Mizuno describes their new MP-5 as a forged iron like no other. Designed to sit between the existing MP-4 irons and the new MP-25's, the MP-5 is not a blade or cavity back, instead it is what Mizuno call a Channel Back iron.
![Mizuno MP-5 Iron](/Portals/0/imagesblogs/mizuno/mp5/mp5730.jpg)
This distinctive feature on the back of the club has been made possible by combining Mizuno's traditional Japanese craftsmanship with modern CAD design, marrying the best features in one clubhead.
![Mizuno MP-5 Iron](/Portals/0/imagesblogs/mizuno/mp5/mp51730.jpg)
The channel ensures that an appropriate degree of thickness remains behind the central impact point of the club to give the club the distinctive feel of a blade, whilst allowing distribution of sufficient mass around the clubhead to increase stability and performance on off-centre strikes.
The result is a clubhead that is larger than that of a traditional blade with a thicker topline, giving a more powerful look at address, but testing with Mizuno professionals and the skill of Mizuno's craftsmen has retained the sense of proportion and size that better players demand at address.
![Mizuno MP-5 Iron](/Portals/0/imagesblogs/mizuno/mp5/mp52730.jpg)
David Llewellyn, Head of Design at Mizuno, explains this fusion of tradition and technology:
Marrying the skill sets of our CAD-based engineers with the more traditional craftsmen in Yoro Japan, we’re able to produce beautiful irons that play a lot more forgiving than you would imagine by looking at them.
I think Mizuno is pretty unique in still having craftsmen that worked in the era before CAD design, which means our irons have a kind of emotion and history built into them.
![Mizuno MP-5 Iron](/Portals/0/imagesblogs/mizuno/mp5/mp53730.jpg)
As with all Mizuno's MP irons the MP-5's are Grain Forged from a single piece of 1025E Pure Select Mild Carbon steel to compress and maintain a consistent grain through the neck and hosel of the club to providing consistency and distance control.