VERY quick Q - what is this bit?

[LauraBR]

My mind has gone TOTALLY blank...

It's a neue schule one but can't for the life of me remember which? Anyone know the name?

 

[KatB]

Neue schule loop ring snaffle, or wilkie

Tranz mouthpiece.

 

[3Beasties]

A wilkie with Losenge (sp?) I think!

Found this on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-WILKIE-STYLE-L...%3A1|240%3A1318

Looking at the picture again is the mouth piece a different colour to rings?

 

[Nailed]

fing awful???

 

[KatB]

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fing awful???

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Why?!!!

 

[LauraBR]

Thank you! Wilkie was the word I couldn't think of!!!! Was on the tip of my tongue but couldn't get it!

 

[ischa]

Neue schule loop ring snaffle

 

[Nailed]

there ugly and horrible..
Lou x

 

[flyingfeet]

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Nailed that isn't a useful comment as its not accurate either!

This is a useful bit with loads of options

Here is a link to the 4 ways you can use this bit

http://www.sprenger.de/h_m/index.php?bereichid=007&lang=eng

 

[KatB]

right, ok, very constructive

 

[flyingfeet]

Forgot to add we call ours a Beval Lozenge bit

 

[LauraBR]

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Is there any need to be SO rude?

Even if you think it is the worst bit in the world and feel absolutely compelled to post and let us all know surely there are more polite ways of doing it?

 

[Nailed]

I wasnt being rude.. dont be so sensitive,
Everyone is so uptight on here recently nowonder members are leaving. sick of al lthe PC and the likes!
Lou x

 

[ihatework]

Don't worry, anyone that knows anything about horses would ignore that sort of comment anyway.
I suppose if nailed was to write a constructive reply with well thought out logic people would take their opinion more seriously.

 

[jumptoit]

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Nailed that isn't a useful comment as its not accurate either!

This is a useful bit with loads of options

Here is a link to the 4 ways you can use this bit

http://www.sprenger.de/h_m/index.php?bereichid=007&lang=eng

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thanks for that link I have one and wasn't aware you could attach the reins etc. to the main ring!

 

[Paint it Lucky]

It's not a wilkie it's a beval. Wilkies have one of the ring loops on top (the top one), whereas bevals have both loops inside the ring, like this snaffle.

I have just looked on some websites and lots of them call this bit a wilkie but they are wrong! There is a difference. Trust me I'm a bit geek!

PS: Not that it really matters!

 

[PapaFrita]

I think it's one of those bits that can go (perhaps incorrectly) by different names. If you Google 'wilkie snaffle', you get both cheekpieces.
I confess, I thought it was a Wilkie as well

 

[LizzieJ]

I have checked a couple of books and both of them would call it a wilkie

 

[LauraBR]

It is, you are quite right- I found the exact bit on the Neue Schule website in the end. It's third one down on this link

Good job I didn't remember really as I would have advertised it as something completely wrong otherwise!

Thanks again everyone

 

[teddyt]

Its not a wilkie. Wilkie is short for wilkinson snaffle, named after the bloke who designed it. As painted lucky says the wilkie has the top loop on top of the big ring, not inside it. Its called either a loop ring snaffle or a beval bit.

 

[YellowBoots]

I've always called it a loop ring snaffle. Easy and accurate!

 

[LauraBR]

Thanks, I did acknowledge that Painted Lucky was absolutely correct in my post just above yours

 

[LauraBR]

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LOL! That might be the way forward!

I thought someone would just tell me the answer and this would be a 2 post thread! Didn't expect controversy around use of the bit and debate about the name!

Anyway, if anyone (obviously not you Nailed

) wants one, then the bit in question is on ebay now advertised as a 'Neue Schule Beval Bit - Loop Ring Style'