Quick-Lock Mace Handle

I love how quickly and easily this can be stored and set up, just like the Ironmaster DBs. Been getting in some great conditioning sessions with this thing! Knurling is solid and the plates hold tight together. A pommel and full-length knurling would improve the experience. \r\n\r\nI have enough plates and the longest Ironmaster screw to load this thing over 100lbs, but I think I'll cap it at 70lbs for safety. I have a separate, sturdier loadable mace for weights beyond that.

This is an excellent mace.\r\n\r\nThe knurled grip is superb and grips really well. I agree with another reviewer that knurling the entire handle would be an improvement. The smooth part can get slippery once my hands start to sweat.\r\n\r\nMy only caveat is probably just a personal preference. The maces I learned with were shorter by a couple inches, so the handle feels just a bit too long. One of my favorite moves with the mace is to swing it from side to side (attack style). I always feel like the butt of the handle gets a little too close to my torso when doing this, and it forces me to adjust my grip to avoid it catching.\r\n\r\nI also learned with ball end maces, and this is a flat-plated end. There's not the same imagine-I'm-smashing-an-orc's-head-in kind of feel to it that you get with a ball end. Just a personal preference.\r\n\r\nThe fact that I only need to keep adding plates means I'll never need another mace. As of writing this I've maxed out around 36.5 lbs. It's tough, and I love it.

If you love kettlebells, you'll love maces, and Ironmaster makes the best adjustable kettlebells and mace on the market, period. If you've already got the Ironmaster dumbbells or kettlebells, then the mace handle is a no brainer.\r\n\r\nAfter about 5 months, I'm up to 22.5lbs added to the mace, and it is a SERIOUS workout. I don't believe anything develops forearm and grip strength as well as mace training, and this strength transfers into just about everything I do.

All of my weight equipment is from Ironmaster because they make incredible equipment. I love the quick lock and weight plate system so getting the mace from them was a no-brainer when I saw it. This is my first time using a mace and I love it. I have one small suggestion that I think would improve the mace - knurl/rough up the grip all the way through the handle so that my hands don't stick when running along the mace. Mace workouts often have you moving your hands along the handle and the polished part creates stickiness especially when hands are sweaty. 5-star product with the ability to graduate to 6-star!