In my corner if the sandpile, just about every jumping or dressage horse I see is shod with side clips on the fronts. I gather its not peculiar to my...
I found a piece of copper rod about 20mm diameter... Having heard that pit ponies were shod in copper years ago, I thought I'd have a crack at making...
I had an interesting day today.... got called out to a remedial job, I'm doing 4 vet referrals in in a 25 horse yard. But today the regular farrier...
I'm up for a new forge. Can I gather the forumite's experiences on these two forges.... which would you buy? Furthermore, with the Whisper Momma,...
Tom brought up some ethical considerations in the Keratoma Recovery thread, the gist of which is the farriers liability if work is done against his...
Our favourite numpty actually brought up a good topic over at the other place, that is the use (or overuse) of bar shoes. So Et Al, when do you...
How many resets do you guys get (on average) from a set of keg shoes? I think quite possibly, the record for the number of resets must surely...
A 1 1/4" spade bit attached to a hammer drill? An 8" angle grinder? Chainsaw? Machete? Jackhammer? C4? Just wondering what they use to make the...
Heard about a guy today, he had to retire from farriery on doctors advice because of carpal tunnel syndrome. He is 22. That's T W E N T Y T W...
Down here in NZ, we don't have much selection... particularly anvils. I have an NC Short Sugar, which was about all I could get at the time, in the...
Firstly, I don't want to criticize the role of apprenticeships in farriery. One only need to see the awesome work of Smitty's Apps that he posts here...
In my 20 odd years as a farrier I've never done trotter/pacers never chased that business and never saw myself ever doing any. But as mentioned I've...
Guys, a couple of @why doe we do that@ questions 1/ I was taught to run the fuller all the way round on the fronts, but to bump the toe and 3/4...
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