Well played sir.

This breakdown is helpful. I didn’t realize they made bars without center knurling, nor do I want one. Squats need knurls too.
I’m seeing Rogue all over the place, and what I don’t see is people who bought Rogue regretting it. I’ll save up a bit more and push the budget up and grab one of those Ohio bars with the center knurl.

Used is not a good idea for all the reasons outlined.

Joe: I appreciate that, I may see if I can find a retailer who does these in person instead of ordering blindly.

Raw DL is what gets me going, so I don’t perceive that any bar characteristic is going to help me or not; it comes off the ground, or it doesn’t. I like more aggressive knurling than not, but there seems to always be a bar in any non-globo gym that is the one that everyone else doesn’t want, and that’s the bar I want (usually a little bit of oxidation somewhere). I think I’m a class II master, and F8-R ratings and whip ratings are just things that don’t factor in. It either happens or it doesn’t. I can feel some bars feel differently than others, but no records I’ve seen document whip ratings, etc., along with the recorded weight. I guess I view it as (excuse the language) “5xx #lbs, I F&&CKED YOU UP DOWN AND SIDEWAYS, YAAAR! I KNEW I HAD YOU WHEN I GRABBED YOU!” That’s about as much thought as I put into it, as long as the knurling isn’t smoothed over. Ya, I know high school kids DL more than me, but that’s not the point.

I live in Houston, so we have “rogue light” which sells rigs and bars (Get RX’d) that are seemingly of fine quality, that I can pick up, so I’m in the dark as to why anyone would buy a bar they couldn’t touch, whatever their preference, so I’m spoiled. Kinda like, what’s a shitty 80lb kettlebell? As long as it makes you hurt, we good.