Re: RC: shank length - how to measure?

[Jasmine Cave <toppere@siu.edu>]

Usually the shank is measured from the mouthpiece down. The tom thumb/short
shank pelham has shanks this length as do "c" curbs.
jasmine
At 07:33 AM 6/7/99 -0700, guest@endurance.net wrote:
>Sharon Settles settl002@mc.duke.edu
>Hi:
>With all the good discussion going on about bits, I have one question.
>Where do you measure the shank length from?  The distance from where the
headstall/bridle
>attaches to where the reins attach OR the distance from where the bit sits
in the mouth
>to where the reins attach?  In the Jeffers catalog it makes a distinction
>between the shank and cheek.  Yet in other catalogs, they only give
>the shank length (do they mean cheek length?).  It is recommended that I
use a 3-5 inch shanked 
>curb on my mare, but when I look in the catalogs it seems that 6 inch
>shank lengths are the most popular in all the different styles. When the
catalogs
>report shank length do they really mean cheek length and not the
>distance from the mouthpiece to where the reins attach (which is
>what I consider the shank length)?  I know this sounds confusing because
>I am confused.  Please help.
>
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