Miura

Twelve hundred degrees in the forge, a second heat at eight or nine hundred, and three dies cut for every Miura model and every loft. Katsuhiro Miura learned the trade at sixteen, in 1957, on a Himeji factory line, then founded his own business there in 1977. He decided iron heads were being forged badly and changed the method, working a bar of soft S20C steel until the grain held its line right across the head. Feel starts there.

The catalogue runs irons, wedges, putters, full stop; drivers aren't part of it. KM-700 and MB-101 hold the blade end, CB-302 and MC-502 the cavity-back side, with the Y and C grind wedges alongside. The Kaicho Collection is the limited-run tier, and a combo-set builder on the site lets you mix cavity backs and blades across one set. Hosels are attached by spin forging, heads come out within half a gram of target, and grinding is still largely hand work at the Himeji plant. Distribution sits with 8AM Golf while the family builds the clubs, with a North American office in Scottsdale, Arizona and a dealer network rather than direct sales. Adam Scott and Justin Rose have both played these irons on tour, and the red hanko seal stamped on certain heads was the founder's personal mark of approval.