> > ---------------Very interesting read! I thought that Lee Ziegler had > me using direct rein contact with the mild ported mouth (not jointed) > kimberwick that I use. I wonder if the above is contradictory to > that. I assume that the use of the term "curb bit" would indicate a > mild ported mouth bit with shanks?
According to my bit book, a snaffle is any bit that works by direct pressure, whereas a curb is a bit that works by leverage. So your kimberwicke, like my mod. port Monte Foreman pelham, works by direct pressure and is thus a snaffle bit. I use my MF bit on Santana on the snaffle setting, not the curb setting, so it works by direct pressure. The MF bit I use was also recommended to me by Lee Z. Great article Judy! Good ol' Mark--just one more thing I like about the guy. Robyn S
