Just a very normal day at work.. =)

Gro Hot fitting is only one ;little part of the job
you can do good work cold fitting. the two most important things you need to master
are foot prep and fitting
its nice to be able to cold/hot shoe well
you dont need to travel the world to learn how to hot fit

I have to learn hot fitting and makeing shoes to pass my exam.
Its the same exam as the apprentices takes when they are done with their 2 year apprenticeship.
as a privat student I have 5 years of working before being allowed to take that exam.
And due to new rules that are comeing up very soon , perhaps already in the next 2 years.
I will not be allowed to work as a farrier without that exam.

But yes i see no problem in cold fitting shoes, getting the hang of that.
But when the shoes get size 5 and up, its a challenge to fit them properly. I am strong ,but even I have a limit
And I do want to be able to make the shoes that fits the need of the horse, and not always have to compromise with something kind of similar
because they dont have the size or type of shoe as a finished product.

Get your exams most important
there has to be someone near you that can do the hole deal well

get 2/3 days with he/she a week and you will be o n your way

nope not alot of people to help me there around here, thats the problem.
hot shoeing is not very common here at all.
The ones that do dosent want to teach it or dont have the time.
and the few that does, only teach classes of several people.
are waiting to get in on one of those classes, but they havent had any for the past 12 months and they also demand that
I take the basic course first for one year.( I have already taken this but with another school )
and they are expensive.
But we`ll see, just looking at options

true.

how much is the course?

same problems here; there is more hot shoeing here; but not used as often now---- than over in the UK and Europe in general; I think????? [that could be a ecomony saving technique for the shoers at this time]
schools here are very expensive here now; up to $12,000+ US dollars [euros $12K or $8,500 English pounds approx.] for a few months. you can get cheaper; and think the 1 year course is now $25,000 US dollars [euros-$20 English pounds approx} --but I might be wrong??
the ones that don't want to teach is -they have been burned in the past-wives won't allow it-or don't know how.

anita....aren't there any forges up there.....you can get soft coal and a coal pot to start with.

in Euro its ca 4300
US dollars ca 5700

with todays money

is that for a 2 year course?

The forge that use gas (not the type in your car but you know what i mean... the ones in a metall bottle to fuel the flame)
is not too expensive here so that will be a phurcase during this year... I buy alittle bit at the time of things I need

the euro dropped in price???

the less expensive here is $400 dollars with out the tax!

Yes
+ the tools you need
but the thing is that this "2 year School" is actually only 8 weeks over a 24 month period

you can't learn like that.....schooling needs to be consistent all at once to learn.
AFA has a program, get CF and then CJF and the WCF regonized it; you can shoe anywhere.

http://www.cliffcarroll.com/contents/en-us/d4.html

this one costs just over 1000 us dollars for meg

I know and thas why I dont want to spend all that money doing that for 2 years, I`d rather spend that money going to another country to learn=)

here's the $64,ooo question though [an American saying].

Will they ...Norway "accept" another country's education......because the UK will not; only the CJF from the AFA and it's only a test.

are the feet bigger in the Norway; what breeds; see I have a small one and mostly I work on TB's, arabs, QH, and lighter breeds where feet no more than size #2 shoe.

at the moment they dont care where you take your education, the only thing they demand is that you pass the written and the practical exam here, which i am able to do in 3 years from now. (cause i have to work the 5 years first)

the horses I shoe at the moment range from 4x0 till 5
we have a norwegian breed that are very common that i shoe alot of so size 2 till 4

Would a Kohlswa anvil be a better option for you