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'blade' as a type of iron blades, plural, always refers to a type of iron. once upon a time, all irons were blades; today, this usage of blade is used interchangeably with " muscleback ." the original golf irons were very thin clubheads, very thin toplines, sharp leading edges, small striking surfaces
(also, hence a common nickname for blade-style irons: "butter knives.") modern blades, or musclebacks, have full backs (as opposed to a cavity back ) of the clubhead and still have thinner toplines than irons that fall into the game-improvement category. they typically have more compact clubheads, too...
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