BIT

Description: .1- 31.9 CM (L) X 7.9 CM (DIAMETER OF BIT RINGS). BAR BIT WRAPPED WITH WIRE. EACH END OF THE BIT CONTAINS A STEEL RING. ONE RING IS SLIGHTLY BENT OUT OF SHAPE AND THE METAL APPEARS WEAKENED OR WORN IN TWO PLACES. STEEL WITH IRON WIRE. BIT IS SLIGHTLY BOWED AND IS WRAPPED AROUND THE RINGS. SURFACE CORRODED. .3- HEAVY BAR BIT. 31.4 CM (L) X 8.7 CM (DIAMETER OF BIT RINGS). RINGS ARE WELDED ON THE BIT. BIT IS VERY THICK AND STRAIGHT. BAR BIT APPEARS TO HAVE A WORN CHROME SURFACE OR FINISH. SURFACE CORRODED. STEEL. .4- HALF-CHEEK SNAFFLE BIT (JOINTED). 23.5 CM (L) X 5.5 CM (DIAMETER OF BIT RINGS), RINGS HAVE A FLAT METAL BAR? PROTRUDING FROM THEM. BIT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CHROME-PLATED OR FINISHED, NOW WORN. RINGS ARE WELDED INTO BITS. SINGLE JOINT AT CENTER OF BIT. SURFACE CORRODED. STEEL. .5- BAR BIT. 27.7 CM (L) X 6.4 CM (DIAMETER OF BIT RINGS). BIT IS LONG AND SLIGHTLY BOWED. BIT RINGS ARE WRAPPED ONTO THE BIT. SLIGHT SURFACE CORROSION. STEEL. .6- J.I.C. BIT. 23 CM (L) X 3.9 CM (DIAMETER OF END RINGS). BIT IS COMPOSED OF TWO THIN BARS. BIT IS ELABORATELY DESIGNED, WITH RATHER COMPLEX CHECK RINGS, SHAPED LIKE "6"S. OUTER RINGS ARE WRAPPED ONTO THE BARS. SURFACE CORRODED. STEEL. .8- DOUBLE BAR CHEEK BIT. 26.4 CM (L) 5.8 (DIAMETER OF RINGS). BOTH BARS CONSIST OF WRAPPED WIRE, AND EACH BAR IS JOINTED AT OFFSET POSITIONS FROM THE CENTER OF THE BIT. RINGS HAVE LONG, FLAT, AND STRAIGHT BARS PROTRUDING FROM THEM. STEEL.

History: REF: MONTGOMERY WARD CATALOG 1894. WESTERN HORSEMAN. ***NOTE: ARTIFACTS .2 AND .7 WERE MISSING IN 1995 INVENTORY; AS OF JANUARY 2003 THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN STATUS.