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I had to admit that at my advanced age and with my various injuries, not to mention just medium-sized hands, that it isn't likely I'll ever be able to lift a full-weight Inch replica.  So after a long search for baby Inches, I gave up trying to find one in the US, and I ordered a 66 kilo (mine weighs slightly more, about 146 pounds) from Gods of Grip in the UK.  The dumbbell itself is just okay.  The dimensions are spot on, but the handle is welded to the globes, and the weld makes getting a good grip harder than it should be, but the texture is pretty good.  The service from Gods of Grip wasn't good.  When they show the dumbbell to be "In Stock", that means that they have access to the components, but it still needs to be made and painted and shipped.  They repeatedly underestimated how long it would take.  I ordered it on 12/1/23, and didn't get it until 1/19/24, when I was originally told it would arrive before Christmas.  I ordered a couple of the only other size (28 kilos) they had "In Stock" on 12/12/23.  I finally got one of them on 2/7/24; Fedex lost the other one.  I didn't get the refund for the lost one until 4/11/24.  The owners seem like nice people, and they put on grip competitions and promote Grip Sport, which is good, but they constantly over-promised and under-delivered.  If you order one of their baby Inch replicas, plan on being very, very patient. As this played out, a Grip board member posted about a guy in South Carolina who was starting to make baby Inch replicas!  He (Zack Staniewicz) had a prototype with a 2-5/8" handle which I bought.  The ones he will make in the future will have the 2-3/8" handle.  He sent it out quickly and the quality, even on a prototype, was much better.  It was cast in all one piece, so there are no welds on the handle.  If I had known he was going to start making them, I never would have ordered the one from Gods of Grip.  Zack will be making a few different sizes, and he is also making a handle and some rounded plates that will replicate the handle and rounded inside edges of an Inch, but it is plate-loaded.  That should give the feel of a real Inch with the advantage of being able to adjust the weight, and I think he'll be selling those for less than $100.  A much more affordable option for Inch Dumbbell training.  I think he'll be making several sizes of the Inch replicas, including baby Inches, full-weight ones, and even heavier ones.  Great to see that happening here in the US.  He can be reached at 914-426-0764 or email zstan3@aol.com Domedude  

Tell em before you start though, so it doesn't look like you were hedging until you saw the 0.5 take out 60% of the field.

Yeah...it would be worth buying a replacement CoC #3 just to see one of my coworkers crush it and keep it.  🥳🎉

You've got some Left Turns there, what do you think of them?

Wow, nice collection, my goodness