Great review Kurt, my brother purchased the kabuki strength oregon power bar a month ago, it was shipped and delivered for $328.. i like the grippy knurl and the center knurl length, its awesome addition, i put this barbell in rotation. Indeed i agree with some who state about aggressive knurl, "some aggressive might be too much or too little for most" I prefer a sharp knurl. Again great review 👍👍👊
I’m definitely going to visit them and buy one someday. I have an old beat up Castro barbell that I love, but it has no center kneeling. Gotta rep Oregon.
Nice in depth review. Don’t think she’s for me, I prefer a 29mm power bar and at this point if I’m adding a new bar to the cellar it’s going to be something off my forever home wishlist
Thank you for actually giving a detailed objective review with some real data - barbell slop, barbell deflection, knurl aggressiveness. There was a time last year that they were offering free shipping last year, have they walked away from that now?
@@TheKurtlockerHey Kurt what did you think about the spin on this bar, I was looking for a 28.5 mm bar that could replace my Ohio bar and also had a center knurl.
@@TheKurtlocker I did a video on my top 10 barbells awhile back. It was fun. You have cooler bars though so it would be awesome to see you rank yours in some manner you come up with.
Bought this bar as my first Kabuki bar understanding it is more of an economic bar. The knurling is great and definitely is for someone who doesn’t like aggressive knurling aka my wife lol But I’ll stick with my Texas 29mm new power bar. I even checked the specs and TPB even beats out the steel tensile strength like you mentioned in the video.
I fully agree. Here is my theory as to why. Stainless steel is harder than bare steel. It chews up the tooling a lot faster than bare steel, meaning the tooling has to be replaced more often. I think it's a combination of the the material (in this case, stainless steel) being a harder surface and thus, not taking as well to the knurling process (the tooling just doesn't dig in deep enough, or whatever) AND the tooling getting chewed up really fast and thus, producing bars that were knurled with tooling that was worn down to start with.
It’s almost impossible to describe knurling without feeling it. There isn’t really anything in everyday life that compares to it. Most commercial gyms have only passive knurled bars. Almost need to buy one with a recommendation from a reviewer.
I agree but what I intend to do is create a scale that applies universally. That way if you know what an OPB feels like, you can see where it scored and see what scored similarly. It’ll still be something that needs to be felt in-person, but it’s at least a little better
