tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830461055504948600.post2230530310453258425..comments2023-06-27T05:51:32.329-05:00Comments on Must love mustangs!: Bits and BridlesKarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17723871612780795334noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830461055504948600.post-24814742316640463392011-07-29T09:36:41.002-05:002011-07-29T09:36:41.002-05:00If you are looking for more options in a curb bit,...If you are looking for more options in a curb bit, check out the ones that have loose sides, that you can pick up one rein and it doesn't pressure the other shank, it really helps with lateral control when you are progressing from a snaffle to a curb. Also, the bits made by Metalab <br />http://www.metalab.info/bit-pinchless.htm<br />are really good quality. I use one on Gussie that looks like a curb, but has an invisible joint in the center that allows you to pick up one rein without moving the whole bit.<br />There is another option, a mullen mouth with loose cheeks <br />http://www.westernshop.com/store/product/386/Mullen---Medium-Port/<br />that you might like.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15454110560303310751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830461055504948600.post-62774964203504119832011-07-29T09:24:33.858-05:002011-07-29T09:24:33.858-05:00I love hearing what everyone uses. I know most of...I love hearing what everyone uses. I know most of you who read my blog are also deep thinkers about the tack that you use and it's neat to see what other's have settled on. Andrea, can you show me a picture of your "cowboy clip"? I need to oil up my split reins a little more...they are still stiff and don't hang nice. I rode with a well broke in pair of split reins when I was a kid, but they were tied in a knot, so were essentially like a rope rein with a tail.Karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723871612780795334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830461055504948600.post-24921559233286178012011-07-29T09:03:39.227-05:002011-07-29T09:03:39.227-05:00I like your choices! Especially the buckstitched ...I like your choices! Especially the buckstitched headstall. I've never understood the one or two ear headstalls. I know someone who thinks a browband headstall is stupid looking and won't use one - even though her horses never progressed out of snaffles and what I've been taught is you can't use a one ear headstall with a snaffle because of the lateral motion.<br /><br />I never liked split reins much either, until I used a really well broken in pair of my sister's. They're not thick and bulky and she oiled and worked them a LOT to make them supple. They are so nice. And I like the idea that if your reins get caught in the brush there isn't a loop to really cause a wreck. But I still ride with rope reins almost exclusively, because I can make my own.<br /><br />I use a rope clip, sold by some clinician as a "Cowboy Clip" but I make my own, instead of a slobber strap or clip on a lead rope. They're easy to use, not bulky, and they don't break. I quit using my slobber straps a long time back because they're a pain to switch out, and they don't work with a curb.Andrea -Mustang Sagahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00576342393431178404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830461055504948600.post-59195211498151938992011-07-27T21:31:24.137-05:002011-07-27T21:31:24.137-05:00Now that was an interesting tour of your bridles a...Now that was an interesting tour of your bridles and bits. I just got a real nice rope rein in the mail--the slobber straps are small. I'll take a picture of it. Our mecate rope reins have larger slobber straps and it works for those sets well. I've used D ring snaffles on all my young ones so far, but still thinking about it with BG. What you said does make sense---that you had to pull harder, etc with a halter only. Your thoughts on copper were also interesting. I have it on my bits, too, but hadn't really given it much thought.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303523299217618526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830461055504948600.post-14998605724848193232011-07-27T16:46:19.494-05:002011-07-27T16:46:19.494-05:00I like your simple selection of bits. I use a sin...I like your simple selection of bits. I use a single-jointed full-cheek Mylar snaffle on Dawn - the mouthpiece is nicely curved. Pie goes either in a Buckeroo sidepull or else a ported Mylar D - it provides good tongue relief as he has a large tongue. Drift goes in a KK three-part full-cheek snaffle that looks a lot like the one you showed with the lozenge. That's about all the bits I use regularly, although I do have a Rockin S snaffle which is useful in certain circumstances and a couple of other snaffles and a simple ported curb bit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com