Vintage Curb Bit with Segundo Mouthpiece by Champion & Wilton - Bit829 veterinary It is suspended from a

It is suspended from a strap and buckle at its top

Weight : 2¼oz (63g)

Thong  22" (56cm)Weight 144g (5oz)

Rowel 2" (5cm) Weight  1lb 10½oz (758g)

neck length 5

Vintage Curb Bit with Segundo Mouthpiece by Champion & Wilton - Bit829 veterinary It is suspended from aThis antique steel bit has a dark patina. It has straight swinging cheeks which can move through 90 degrees, and a Segundo mouthpiece with a port that narrows at its base. Don Juan de Segundo designed several mouthpieces and described and illustrated them in "A Treatise on the Bitting of Horses", part of Benjamin Latchford's 1885 book, "The Loriner". One cheek of the bit is stamped "Champion & Wilton" and the other "Oxford St. W.". The port is stamped