TRUST Sweet Iron Kimblewick Bit with Brass Rings
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A blue-patinated Sweet Iron Kimblewick bit with a mouthpiece featuring brass rings.
✨ Key features
- ✔ Sweet Iron is mild steel, blued during manufacturing by heating. When exposed to humid air and saliva, it develops a surface oxidation with a sweet taste that naturally stimulates salivation: the horse chews more and accepts the bit more readily.
- ✔ The mouthpiece is fitted with brass rings in the center. It is suitable for horses with a “dead” mouth that need stimulation, and increases tongue activity.
- ✔ Similar to a Pelham, but with more direct action. It can be used with one or two reins: the lower the rein, the greater the leverage. It can also be used as a driving bit.
📋 Technical specifications
- Type: Kimblewick bit
- Material: Sweet Iron
- Mouthpiece: with brass rings
- Mouthpiece thickness: 16 mm
- Sizes (mm): 115 / 125 / 135 / 145
🐎 Why choose this product?
The brass reawakens a mouth that no longer salivates or shows activity: this is a bit for getting the mouth working again, not an everyday bit.
🧴 Usage advice
⚠️ Bit size is given in millimetres: this is the width of the mouthpiece from one ring to the other. A 125 measures 12.5 cm. Measure your horse's mouth with a measuring gauge, or use the measurement of the bit it currently wears: if too wide, the bit moves around and pinches; if too narrow, it squeezes the corners of the mouth. ⚠️ A curb chain is essential. ⚠️ The blue colour turns silver-grey or brown-grey with use, and an orange film appears when the bit remains unused: this is the normal behaviour of Sweet Iron, not a defect. A wipe with a damp cloth is enough to remove it. This oxidation is not harmful. ⚠️ On a horse that is already restless in the mouth, this stimulation may produce the opposite effect.
