A good alternative to a tour striker is IMO to purchase a set of vintage blades on ebay.
Some of those blades are merciless in their feedback. You'll feel it an see it if you fail to hit down on the ball. I bought myself a complete set of some McGregors. They cost me 35$ plus shipment. And the grips were in pristine condition. Killer bargain.
I would be interested in hearing opinions on switching back to blades. I still have the only set of irons I ever bought new- MacGregor tourney MT1 vfq with pro-pel 1 shafts. (2-w, cost $62 then).
I put them away and took in Hogan Edge looking for the forgivness factor. Yes they are, but, the feedback is lost so I may have lost the mental concentration that searching for the sweetspot feedback helps.
I am thinking of puting on new grips and back in the bag. What do you think? What will be gained? lost?