Anyhow, here's my entire GHP collection: 30 pieces in all - I have 27 grippers (three of which are special editions) and three set blocks. I believe there's only one person who has more than me, Mr. Clint Ziegler - @liftyzig who owns 42 of them!

Enjoy the pics!

By the way, shout out to the following people who helped me attain these and were super cool in the process (I apologize if I left anyone out)

@Jared P 

@JeffPeterson

@VITALIK SEVKO

@Alex K

@Cannon

@IzzyGrasp

@Adam Juncker

@riccardomagni

@DoctorOfCrush

@bdckr

@d_blocmann

@lee.l

@Johnny Mack

The label ends are very yellow and old looking. I looked online and a quick fix was to set it out in the sunlight since UV rays seem to restore things like this. I happen to own a UV flashlight 🔦 so I experimented & lit one end for only about 1/2 hour. These are the results with a smaller flashlight. I imagine if I left it overnight it would turn out even brighter white.

Anyhow, I thought this was a good tip if any of you have the same issue. If you don't have a UV flashlight, I suppose creating a rig to keep the handles vertical pointed toward the sun would be an option.

Also, I cleaned up all my GHPs per Matt @Cannon recommendations. This includes using a wire brush on the handles to remove chalk, sweat and gunk. I also use Flitz metal polish on the spring and buff it up, along with the tops of the handles. A little bit of 3-IN-ONE oil droplets to finish on the top of the spring keeps it from squeaking. A thorough wipe down with a old t-shirt seems to work well.

Here's all my GHP (gen 1s) to date. I started with only a GHP1 & 4 from 2012, but with the help of several board members and keeping a close eye on eBay, I was able to grow the gripper collection to 13 (plus two gen 2s). My goal is to have doubles of every level. 😉

That's what the measurements ended up being:

Incredibly enough, it's exactly 80 mm wide. Moreover, the Rating of this Gripper is an amazing 126.6 kg, which is about 279 lbs! Converted from my measurement station into CPW values, it must be at around 285lbs CPW! I beliebe that this gripper is probably right there on the very edge of what's humanely possible to close from a DS or maybe even a MMS (but highly doubtful). It is an incredibly motivating factor to have such a gripper in my vault.

It also made me start my small collection of epic grippers 

http://gillinghamhp.com/product/ghp-junior-grippers/

GHP Level 7

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1. Euclides

2. Arian Tepper

3. Russ Farver (1.5" set)

4.

5. Adam Glass

6. Wayne Mealy Jr.

7.

8. Tommy Jennings Jr

9. Bob van Genugten

10. Cesare Ricchezza (1.5" set)

GHP Level 8

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1. Paul Knight (1.5" set GHP 7 & 8)

2. Euclides

3. Jon Vogt

4. Cesare Ricchezza

5. Daniel Reinard

I've tried to make this simple and fair without breaking the bank. The easiest way to enter the challenge is to buy a new gripper, a GHP set block, open the gripper on film and film the challenge attempt. If you don't want to buy a new gripper fine - just measure the handle spread and spring diameter using a micrometer, on film, and make your attempt. Even easier yet is to have GHP grippers for reps in a contest with a judge watching and counting your reps. GHP set blocks are 1.5" - the distance I always have felt is a fair starting position and a distance that works for doing reps. To keep this professional looking and to eliminate any controversy the one thing that I am requiring is that you purchase a set block. Even though the cut down credit cards were cool I feel pretty strongly that a block is much better and eliminates any question whether the card passed through perpendicular to the handles or was forced through the handles deforming the card.

Please let me know your thoughts on all this. The blocks are late from the manufacturer but I do have some of the early prototypes in stock and ready to ship.

Thanks everyone for your support.

http://www.gillinghamhp.com/gc.aspx

We want to thank the overwhelming support for our brand from the GripBoard community.  We started out with a simple mission to fulfill a need in the grip and torsion spring hand gripper community: to build the highest quality gripper with the most reproducible feel in the world.  We sincerely hope that we filled that need for our customers.  We certainly tried and I'm proud to say we never cut corners.  

I'm still discussing some things with Matt about how to move forward with the GHP Certification - will it still be run, by who, where will the results live, etc..  Also the last of the new stock of GHP grippers that are available can be found here:  https://cannonpowerworks.com/products/gillingham-high-performance

Thanks again for the support over the years.

Wade

This competition is still valid? I could not find him now.
And if so, from which set? MMS, 20 mm, 25, 1.5''...

All I can say is wow, such high quality, the knurling is top notch. IMHO, I think this should be the industry standard for quality. Don't get me wrong, I love my ironmind products, but these grippers take it up a couple of notches!

BTW, out of the package I can juuuuust barely get it to parallel, still a long way to go!

How can I bridge the gap? 

My grippers between my GHP 7 and 8: I have a COC#3 that is harder than both my 7’s, as well as a filed #2.5 (not rated) and a filed #3 (rated at 160 by CPW). 

I have several other grippers in the toolbox too. 

I am struggling with your website for more than a year now. It is just impossible to view your shop using Mozilla Firefox browser.

I am sorry that I did not bring it up earlier because I thought it might just be my modded Browser, but since I tested your website on other devices and got the same error, I thought I need to contact you. Sorry for the delay, Wade!

According to Browser Market share:
https://kinsta.com/browser-market-share/

basically 7.69% of users may not be able to view your shop.

Maybe others can confirm. If not, sorry for bothering.

Keep up creating mastercraft grippers!

Kind regards!

-Ben

Link to screenshot: (same as attached below)
https://ibb.co/kcKYg68

Can anyone tell me where I can get GHP grippers for a reasonable price in the UK, specifically I'm looking for a level4. Would be willing to buy used if someone would sell to me. I'm not willing to pay Cannons fee for shipping to the UK (I understand why its that price) and I've contacted GHP direct and they no longer ship to the UK.

Thanks

Thomas