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Location: Somewhere around here | If you could only have four bits for the REST OF YOUR LIFE, which ones would you choose? |
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Posts: 617
Location: London Ontario | Twisted wire snaffle with a dog bone, Jr horse, little S hackamore, and a correction bit with a port |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 1131
| Offset smooth 3piece snaffle, Chain draw gag, Josey Go Around bit, and Short Shank twisted wire combination bit. |
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Posts: 274
| mmmm....
my wagon wheel - pull through (not sure if this is the true name for it) o ring
double small twisted wire short shank lifter (no gag)
jr. cow horse
josey short shank combo |
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 Am I really the Weirdo?
Posts: 11181
Location: Kansas | Jim Warner hack
Chain mouth Rosie gag
Mike Beers large chain mouth
some kind of Argentine snaffle - 3 piece mouth with rollers in the middle |
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 You get what you give
Posts: 13030
Location: Texas | o ring
loomis
simplicity
elliott spur up 03 |
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  Friendly horse swapper
Posts: 4122
Location: Buffalo, TX | 1. Jeremiah Watt ring snaffle
2. Short shank Petska chain
3. Old style Goostree Delight w/mule mouth
4. Warner hackamore
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Posts: 2981
Location: Louisiana | MC1993 - 2015-11-19 7:04 AM
Twisted wire snaffle with a dog bone, Jr horse, little S hackamore, and a correction bit with a port
Y'know, I can't think of a horse I've ridden that wouldn't have worked in at least one of these. Maybe not their ideal bit, but they would work.  |
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I just read the headlines
Posts: 4483
| Dutton smooth 3 piece snaffle
Dutton smooth 3 piece jr. cowhorse type bit
Neil Merrill used to make a ported bit that twisted in the middle
Warner hack |
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Posts: 4625
Location: Desert Land | -Jim Warner Short Shank Hackamore
-O-ring with thin twisted wire mouth
-Dave Elliot Spur Up 01 w/07 mouth
-Ed Wright Correction Bit
Edited by TheOldGrayMare 2015-11-19 9:11 AM
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Expert
Posts: 4625
Location: Desert Land | Opps...I tried to have a Top 5, LOL |
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The Advice Guru
Posts: 6419
| I couldn't just have 4 bits, not all horses can fit into 4 bits.
My top 4 picks
Dave Elliott spur up
Myler Lynn Mackenzie gag
3 piece snaffle, either Dave Elliott, or dutton
S shank hack |
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 I Chore in Chucks
Posts: 2882
Location: MD | Jr Cowhorse dogbone
Little S Hack
Josey Go-Round
Goosetree Simplicity -I couldn't really decide on my absolute 4th favorite, but this one has served me well and I ALWAYS forget about it! |
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Posts: 1857
| Jim Warner Hack
Rosie gag-Chain mouthpiece
Short shank mullen mouth with a setback curb - Connie combs stabilizer, or shallow creek makes one
Ring Snaffle with a twisted wire mouthpiece - Denise Mooreland |
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Posts: 6343
Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | Smooth O-ring...S-cheek hack...Ed wright short shank 3 piece...Short shank cervi square mouth piece...M |
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Posts: 3106
Location: North Dakota | Carl's hack
Goostree Simplicity
Goostree CG bit
BE correction square port. |
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Posts: 3782
Location: Gainesville, TX | mruggles - 2015-11-19 10:01 AM
Smooth O-ring...S-cheek hack...Ed wright short shank 3 piece...Short shank cervi square mouth piece...M
This would probably be me too. |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 784
Location: USA | Ed Wright 3 piece smooth, short shank, gag
Ed Wright 3 piece smooth, medium shank, locking
Ed Wright 3 piece twisted, long shank, locking
Ed Wright Pretzel
if you let me have just one more I would have the Ed Wright 2 piece twisted, xlong shank, locking.
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I AM being nice
Posts: 4396
Location: MD | chain mouth divided O ring, sweet iron offset D, short shank 3 piece L&W lifter, short shank Stop N Turn |
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 Chasin my Dream
Posts: 13651
Location: Alberta | I just realized reading the posts I need to try an Ed Wright bit LOL
Mine today would be...
smooth o-ring, Connie Combs stabilizer, Caramillo tender touch and my unknown maker bit with a Mona Lisa mouth piece and fixed shanks (it's a cowboy bit not a barrel racer bit lol) |
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Location: WI | Smooth O-ring
Short Shank 3 piece dogbone (Cervi bit)
Little S Hack
I don't stir off of these three too much anyways. I think bits are more for people then they are for horses. :) But i do have multiples of each bit because I hate switching headstalls around. |
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 Poor Cracker Girl
Posts: 12150
Location: Feeding mosquitos, FL | Ooo tough call
Ed Wright medium shank, unlocked, with a three piece twisted
Ed Wright pretzel
Bike chain hackamore
One of the mullen mouths, probably the Josey Go Around |
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Posts: 48
| Ugh, just 4, that's tough! A good smooth mouth o-ring snaffle, some type of hak the s-hak seems to be one I go to, I've got a Jim Hyde made bit with 6" shanks and a floating port with rollers in it, I believe he called it a Saville bit, that every single horse I've ever put it in will just ride off in it and any Elliot bit but love my spur up 04. |
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Posts: 1037
| Dutton 3 piece twisted mouth with copper inlay and long shank.
Ed Wright medium shank with dogbone mouth.
Ported Chain.
Grasshopper.
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Veteran
Posts: 180
| Three piece snaffle
Dutton draw
Simplicity
Dave Elliot Spur Up |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 883
Location: Southern Indiana | 1. Chain snaffle o-ring
2. 5 bit with dr Bristol mouthpiece
3. Sherry cervi twisted dog bone short shank
4. Ed wright pretzel
Crap I need my Jim Warner hack too!!! |
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Posts: 1525
| 3 piece dog-bone o-ring
long shank, chain
clover bit with a port
jim warner hack |
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Posts: 234
Location: Oklahoma | 1. O-Ring Snaffle
2. Dave elliot spur up 01 twised with dog bone
3.Goosetree simplcity dog bone/with twist
4. Pozzi long shank lifter with dog bone med twist
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Posts: 3175
| Twisted Wire (thick) O-ring snaffle
Junior Cowhorse
Dave Elliott Sue Smith 11LS
O-Ring Snaffle
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Posts: 6437
Location: Montana | Smooth o ring snaffle, twisted wire snaffle, Jr. cow horse with twisted mouth with dogbone, o-ring combo with a twisted mouth and dog bone. Those are the ones for today as that is what my current horse works best in. It may change. :) |
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Expert
Posts: 1531
Location: Oklahoma | Grasshopper orig
Mike Beers small ported chain
Dutton dogbone o-ring
Wasson Johnson combo w chain
...bottom 2 I have used since '88 .
The top two once a horse gets into them , they don't like anything else.I try to sneak them into other chain bits if they need more , or less for competition but use them for everyday ( finished horses)
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 Mature beyond Years
Posts: 10780
Location: North of the 49th Parallel | Avila Correction with a high port
Chain draw gag
Easy Five
Twisted O-Ring
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Posts: 2457
| Balding O-ring snaffle
Balding short shank billy allen
some type of hack/ loping halter
Gordy A. correction bit |
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Posts: 4717
| hmm... tender touch, dog bone snaffle, cervi lifter (dogbone) and probably my double gag simplicity or the CJ ryan. |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 672
| O ring snaffle
Tender Touch
Ed Wright 3 piece dogbone w/gag
Ed Wright Pretzel
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Posts: 11
Location: AB | - Sweet Iron Offset D with Copper inlay.
- French link
- Myler, short shank curb.
- Jr cowhorse.
Those would be the bits.
Bitless - Good sidepull, good bosal, Little S Hack. |
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Expert
Posts: 2531
Location: WI | What kind of sick and twisted world exists where you can only own four bits?!?! I must never go there... |
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Experienced Mouse Trapper
Posts: 3106
Location: North Dakota | linds - 2015-11-20 3:18 PM What kind of sick and twisted world exists where you can only own four bits?!?! I must never go there...
I think this is hilarious! I too agree-even after I made my 4 bit selection-I've been having a panic attack thinking that I should maybe change my choices-like it was some sort of test-even considered deleting my post just in case it came true!! |
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Posts: 490
| A snaffle
Draw Gag by Paul Humphrey
Ed Wrights Short Shank lifter
Sherry Cervi Short Shank Lifter with 3 piece mouthpiece |
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Posts: 310
Location: North Dakota | O Ring Snaffle
Ed Wright Short shank 3pc
Ed Wright Medium Shank 3pc
Ed Wright Pretzel |
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Posts: 725
| Sherry Cervi Diamond Small Twisted Short Gag Bit, I ride 4 of my horses in it. |
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | LMS - 2015-11-20 4:21 PM
linds - 2015-11-20 3:18 PM What kind of sick and twisted world exists where you can only own four bits?!?! I must never go there...
I think this is hilarious! I too agree-even after I made my 4 bit selection-I've been having a panic attack thinking that I should maybe change my choices-like it was some sort of test-even considered deleting my post just in case it came true!!
I don't want to live in a world where I can only have four bits. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
Posts: 41354
Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Nita - 2015-11-20 10:07 PM LMS - 2015-11-20 4:21 PM linds - 2015-11-20 3:18 PM What kind of sick and twisted world exists where you can only own four bits?!?! I must never go there... I think this is hilarious! I too agree-even after I made my 4 bit selection-I've been having a panic attack thinking that I should maybe change my choices-like it was some sort of test-even considered deleting my post just in case it came true!! I don't want to live in a world where I can only have four bits.
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | Southtxponygirl - 2015-11-20 10:24 PM
Nita - 2015-11-20 10:07 PM LMS - 2015-11-20 4:21 PM linds - 2015-11-20 3:18 PM What kind of sick and twisted world exists where you can only own four bits?!?! I must never go there... I think this is hilarious! I too agree-even after I made my 4 bit selection-I've been having a panic attack thinking that I should maybe change my choices-like it was some sort of test-even considered deleting my post just in case it came true!! I don't want to live in a world where I can only have four bits.
The top four I love and would have listed, I don't even use on the horses I have right now (except the occasional standard smooth snaffle). They just ended up working better in different bits. One is trained as a reiner and just isn't as comfortable in anything but a solid small port. I run her in a small port (i think they call it a mullen mouth) butterfly freter. My gelding won't work as well for me in anything but an articulated correction bit... really?!?!?! It's got me scratching my head, but I've tried a whole trailer full of bits on both of them, and that's just what they like. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Nita - 2015-11-20 10:40 PM Southtxponygirl - 2015-11-20 10:24 PM Nita - 2015-11-20 10:07 PM LMS - 2015-11-20 4:21 PM linds - 2015-11-20 3:18 PM What kind of sick and twisted world exists where you can only own four bits?!?! I must never go there... I think this is hilarious! I too agree-even after I made my 4 bit selection-I've been having a panic attack thinking that I should maybe change my choices-like it was some sort of test-even considered deleting my post just in case it came true!! I don't want to live in a world where I can only have four bits. The top four I love and would have listed, I don't even use on the horses I have right now (except the occasional standard smooth snaffle ). They just ended up working better in different bits. One is trained as a reiner and just isn't as comfortable in anything but a solid small port. I run her in a small port (i think they call it a mullen mouth ) butterfly freter. My gelding won't work as well for me in anything but an articulated correction bit... really?!?!?! It's got me scratching my head, but I've tried a whole trailer full of bits on both of them, and that's just what they like.
I had to add to my list of favorits is the Sherry Cervi short shank dog bone, really like that bit. I also have another one dont know the name of it or if it even has a name, I will have to post a picture of it sometime and see if any body can tell me what the name of it is if it has a name, had it for over 17 years now and really like it.. |
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Location: Somewhere around here | Lol I thought this would be a good thread to get everyone's heads scratching and thinking outside the box! |
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Red Bull Agressive
Posts: 5981
Location: North Dakota | Single jointed smooth mouth snaffle, double jointed smooth mouth snaffle, a short shank curb with a myler or billy allen type mouthpice and...um...do hackamores count? Cause then I'd go with a good old sidepull. Otherwise probably something with a short shank and a little gag like the Prof choice futurity bits. Smooth mouth there as well. |
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 Balance Beam and more...
Posts: 11493
Location: 31 lengths farms | O-ring smooth snaffle
Ed Wright med shank smooth two piece
Pretzel
Side Pull...is that a "bit"? LOL!!! |
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Posts: 477
Location: Lost in the swamps | Just 4??? Lol
Chain mouth gag
Square snaffle
Mullen mouth lifter
3 PC dog bone cervi
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Location: Wisconsin | Thats all i use from start to finish!! LOL....Start with the draw bit, go right into the Hollis, then onto the Cervi medium dog bone...and then i have a rope combo i had made 25 years ago that i use occasionally. Basically only bits i use. oh i have several others, but always go back to the same ones when i start them. |
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Posts: 304
Location: Up and over to the right | 3 piece Sprenger loose ring
Chain mouth gag (I love my Molly Powell)
Little S hack
Rubber dee ring |
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Location: U.S. | D- ring, jr-cow horse, copper correction, Ed wright 3 piece long shanked |
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Posts: 12838
| For those of you who are true bit collectors, COOLHORSE had several reply nice bits on their website. All of them were in the price range of $1600.00 to $3295.00. |
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