S C horse bit is C W help

[cwlead]

i didn't find this myself i saw it, had to have it and traded for it. this is my first photo post and I'm struggling bare with me please.
have been reading about every one's wonderful finds got a new camera and decided to show some of my finds. does anyone know if this is civil war or as i suspect earlier? all help would be wonderful. thank you for all your help, its been a blessing to have found this sight, spent meany hours here reading about my favorite hobby thanks everyone cwlead

 

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[Montana Jim]

Welcome to TreasureNet!

I love the bit, and those "SC" conchos are awesome! I think they might be one-of-a-kind conchos? Do you live in South Carolina?

I would bet it's an 1800's era bit but what makes you think it's Civil War related?

I'd like to know if those conchos are from a certain military unit or just some dude's initials or something...

 

[cwlead]

the only reason i thought that it was civil war as it is similar to union C W horse bits with the U S on the sides. don't know for sure, reason for posting. cwlead

 

[Montana Jim]

the only reason i thought that it was civil war as it is similar to union C W horse bits with the U S on the sides. don't know for sure, reason for posting. cwlead

Yes, makes sense, I wonder if they are carved from US conchos? I'll look at that too....

 

[duggap]

I looked in Topper's book titled Civil War Relics form South Carolina. but he doesn't show any horse equipment in the book. I agree the SC looks very unusual.

 

[Monty]

SC maybe for South Carolina? Monty

 

[cwlead]

thanks dug gap for looking this up for me. too bad you didn,t find it .if someone can tell me where would be a good place to look on the internet please let me know thanks everyone

 

[Hutch911]

The book by Howard R. Crouch Horse Equipment of the Civil war Era. has allot of good stuff the Confederates used allot of civilian equipment as far as horse stuff the book is a good investment helped me identify some stuff I will look at it tonight and see if I can match it to anything.

Hutch

 

[stefen]

It actually looks like GC and not SC...there's a distictive bend in the middle whereas an 'S' would be smooth...

This style of bit is still available today, so if one is found on a store wall rack, could I claim it was civil war era? Doubtful.

Sometimes this is called a sweet bit (or sweetwater bit) and variations have a cricket (copper or brass roller) that a nervious horse will roll with its tongue.