr Mid Mid

KBS C-Taper Lite 110 Mid-High Mid-High

KBS $-Taper Lite 95-110 Mid-High Mid-High

Xcaliber 95 96 Mid Mid

Nippon Modus 105 105 Mid Mid

Project X Catalyst 80CW 85 Low-Mid Low-Mid

Aerotech SteeFiber i90 FC 90gr Variable Variable

OBAN i83 and i93 83-93gr Mid-High Mid-High

KBS TGI 80, 90 80-90 Mid Mid

ACCRA i80 and i90 85-95gr Mid Mid

MCA C6 80 80-89 Mid-High Mid-High

Nova Tech i800 80-90 Mid Mid

Nippon Modus 105 Vs Kbs C Taper Lite Review

UST Recoil 780 ES 80-85gr Mid-High Mid-High

Xcaliber 75 76 Mid Mid

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Slower Swing Speeds (6 iron 110-150 yards)

Fujikura Pro 70-80gr Mid-High Mid-High

Xcaliber 75 76 Mid Mid

Nippon Modus 3 105 Vs Kbs C Taper Lite 110

UST Recoil 760 ES 60-75gr Mid-High Mid-High

Aerotech SteelFiber i70FC 70-75gr Mid-High Mid-High

KBS TGI 50, 60. 70 50-70gr Mid-High Mid-High

MCA C6 40,50,60,70 45-75gr Mid-High Mid-High

Project X Catalyst 40,50,60 57-68gr Mid-High Mid-High

Nova Tech i700 70-75gr Mid-High Mid-High

Veylix 473, 673 50-65gr Mid-High Mid-High

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Shafts That Made the Cut in 2020

We profile over 2,500 unique shafts each year for our shaft profiling system. The hot new shafts we saw coming on the scene in 2020 include the heavier steel OBAN CT-125 and mid-weight steel True Temper ELEVATE 105. What is unique here is that we have seen the ultralite steel shafts (under 100 grams) almost disappear from the OEM and aftermarket categories as the performance has not been that great. That is, IMO, because the shafts play so weak to their designated flex that the golfers playing them get poor consistency and distance control.

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There will be a number of new shafts coming yet in 2020 from Fujikura, Mitsubishi Chemical, UST Mamiya, and others. As always, we test and categorize these shafts in our shaft profiling system so we can literally choose multiple shaft options in various price categories for our customers.

Nippon Modus 105 Vs Kbs C Taper Lite Steel

Dan Sueltz