Stubben

About Stübben bits

Stübben (often written Stubben) is a German family company. Johannes Stübben founded it as a saddlery business in Krefeld in 1894, and it is now based in nearby Kempen. It is best known for saddles and bridles, and it makes a wide range of bits as well.

A good part of the Stübben range uses sweet copper, an alloy that is mostly copper, either for the whole mouthpiece or as a link or lozenge in a stainless steel bit. The rest is stainless steel or synthetic.

The Stübben ranges we stock most of:

• Golden Wings has patented side plates on a sliding ring. The plates protect the corners of the mouth from pinching and steady the bit, while the ring lets the mouthpiece return to neutral.
• Fine Line Flex has a flexible food-grade synthetic mouthpiece with a metal core that holds its shape, and a tongue relief. It comes on snaffle, baucher, Pelham, Kimblewick and Weymouth cheeks.
• Easy Control is a fixed double jointed stainless steel mouthpiece, meant to give more control with less pressure on the reins.
• The STEELtec Butterfly 2 in 1 is a two-sided bit, so you can change from a gentler to a stronger action by turning it over.

There are also anatomic and Soft-Roll snaffles on D-ring and loose ring cheeks, Weymouths and bradoons for the double bridle, Icelandic and driving bits, and Stübben’s Flower Ring hackamore in pony and horse sizes. Several discontinued sizes are in our clearance section at reduced prices.

Many of the metal Stübben bits can go on our 30 day Bit Bank trial, so you can try one on your own horse before you buy.