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For those that might not be familiar with Serge Deschamps or the quality of his custom putters….let me fill you in.   Serge is a custom putter designer from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada who not only puts absolutely everything he has into not only his work, but his customer service as well.  His putters are made to order from every detail including your preferred head-weight, dexterity, length, lie, loft, stampings, alignment lines, paint-fill, finish options, grip and even custom engravings.

As a collector and admirer of the “center shaft” putters, I couldn’t wait to receive this unique looking putter. The milling is very unique and unlike any other putter manufacture in the industry.  Its cross milled face finish or IND*X is a state-of-the-art design, produced by our patented, computer-driven milling process. Aesthetically beautiful, with a stunningly luxurious look and feel, the IND*X face finish is CNC-milled technology “pushed to the edge”. Using an innovative cross-milling process in twenty-seven (27) different directions, the putter face is finished in a geometric pattern with exceptionally fine spacing. This structure enhances the mild and controlled feel of the putter.

Bruce Sizemore may not be a household name, but his putters have impressively won $6 million on the PGA Tour without any payment of endorsement fees. This includes a virtual out-of-the-gate victory in the autumn of 2000 when Mike Weir won the WGC / American Express Championship using one of Sizemore’s early Copperstix mallets. As has historically been the case with fiercely independent thinkers, Sizemore’s products were born from his belief that he could build something better without being confined to the processes and bureaucracies commonly found among the larger golf equipment manufacturers.

Let’s see how one of his latest incarnations, the SB-2 blade putter, adheres to Sizemore’s principles. 

Background

Chin Bae, owner of Mentor Sports Technologies (www.mentorsportstech.com), is also the designer of a line of mallet and blade-style putters that feature variable moment of inertia (V-MOI) adjustable weight technology.  This means that through the use of weight cartridges, the golfer can personally adjust how much the putter head resists twisting upon contact with the ball.  The golfer can even affect the balance of the putter, depending on how the weights are inserted.

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The test putter used in this review is the Maestro, whose specs may be seen at http://www.mentorsportstech.com/store/showproduct.aspx?productid=43&categoryid=1 (also see the "Technical Q&A" post following this review for more info). 

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     Acknowledgement and Important Note
First of all, I would like to thank Todd Schumaker (owner of TKS Putters) and Scott Penrod (President and Co-Founder of Sizemore Golf) for their time to speak with me over the phone. I must admit that I was intrigued with the Sizemore XB-1 Prototype after having read Mr. Doug's PutterTalk review.  After some quick research, I found out that Bruce Sizemore, Jr. had earlier produced two lines of putters under the original Copper Stix logo: the CU and CS series. One particular model caught my eye, the CS-1, because of its at-first-glance similarities with the Bettinardi MC-9 I already own.