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If you have been around here, you know the name Robin Arthur, or more exactly you have probably heard of his current shaft endeavor, Xcaliber Golf.
In the past year we have seen a rebalancing and restructuring of the company, as there have at times been some up and downs in previous years. That said, according to the company 2019 was a very good year for them and naturally they want to build on that in 2020.
As such, we are seeing not just the introduction of three different shaft lines (which will each have a thread going up today on them) but also a focus on quality control that Robin and his company believe is unmatched at any level in the industry. With multiple layers of checks, stiffness/longitudinal testing, flow, and then even more checks, they make a pretty solid case for that being plausible.
This is the Xcaliber Xclusiv collection of graphite shaft designs.
Xclusiv means just what you think, these will be fitter and fitting center focused shaft designs where the prices are not going to be released publicly, translation, availability will be through fitters only. To my knowledge the rest of the Xcaliber lineup will stay available through all current outlets, so those options are still there, and if you have read any of our homepage articles on them, they may be the best bang for the buck out there.
Xclusiv though introduces a mindset shift for Xcaliber, and they truly have a level of excitement that we have not seen them have about the performance of the new shafts, and when I say excited, I absolutely mean it. Robin never shies away from his belief in his designs, but this is a whole different level.
Now, a rundown of the new offerings, of which THP will have in-hand this week, and rest assured threads will be updated with HQ photos and subsequent testing feedback.
Xcaliber Mystic Series
Woods:
Mystic 4 – 44g – L, A, R, S – Mid-High Launch – 4.9 Torque – Up to 100 MPH
Mystic 5 – 55g – A, R, S – Mid Launch – 4.5 Torque – Up to 105 MPH
Mystic 6 – 62g – A, R, S - Mid-High Launch – 3.5 Torque – Up to 105 MPH
Mystic 6L – 65g – A, R, S - Mid Launch – 3.2 Torque – Up to 105 MPH
Irons:
Mystic I5 – 55g – L, A – High Launch – 2.9 Torque – Up to 90 MPH
Mystic I6 – 65g – A, R – Mid-High Launch – 3.0 Torque - Up to 95 MPH
Mystic I7 – 75g – A, R, S – Mid Launch – 3.5 Torque – Up to 100 MPH
Mystic I7 – 85g – A, R, S – Mid Launch – 4.1 Torque – Up to 105 MPH
The Mystic lineup is what Xcaliber is calling the “Camelot” shaft of the Xclusiv lineup, in other words, a design for the masses. With wood shafts ranging from 44g to 65g and iron shafts from 55g to 85g, this is a lineup based on the prior SL lineup with some modifications to improve playability and consistency. The shafts are going to feature a blue translucent upper flowing into a gun-metal grey lower finish applied via ion plating with the iron shafts also being all ion-plated, no doubt a significant step up in finish quality.
In the past year we have seen a rebalancing and restructuring of the company, as there have at times been some up and downs in previous years. That said, according to the company 2019 was a very good year for them and naturally they want to build on that in 2020.
As such, we are seeing not just the introduction of three different shaft lines (which will each have a thread going up today on them) but also a focus on quality control that Robin and his company believe is unmatched at any level in the industry. With multiple layers of checks, stiffness/longitudinal testing, flow, and then even more checks, they make a pretty solid case for that being plausible.
This is the Xcaliber Xclusiv collection of graphite shaft designs.
Xclusiv means just what you think, these will be fitter and fitting center focused shaft designs where the prices are not going to be released publicly, translation, availability will be through fitters only. To my knowledge the rest of the Xcaliber lineup will stay available through all current outlets, so those options are still there, and if you have read any of our homepage articles on them, they may be the best bang for the buck out there.
Xclusiv though introduces a mindset shift for Xcaliber, and they truly have a level of excitement that we have not seen them have about the performance of the new shafts, and when I say excited, I absolutely mean it. Robin never shies away from his belief in his designs, but this is a whole different level.
Now, a rundown of the new offerings, of which THP will have in-hand this week, and rest assured threads will be updated with HQ photos and subsequent testing feedback.
Xcaliber Mystic Series
Woods:
Mystic 4 – 44g – L, A, R, S – Mid-High Launch – 4.9 Torque – Up to 100 MPH
Mystic 5 – 55g – A, R, S – Mid Launch – 4.5 Torque – Up to 105 MPH
Mystic 6 – 62g – A, R, S - Mid-High Launch – 3.5 Torque – Up to 105 MPH
Mystic 6L – 65g – A, R, S - Mid Launch – 3.2 Torque – Up to 105 MPH
Irons:
Mystic I5 – 55g – L, A – High Launch – 2.9 Torque – Up to 90 MPH
Mystic I6 – 65g – A, R – Mid-High Launch – 3.0 Torque - Up to 95 MPH
Mystic I7 – 75g – A, R, S – Mid Launch – 3.5 Torque – Up to 100 MPH
Mystic I7 – 85g – A, R, S – Mid Launch – 4.1 Torque – Up to 105 MPH
The Mystic lineup is what Xcaliber is calling the “Camelot” shaft of the Xclusiv lineup, in other words, a design for the masses. With wood shafts ranging from 44g to 65g and iron shafts from 55g to 85g, this is a lineup based on the prior SL lineup with some modifications to improve playability and consistency. The shafts are going to feature a blue translucent upper flowing into a gun-metal grey lower finish applied via ion plating with the iron shafts also being all ion-plated, no doubt a significant step up in finish quality.
