“And a good bit maker…is always stretching, trying new ideas, working with new designs…constantly changing and growing and so is the appearance of his work…but holding firm to certain fundamentals: the ratio, the balance, and the quality of workmanship.” --Dick Deller
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Spiller Cowhorse bit with slobber bar & cricket
2 1/2" copper hooded port with copper inlaid cricket. Slobber bar & inside shanks are gun-engraved in a pattern to match the sterling silver overlays on the outside shanks.
Spiller Long Cattleman bit made for Pat Chumley, Glen Rose TX
Detail of the concho and inlaid edges
Detailed gun engraving on the inside of the shanks.
Detail in the sterling silver on the outside of the shank.
Mouth-piece featuring a half-breed port with spoon, gun engraving on the spoon, copper inlaid geometric design on the bar and a copper-inlaid cricket.
Detail of the spoon on the mouthpiece
“Bits are accumulated, not collected…as the opportunity arises to meet the needs of each horse. Then one day, unbeknownst to anyone…the accumulation becomes a collection.”Dick Deller
Spiller Scroll Shank made for Bob Moorhouse upon his retirement from the Pitchfork Ranch, Guthrie TX.
Scroll Shank bit wth copper roller made for Justin Eakins, OK
Spiller Scroll Shank bit owned by Sonny Goode, Abilene TX
Spiller Scroll Shank bit, inside shank showing gun engraving in the steel
“Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.”James 3:3
Spiller Long Cattleman bit with a Mona Lisa mouth, owned by Dave & Sherri Wiley, Forestburg TX
Detail fo the concho & engraving in the sterling silver mountings
Spiller Long Cattleman with Mona Lisa mouth owned by Dave & Sherri Wiley, Forestburg TX
Close-up of the Mona Lisa mouth with gun-engraved copper hood with a cricket.
Spiller Long Cattleman bit made for 2009 Fort Worth Stock Ranch Rodeo Top Horse award.
Spiller Long Cattleman bit with copper-hooded, half-breed mouth-piece made for Top Horse FWSSR, won by Johnson Ranch, Amarillo TX
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Spiller Spurs & Bits, 2702 CR 209, Wingate TX 79566 Tel: 325.743.2461 Fax: 325.743.2464 e-mail Joe: joe@spillerspurs.com Vist the Spiller Ranch for information on Spiller Ranch horses or Baru's silverwork.
