Taking ponies apart makes me nervous, but I have an unbelievably skudgy Argentina pony that needed some intervention.  Among other problems, the tail ring is very rusty and is a solid metal collar instead of the crimped metal band I'm used to seeing in US ponies so I can't just unwrap it.  How do you remove it?  Metal snips or something?  I'm painfully tool-ignorant but this pony needs help.

Thanks!

Awwww!  What a great find!    I had her as a child--she was my only Pony Friend.    Congratulations, eagle eyes!