3D Printer Progress

Cobra furthers its reputation for innovation with two new 3D-printed irons.

Equipment news and product releases are beginning to ramp up ahead of the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando. Since you read about Mizuno’s new M13 and M15 irons last week, TaylorMade has introduced its carbon-faced Qi4D drivers, carbon-crowned Qi4D fairway woods and rescues, and Qi Max and Qi Max HL irons; Mizuno has launched the JPX ONE driver with nanoalloy face, JPX ONE fairway woods and hybrids, and M.CRAFT City Series putters; Titleist has updated the Pro-V1x Left Dash; Tour Edge brings us its Hot Launch ball four months after releasing the Exotics ball; Callaway has introduced the 2026 Chrome Tour and Chrome Tour X; and Cobra has expanded its driver inventory with the unveiling of its first ever mini-driver – the King Tec Mini-Driver.

That’s not all Cobra has been working on, though. A pioneer in creating clubs using 3D-printing (it launched a 3D-printed putter in 2020. Callaway, TaylorMade, Ping, and others have since experimented with it), the Carlsbad-headquartered company last week introduced two new 3D-printed irons – 3DP MB and 3DP X – following the limited edition LIMIT3D experiment in 2024 and the successful launch of the 3DP Tour in January last year.

Cobra believes that by 3D-printing irons, using powered 316 stainless steel, it can produce a compact club with a blade-like shape and feel and a game-improvement level of forgiveness. The 3DP MB and 3DP X feature a lightweight, internal, lattice structure that gives Cobra a significant amount of discretionary weight to play with. In the 3DP MB (Muscle-Back), 66 grams is freed up, which Cobra pushes, in the form of tungsten weights, to the toe, heel, and hosel.
Given how forgiving the 3DP Tour was/is, it’s logical to ask why Cobra added the players-distance 3DP X to the line-up. Simple, really, higher-handicap players usually prefer a slightly larger head.

In addition to having a larger footprint, the 3DP X has a slightly lower Center of Gravity (CG), a thicker top-line, and a little more offset. It will launch the ball higher and bring it back to Earth on a steeper angle of descent helping it to stop quicker after landing. This club has roughly the same dimensions as the company’s KING Tec-X iron but, says Cobra, is even more forgiving than the super game-improvement DS-ADAPT Max iron.
Cobra adds that the 3DP family of irons will cater to handicaps from scratch (and better – Max Homa who joined Cobra from Titleist last year will play 3D-printed irons in 2026) all the way up to 25. They’re not inexpensive, but when did courageous innovation (we think it’s fair to characterize Cobra’s trailblazing 3D-printing efforts as ‘courageous’) ever come cheap?

3DP MB
$1,980 5-PW (4-iron and GW available through custom order – $330 each)
Lofts: 4-24˚, 7-34˚, PW-46˚
Stock shaft: KBS $-Taper 110
Right and left-hand.

3DP X
$1,980 5-PW (4-iron and GW available through custom order – $330 each)
Lofts: 4-20˚, 7-29˚, PW-43˚
Stock shaft: KBS Tour Lite
Right and left-hand.

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