Born a lefty the teachers made me use my right.cut the nerves in my right had to retrain my left .blew out my left sholder had to go back to my right became more or less ambidexteris got kicked in the head and had to retrain them bolth the world is defenetly geared for righties but i think it makes leftys more dextaries lerning to cope at a young age
how can you shoe with no nerves in your right hand side , you need to " feel " with both sides to be able to do the job properly
Just going from my own experience. Was pretty easy to mirror a right handed guy. I guess being a lefty growing up in a right handed world, maybe is a different spin on life.
I like that word "properly". It's like porn, and balance. Nobody can explain it, but everybody knows it when they see it. Regards
in no particular order Monty removing shoe , you cannot use a hammer unless you can "feel " how it working , it is an extension of you arm , you cannot control your clench cutter being held in the other hand without being able to feel what it is doing , using a knife , one hand is controlling it , you need to feel how it easing wall or sole at the same time your other hand is feeling the sole etc , you need the feel of both hands to operate your cutters , a rasp needs two ahands to use it , both ends ie left and right have to work in unison and you " feel" the balance of pressure , the list is infinite , but to operate properly you need sensitive touch in both left and right
I dought we could all agree on what proper is but I would say your wrong. Repairs were done in 87 and i have regained part of it but i cant say it has hindered me any
my favorite right hand left hand story comes from a friend who flew all over to shoe horses. He got to where he knew that he could use a show Farrier's rig to shoe a horse then fly home. Well he went to a big show to do one and found a convenient place to shoe was where the British National Team was set up for a contest that was at the show too. He spoke to the team captain as was graciously welcomed to use their tools to shoe the horse, as they were taking a break. He noticed that they all sat around with what he perceived as a"Let's see what this Yank can do" attitude. When he was done he went and thanked the Captain who asked "Are you right handed or left handed?" My friend said he was right handed. The other fellow then asked "Then why did you shoe that horse left handed?" My buddy said "Just to f*** with you guys!"
It was amazing the difference between my old light aluminum stand that bounced and my new heavy steel stand that stays put and hits solid. The first shoe I shaped I had to re shape a couple time before I got use to the shoe actually moving when I hit it.
Know of a guy that had a bad wing from birth. Had to adapt to overcome his disability. Was a decent shoer from what I heard. Didn't know him personally or go over his work so I can't comment more. As for feel, I don't know to many farriers w/ a delicate touch. Between heat/burns, callouses and carpal tunnel most farriers couldn't feel a wart on their wives ass let alone the hair on their own. Chuckle, chuckle. If you don't laugh you'll fart and we'll all smell it. As for left(near)/right(off), hammer, hoof knife, fork and pencil I use left handed. Most everything else goes in the off hand. Quite a bit works in both, but scissors have to be on the off side. Mostly cuz school fu#ked me up w/ those damned safety scissors they made us use. Seems one should at least be able to shank a few people before it goes on your permanent record.
so you are telling me you cannot feel the nail you are driving in through the hammer , you cannot feel steel moving when forging etc , etc ? I have never understood how a farrier can shoe whilst wearing gloves , I tried and could not feel a thing
Getting a feel for nailing is important imo. to be in tune with the horse your working on Feel/touch plays a big role imo
Who needs gloves! (Is someone cooking pork :? ) Chris sadly they have not come far enough with nerosurgery to corect my problems ,but good news little buddy they have come a long way with plastic surgery, diets and rogain
I wear gloves that give me the dexterity of a brain surgeon! I can pick up a nail off the ground. What more do i need?
