✅ SOLVED Is This A Rein Guide?

[flinthunter]

Found this field hunting. I'm not sure but guessing its a rein guide. Its brass and 3 1/4 inches long by 1 inch at its widest. The teardrop shaped hole is at a 90 degree angle to the round hole. What are your ideas?

 

[kuger]

YEP

 

[flinthunter]

Thank you.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

A rein-guide is mounted on a draw-horse's main harness, so rein-guides always have a stud-shaped projection. Therefore, your find is not a rein guide. It is one of several varieties of gag swivel from a horse's bridle-&-bit harness. See the scan (below) of a page from the 1909 Pittsburg Harness Supply catalog, which shows a slightly different variety of gag swivel. (That scan was originall posted here at T-Net by BigCypressHunter.)

The other photos show a rein-guide, and how it is mounted on a draw-horse's main harness.

 

[kuger]

...........I always thought they were Gag Loops as well,and still do,but recently was shown a diagram of them being used on harness as rein guides...I cant find the image...of course,so I will just go back to them being gag loops
http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/205786-civil-war-site-brass-what.html

 

[flinthunter]

At least we can agree that its horse related so I am still saying solved. Thanks.