content: This bit is fairly well made and reasonably finished for an inexpensive item. I would have rated it 4 or 5 stars as a good combination of low cost and reasonably quality except that it arrived marked "Made in China." Nobody who cares for animals needs to be reminded that "made in China" means disaster-in-the-making. No agency checks or regulates the advertised metal content of horse bits. The Chinese record of substituting adulterated materials is too egregious to be overlooked. I bought 3 of these for clients who will have to wait a little longer for bits made in the UK, the US, or the continental EU where there is (usually) some assurance that the metal content on the label is the metal content in the bit. The folks who sold me the bits are not to blame -- I should have asked. These bits will be mounted on my "reminder wall" -- not the place with the ribbons and trophies, but the one that records the "I should have done better" events.