TRUST Sweet Iron short combined hackamore bit with locking joint
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A short combined hackamore bit made of blue-patinated mild steel, with a locking-joint mouthpiece.
✨ Key features
- ✔ Sweet Iron is mild steel that is blued during manufacture 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 better.
- ✔ The single joint locks as soon as it bends: under rein tension, the mouthpiece then acts like a straight mouthpiece, increasing its action. As soon as the tension eases, it becomes a single-jointed mouthpiece again.
- ✔ Combines a hackamore and a bit: pressure is distributed between the mouth and the nose. The short shanks provide moderate leverage. An adjustment screw is located above the mouthpiece.
- ✔ Corrective mouthpiece, designed for horses that lean on the hand or run through the bit.
📋 Technical specifications
- Type: short combined hackamore bit
- Material: Sweet Iron
- Mouthpiece: locking joint
- Mouthpiece thickness: 16 mm
- Sizes (mm): 115 / 125 / 135 / 145
🐎 Why choose this product?
It gives you two bits in one: a single joint when the hand is light, and a straight mouthpiece as soon as the horse leans. The horse discovers for itself the benefit of not pulling.
🧴 Usage advice
⚠️ Bit size is given in millimetres: it 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 bit gauge, or use the measurement of the bit it wears: if it is too wide, the bit moves around and pinches; if it is too narrow, it tightens the corners of the mouth. ⚠️ The hackamore acts on the nose bridge: make sure the noseband rests on the bone and not on the cartilage of the nostrils. ⚠️ 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 functioning of Sweet Iron, not a defect. A wipe with a damp cloth is enough to remove it. This oxidation is not harmful.
