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Copper Mouth Improved Tom Thumb Bit
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<blockquote data-quote="hayray" data-source="post: 318554" data-attributes="member: 3046"><p>The Tom Thumb is hard to adjust correctly because it acts so contradictory to a true snaffle or a curb. At one position it is too high in the mouth for the curb effect and then too low for a snaffle, ends up with a lot of nut-crackering on the toungue and bars. I would get a snaffle or a curb and then adjust to the guidlines of how each should be adjusted. Snaffle sits high in the mouth at the corners of the cheek with one or two wrinkles but should not be high enough to touch any molars and not too low were it bumps the tusk. Proper width should sit in the mouth at about a 65 degree angle or larger with this adjustment. </p><p>The curb sits lower on the jaw between the molars and the tusk. If it is too low the horses toungue will play with the bit and this will be noticed by excessive salivating. After that have a vet check out for wolf teeth or sharp edges on the teeth, but for sure ditch the Tom Thumb, that is one of the most mis-understood bits there are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hayray, post: 318554, member: 3046"] The Tom Thumb is hard to adjust correctly because it acts so contradictory to a true snaffle or a curb. At one position it is too high in the mouth for the curb effect and then too low for a snaffle, ends up with a lot of nut-crackering on the toungue and bars. I would get a snaffle or a curb and then adjust to the guidlines of how each should be adjusted. Snaffle sits high in the mouth at the corners of the cheek with one or two wrinkles but should not be high enough to touch any molars and not too low were it bumps the tusk. Proper width should sit in the mouth at about a 65 degree angle or larger with this adjustment. The curb sits lower on the jaw between the molars and the tusk. If it is too low the horses toungue will play with the bit and this will be noticed by excessive salivating. After that have a vet check out for wolf teeth or sharp edges on the teeth, but for sure ditch the Tom Thumb, that is one of the most mis-understood bits there are. [/QUOTE]
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