A Fixed Cheek Pelham by Hawkins - Bit959 bit It has its original leather

It has its original leather open keeper or loop at its end

5cm)Weight 157g (5½ oz)

Their necks have the characteristic tulip shape of Peruvian spursThey have steel fourteen pointed rowelsThe rowels turn freely

Ball diameter 1½" (3

Weight 495g ( 1lb 1&frac12

A Fixed Cheek Pelham by Hawkins - Bit959 bit It has its original leatherThis pelham is made a nickel alloyThe mouthpiece is straight. It is stamped "Hawkins" and "Never Rust". The long cheeks are in a fixed position, each ends in a curb rein ring one of these rings is split. The bit still has its original curb hooks. According to the Saddlery & Harness Journal, John Hawkins was apprenticed to the bit making trade aged nine and set up his own company in 1840, he died in 1891, leaving the company in the hands of his sons