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Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by chris bunting, Mar 3, 2013.

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    david a hall Moderator

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    I prefer dealing with Karen!!!!
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    chris bunting Well-Known Member

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    id love to have dealings with her LOL , first met in june 85 , thats why i keep calling in when passing
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    smitty88 Well-Known Member

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    Ok just got in chris.
    Dave gully said to me one day if an app in his 1st year cant make 36 pairs of shoes a day
    he is no good to me.
    that man i believe has trained 46 app
    some of the very best
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    chris bunting Well-Known Member

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    thats how it was back then John , they are spoilt today , one thing ive noticed that they men who still make shoes on a daily basis are the ones trained by people like David
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    smitty88 Well-Known Member

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    real farriers Chris
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    chris bunting Well-Known Member

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    we interviewed a newly qualified lad a while back who struggled to make a set of concave
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    smitty88 Well-Known Member

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    i can imagine
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    chris bunting Well-Known Member

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    if you cannot make shoes properly IMO you cannot shoe horses properly , now listen to the wingers replies lol
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    david kelly Dave Kelly

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    I made all my shoes for a short while when I came back from Oz and wasn't busy but found with the cost of gas and concave stock it was costing me more and at the time I was skint so went with the cheapest import pieces of crap I could find.
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    smitty88 Well-Known Member

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    well you can pay 11 euros a set and more for bigger shoes
    its to dear for what your getting
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    david kelly Dave Kelly

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    Very dear but at 85 euro a drum of gas making 3/4 fullerd's, for me anyway, wouldn't be worth while. I would usually get 2 re-sets form 3/4 fullered machiner's where I wouldn't with handmade concave, and the stud holes seem to last better and be easier to fit for people on the flat section, so I prefer to use 3/4 fullered. If I was working with someone or had an apprentice as you and Chris do I could see it being worthwhile though.
    Having said that there is not the same job satisfaction using machiner's

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