First hand drawn clips on a horse.

show us your 2 clipping hammers cross pein and ball pein

Guess the cross pein is a little wide.



Ball pein

Kim its all down to how much you do
if you dont pull clips it wont happen for ya

the hammers dont look to bad
you just need to pull lots of clips
and try to master them all
then you have to master fitting them

Agreed John. The hammers are a bit Rusty for someone practicing clips...... Years ago w/ the "Old Man" i would arrive in Bridgewater , New Jersey on a Saturday after a 14 hour drive from Atlanta. We would go to dinner and he let me sleep a few hours. Sunday, we would be in the shop making shoes up for the coming week.

On a typical week at that time we would do 9-10 a day. BTW, he was in his 60's. HE WOULD SHAPE and I would have to "pull the clips" for the week. So, that is one reason I buy pre-clipped shoes today..........................FK, He and Palmar Wilson, those basturds!


All Qrt Clipped....

lol, Jaye.......................... yes I do not practice as often as I should.

Everything in the truck has rust on it right now. Been raining for over three weeks every afternoon and that camper shell leaks. I can't keep the rust away. Even the hoof knives rust every day.

Smitty's got it right!!! I hated pulling clips becuase I was crappy at it. So after a few hundred drawn, I can now make a halfway good looking clip. Those old shoes you pull off - save'em and pull clips on'em. Do this everyday. For me it took a long time, but take the time to find out what your doing right or wrong and it will come.

Xray of the hoof with wedge on.

Most of the horses i wedge for what ever reason
i make them or the App makes them
my clients hate those plastic things

An open question for all.....

Why would you use a plastic wedge pad instead of a graduated steel shoe?

What steel shoes with a graduated heel are available? I use plastic wedges cause of the time and effort in making a pair, also weight on tb's

David there are alot of wedge alum shoes available, or at least in most of the world..

Ability to apply frog support of your choosing.

Plastic bar wedge has more surface area for support and in which to hold the putty in.

Will be shoeing one under the Vet's supervision Monday that he wants in a 3 degree aluminum wedge open heeled, no supplemental support. Navicular disease, syndrome...... osteitis of the navicular, calcifications, authoritic changes, etc. Haven't seen the xrays yet, just a phone consultation explaining what he wanted and that he wanted to be there to check the angles after application.

I made a pair the other day only added 5 mins to making a standard pair otherwise there are:
ackermans
GE ali graduated bar shoes
JB graduated bar shoes
Wedged performance leverege reduction shoes
kerkhaert graduated ali open heel shoes

Could that still not be achieved with a graduated steel shoe and modern materials?

What you put in to each heel Marc?

I made a pair of graduated fronts from 3/4 x 1/2 concave the other day I put a bump on each heel and drew down the toe in the straight before turning the shoe as a standard procedure with side clips. The feet measured 5 1/4 x 5 1/2 I cut 12 1/4" and was right for size. The shoes went on nicely.

i made a pair the other day and went the other route
put 2" in each heel

ah fair play, what section did you use? i bet it came out good

It came out sweet for a change 7/8 x 3/8 concave i like the with aswell