My first 3/4 fullered

Thanks! Ya never know when knowing more than one way to do things will come in handy.

i have said it before its amazing how many people strugle with clips
even top competitors.

why would you think this is?

lack of practice and forging skills ,a lot of modern readymades are of such a consistant standard that the majority of folk shoeing do not make shoes , all they need to do is fit and grind

Chris do you pull various clips in the course of a working week
say bob,ball,cross .

i would use these 3 most every week and useing a wide range of section

bob punch most concave , occasionly use my turning hammer , flat shoes usually ball pein , keep trying ( 20 yrs +) with a cross pein cannot get the hang of it at all , was taught with a sidepein catshead but it went walkabouts at some comp in the 90s . clipping shoes of some breed every day

i never liked the look of the cats head

standard issue when i first started (RAVC) then scrounged one of Tom Allison , he had the faces machined off to make it lighter , fantastic balance and every thing just seemed easy , it went walkabouts in the early 90s at some comp , replaced it with an original Bruce , love it

i have 2 cats head hammers
an old farrier left all his tools to me

I will have a look around the forge and take a pic

These are a coupla Frank Turley's cat's head hammers. IDK why anyone would call those others a cathead. These are actually shaped like a cat:s head.

Yes

I'd really like to have a couple that ain't worn out; I saw one on e-bay a while back, but it's edges were gone. Really looks interesting.

Tried using a small ball pein as a struck tool to get my bubble. Easy as pie! They'd look a little better if I'd have had more light to see to straighten them up.

Handmades are coming along a little better. Think I'm gonna just buy a damn fuller and forepunch since my homemade ones ain't too pretty. How many times do you folks generally have to go around with the fuller when using a gas forge?

It takes me four or five runs now to get it right, Travis, 3 heats to get just the fullering in both branches finished if the anvil is warm. But I'm not interested in speed right now.