Talking of Neue Schule's being faulty

[fruity]

I won a trans loz on e-bay and when it came it had a small deep dent in the side and a v.rough mark next to it,it was right were it would rub the horses mouth,i bought it for my young horse so i've now sent it back for a refund,all i can say is be very careful to check them over when you buy them as it was the 2nd one i've bought that had imperfections.

 

[lucemoose]

was that from the seller thats fairly new (not much feedback) and who all their selling is NS bits?

 

[Stella]

I've ha several NS bits and they all seem to mark very easily because the metel on the mouth piece is so soft. a lot of them seem to be poorly finished too. Much more worringly, a friend had one where the mouth piece snapped

fortunately, it wasn't in a horse's mouth at the time, but its still very poor isn't it? I think their quaility control needs serious attention.

I would prefer to pay the extra for Sprenger (as they are clearly better made and finished). However, they don't do my mare's chosen mouth piece. She likes a single joint with a curve to avoid pinching. I always thought a lozenge was the more comfortable option until I got her. She thinks any kind of lozenge is the work of the devil!

 

[lucemoose]

KIncade do a curved single joint, V sprenger like in appearance..

 

[ann-jen]

A friend of mine had a NS bit and the bit ring snapped while she was riding! Fortunately nothing happened but being as this bit was used out hunting there could of been a horrid accident if it had happened at an inopportune moment! The bit looked perfectly normal prior to this but afterwards you would think it had been cut in two - the metal hadn't stretched at all it had literally just split in two.