Featured in this lot is this McChesney brass studded bridle and curb bit circa 1930's. The bridle shows a wonderfully and professionally crafted leather construction that is crafted from heavy harness leather with graduating brass studded decoration adorning the cheek pieces and the brow band and supports a hand hammered stud decorated long shank curb bit and features a set of thick reins. McChesney is one of the most well know bit and spur makers ever to swing a hammer. McChesney was born in Plymouth, Indiana in 1868 and even attended Notre Dame for two years. McChesney’s family moved westward into Arkansas and then into Indian Territory in what is not Oklahoma. J.R. then opened a blacksmith shop. He stayed busy eventually got into making bits and spurs custom for local cowboys. It is said that McChesney was the first to make one-piece spurs from metal taken off farm equipment and axles. The condition of this bridle is good with a patina adorning the leather where the studs are implemented and heavy oxidation adorning the bit but otherwise is in good overall condition. The measurements of this bridle are 27" x 7 1/2" x 7 1/2".