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VINTAGE/ANTIQUE
FELIX GUITRON
NOT MARKED
RARE
UNIQUE DESIGN
\"QUESTION MARK\"SHAPED SILVER ENGRAVED SPANISH STYLE HORSE BIT
VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH OXIDATION
RUSTY CHAINS
COPPER INLAYED MOUTH PIECE
2 COPPER RINGS FOR ROLLER
8 1/2 IN LONG FROM TOP OF RINGS TO CENTER OF SLOBBER BAR
5 IN WIDE
DISPLAY
OR
FOR THE COLLECTOR
THISWAS ACQUIRED IN1961 ANDAT THAT TIME WAS TOLD IT WAS AFELIX BIT. I WAS ABLE TO CONTACT FELIX\'S SON BENNY AND HE VERIFIED THAT THIS BIT WAS ONE OF HIS DAD\'S DESIGNS. HE SAID HIS DAD DESIGNED THE BIT AND THE BLACKSMITH ON HIS DAD\'SRANCH IN MEXICOMADE IT. HE ALSO SAID THAT HIS DAD NEVER SIGNED HIS BITS. HE ALSODIDN\'T MAKE MANY OF ONE DESIGN AND THIS IS A UNIQUE DESIGN OF A \"QUESTION MARK NOT AN \"S\" SHAPE STYLE. THERE MAYBE 2 OR 3 MORE BITS AT THE MOSTLIKE THIS THAT HIS DAD HAD MADE BY HIS BLACK SMITH.
IT\'SA BEAUTIFULLY SILVER ENGRAVEDOLDER BIT WITH OXIDATIONWITH MOST OF THE SILVER ENGRAVING STILL ON IT.THE RIVITS THAT SECURE THE MOUTH PIECE AND THE SLOBBER BARAPPEAR TO BE HOT FORMED AND THERE ARE POUNDING MARKS FROM A HAMMERWHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE HAND FORGED.
FELIX GUITRON PASSED AWAY IN 1968 SO THIS BIT IS EARLY 1960\'S