We have our fair share of people who dont shoe properly. Market forces seem to keep them from being to busy but it never seems to eliminate them. You find they spend there life blaming the environment the breading the management, anything but there skill fade. The colleges have focused on getting the apprentices to the end and pass, they have tightend up now and if the apprentice isnt up to standard he is off the course. Then some of the training farriers are using apprentices as cheap labour so they dont get trained properly. Once qualified there is very little control over quality of work.
ONE FROM TODAY APPRENTICES DONE IT BETWEEN THEM 13 1/4" of 1x 3/8 marked 1/8off centre and 1/2" in the toe
You should come visit me out here John and see the feet we don't know the meaning of hard dry feet in Ireland! Thankfully! trimming out retained sole on one foot can take as long as dressing three feet at home. Lovely job!
Yeah they look harder than what I'd expect you'd get You're out on sand country correct? One of the few areas where you can get feet than here in Texas. Half rounds work great on those. Propane torch works great too, just make sure you knife it right after you burn it, otherwise it gets really hard. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
John, How long have those boys been with you and did they come to you completely green? Very nice work.... It's a great thing you do, giving so much back to the trade..... Dave
both came totally green,the youngest lad is about 4 months working he broke his hand and was out for awhile. the other lad is a 3rd year the young lad pulled ,dressed the foot and clenched the other lad done the rest i was drinking tea
Smitty I think you are the smartest man I know. You got paid for a very nice shoeing job, all while drinking tea.
View attachment 3148 New horse from today App made 13 3/4" of 1x 3/8 3/4 fullered horse was very nervous 2nd time to be shod same combination as yesterday the young lad went heavy on the finishing as a result clenches were weak other app couldhave nailed him up better, but the horse wasent easy
Sometimes just getting shoes on some is quite the accomplishment. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
John, I hope you made those men whom you ve been teaching a cup of tea, if they worked on that one in that condition! Regards Ray
