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where is he losing any bearing surface ? if he is fitting hunter style there is no loss on the bearing surface

He would no t be shoeong hunter style with those heels

If I thought I was loosing enough bearing surface to make a difference, then I'd make a wider heal. But as is, I don't feel I am loosing that much.

John the bearing surface would be hunter fit , the ground surface not

Like the heels Mikel. Fit properly there less likely to retain rocks and debres

Thanks, I kind of like them as well.

Mikel , I think they look bloody awful LOL

A bit of practice you will get there, but you got to know why your making a particular type of heel for what the horse is doing.
then give him the intended heel fit

Mikel here is the type of heel we go with just an example

What proves one kind of heel check is better than another? For all we know wider heel checks could contribute to global w . . . , er, um climate change.

Think its mostly a preferince thing .unless there knife edge thin or have fixtures i would think any lode bearing differences would be minute.

Make two or three hundred sets and fitt them
you might get a better picture

If im getting under your skin Smitty i appoligise I mean no disrespect . While i may not agree with you on everything ,i do apprishieate your expieriance and concider your work to be true art. That said while i probobly havent made a hundred sets in the last fifteen years i have changed a couple tons of heels because in my world to mutch iron hanging out and over aint worth the problems it can cause. In our loose soil the shoe sinks and frog and sole catch the load and on hard ground the heels are still catching the same load IMO.no matter how much iron you hang under them. ??

Not at all monty,

Just to keep the thread going

Is it alum? hard to tell on my computer. Are they nails you've set in for wear?

Yes mikel aluminium and nails

I haven't made many shoes at all, but I made a pair a couple months ago. I purchased a horse with some deformed feet this weekend and they went right on.

Looks better than some of the shoes I make now, and I make shoes at the horse all the time. LOL