Snaffle Snaffoo

[Linda_Merims@ne.3com.com]

Jasmine Cave <toppere@siu.edu>  said:


> The shrake snakkles are in the english catalogue.

It turns out I have a 1998 Miller's English catalog and Jasmine is
right, the Richard Shrake bits, some of which have sweet iron mouths,
are in it.  Glad to see the cross-cultural encroachment, both in
materials and design, into English territory.  (Oh dear, something
else to spend money on... :-)

> Most english riders do not use sweet iron because it rusts.

I can't believe that the fact that sweet iron rusts altogether explains
why it has not heretofore caught on with English-style folks.  Absent
the lower prevailing ambient humidity between the western and
eastern United States, I should think they would rust just about
as much for a person riding Western as a person riding English.

Sweet iron will probably finally "crossover" when somebody like
Robert Dover uses a sweet iron bradoon (mouth & rings) on his
Grand Prix horse.  Then it will become the IN thing to use.

I did see something in the Miller's catalog that I had never seen
before:  an Uxeter Kimberwicke with a *3* piece broken mouth.
Interesting combination of mild and (mildly) severe.  The 2 piece
broken mouth "snaffle" Kimberwicke is common, but I've never
seen a 3 piece before.

They also had a Hartwell pelham such as Heidi was describing.

The bit selection in the State Line English catalog is disappointing.
Just your basics.

Linda B. Merims
lbm@ici.net
Linda_Merims@ne.3com.com
Massachusetts, USA




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