Re: RC: Snaffle Snaffoo

[Jasmine Cave <toppere@siu.edu>]

libertyville also carries the 3 piece uxeter kimberwick in "gold medal" a
nickel free german silver type metal and that mouthpiece on pelhams.
jasmine
At 11:08 AM 6/4/99 -0400, Linda_Merims@ne.3com.com wrote:
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>Jasmine Cave <toppere@siu.edu>  said:
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>> The shrake snakkles are in the english catalogue.
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>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... :-)
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>> Most english riders do not use sweet iron because it rusts.
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>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>They also had a Hartwell pelham such as Heidi was describing.
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>The bit selection in the State Line English catalog is disappointing.
>Just your basics.
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>Linda B. Merims
>lbm@ici.net
>Linda_Merims@ne.3com.com
>Massachusetts, USA
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