Everyday Shoeing

Rarly justen . Do you see a lot of this ?evan then i woud think the nail woud have to bend befor the shoe would shift in witch case i cant see how a clinch woud help .

13 15/16 " hammer finished

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Not these days, but I shod in the Middle East for ten years, so I have done my share.
Never had it happen there either.

pony with a spavin

do you not set the heels John ?

no Chris not this time, new pony
bought the other day
we arrived to do one and got this one extra

Cris here is a side shot before i put the rolled toe on

Beautiful work, as always, Smitty.
The medial heel on the roadster shoe seems short by your standards, is that the normal length for a roadster?
I have never done one, so I ask out of interest, not criticism.

do you mean the hunter job
or the raised heel rolled toe job?

little confused here John , i cannot see the rolled toe as i know one and i thought a spavin shoe had a set toe , but i am on the beer

hunter

I role it on the horn of the anvil
but as i said inthe last pic this was before i rolled the toe

yes when shoeing with C/W this is the lenth of the inside and outside

sorry my fault for not paying proper attention

here is another example Gary me thinks this is Steven Beane job

John do you not find the heels get destroyed from the extra pressure of the caulk and wedge? I have never used them on hunters but when I worked with Sam we used put them on most flapping ponies and since then race horses and they destroyed the heels of those tb's.