Show us your handmades

Discussion in 'Horseshoeing Competitions and Handmade Horseshoes' started by david a hall, Oct 31, 2012.

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    chris bunting Well-Known Member

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    where is he losing any bearing surface ? if he is fitting hunter style there is no loss on the bearing surface
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    smitty88 Well-Known Member

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    He would no t be shoeong hunter style with those heels
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    Mikel Dawson Active Member

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    If I thought I was loosing enough bearing surface to make a difference, then I'd make a wider heal. But as is, I don't feel I am loosing that much.
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    chris bunting Well-Known Member

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    John the bearing surface would be hunter fit , the ground surface not
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    monty.styron Active Member

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    Like the heels Mikel. Fit properly there less likely to retain rocks and debres
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    Mikel Dawson Active Member

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    Thanks, I kind of like them as well.
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    chris bunting Well-Known Member

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    Mikel , I think they look bloody awful LOL
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    smitty88 Well-Known Member

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    A bit of practice you will get there, but you got to know why your making a particular type of heel for what the horse is doing.
    then give him the intended heel fit
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    smitty88 Well-Known Member

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    Mikel here is the type of heel we go with just an example
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    Tom Bloomer Well-Known Member

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    What proves one kind of heel check is better than another? For all we know wider heel checks could contribute to global w . . . , er, um climate change.
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    monty.styron Active Member

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    Think its mostly a preferince thing .unless there knife edge thin or have fixtures i would think any lode bearing differences would be minute.
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    smitty88 Well-Known Member

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    Make two or three hundred sets and fitt them
    you might get a better picture
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    monty.styron Active Member

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    If im getting under your skin Smitty i appoligise I mean no disrespect . While i may not agree with you on everything ,i do apprishieate your expieriance and concider your work to be true art. That said while i probobly havent made a hundred sets in the last fifteen years i have changed a couple tons of heels because in my world to mutch iron hanging out and over aint worth the problems it can cause. In our loose soil the shoe sinks and frog and sole catch the load and on hard ground the heels are still catching the same load IMO.no matter how much iron you hang under them. ??
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    smitty88 Well-Known Member

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    Not at all monty,
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    smitty88 Well-Known Member

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    Just to keep the thread going user476_pic4291_12803477051.jpg
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    Mikel Dawson Active Member

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    Is it alum? hard to tell on my computer. Are they nails you've set in for wear?
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    smitty88 Well-Known Member

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    Yes mikel aluminium and nails
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    Mike Lawrence Member

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    I haven't made many shoes at all, but I made a pair a couple months ago. I purchased a horse with some deformed feet this weekend and they went right on.

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    Joey Aczon Member

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    Looks better than some of the shoes I make now, and I make shoes at the horse all the time. LOL

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