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If there are no obstructions (paint chip or drip, etc), Merit flap wheel (60 grit) on end of drill -- be careful not to make the hole oblong. Probably just needs 10-15 secs at a high speed.

Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it. I was thinking more (3) 45's on each side was going to be typical load (i.e. just because a guy can lift more doesn't mean he is going to). I pictured...

Steel cut, ground, straightened, polished, faced and grooved for the shorty. So far, it'll be pretty close to the space between collars on the current OB-20KG.

Debating sleeve/collar assembly...

That's an interesting point (above) and raises some questions for historians of the sport. One should note: color "standard" has changed a few times in the 20th-c. (e.g. 10 kilo from black to green...

Those ones pictured are with hard chrome finish. I don't remember the years those were made, but before and after saw the triple chrome plate. There was just a window where the hard chrome were...

Let me jump in here with just a quick side note, hopefully not too digressive: not speaking with that particular ad in mind, but Big Ed Jubinville was an Ivanko distributor years and years ago. For...

I love the aesthetic look of Uesaka -- proportions, lettering. Nice. I'd love to have sets of their plates (bars too) from several different periods of time.

I've seen the collar design...

the COX is definitely on the list. It's been on the list for way too long. So file it under: believe it when you see it. Almost certainly we'll use a different material. And make a few design...

Can you let me know about the change plates via e-mail (vinko[at]ivankobarbell[dot]com)

If the CBP (chrome) you ordered wasn't received that was a mistake. We have some new people -- they may've...

We have a pretty good collection of old plates and bars and dumbbells and the like. And a lot of archival works like books, prints, letters, and other documents.

Just a few things here, including...

[QUOTE=morebarbell;1437762901]Do it! :)



It's not steel?

My understanding is that it was machined from solid cast billet. If you have one in front of you, I think you'll see the porosity. ...

I like the way you think.

No -- the actual hole in the bar that was drilled & tapped (i.e. threaded) for the shoulder bolt to insert into that holds the sleeve to the bar. If the hole is crooked (or maybe the threads are...

Also count the points per inch on the knurling. We went from 20tpi on some to 25tpi.

Some were happy with the former, and some were happy with the latter.

The other part of the equation is...

I had no idea that silly-knurl OB-84 were every released. I figured the one we had (not assembled with sleeves, just thetapped ends) was a one-off. Normally, we'd knurl after we'd tapped ends or...

You're right that we should update the photos on the site to reflect the new plugs. One guy complained he didn't like the yellow 15KG paint job. Fair enough. The level of paint quality isn't where...

I think we might have that data somewhere. At least the ratio of so-called bronze to chrome. I want to say that we didn't sell as many chrome as we did bronze. The ones to be chromed were...

I've really wanted to bring this back. It's not copper or bronze. This was a regular production collar for a long time. To my knowledge, 100% made in LA. The head was cast (believe it or not). ...

What kind of end caps? I'm just now reading this thread, so maybe there will be some photos of some early un'ID'd bars with end caps. I'm curious to see them. Thanks.

These look great. Were you able to date these both to the same year (or set of years)?