My wife got this one a few months ago. 11 year old QH gelding. Checked him out the day she bought him and have trimmed him once since then. Never been shod that we know of. I am quite certain that he had never been hot fit. Took him about 10 minutes to realize that the smoke wasn't going to kill him, then he stood like a statue....so I guess that means she can keep him. She is going on a trail ride with some of her friends at the horse park today so I put his first set on. Right side first...
John, John, are you trying to get banned? we need rules about publishing work done for the wife, farriery or otherwise, your gonna get some of us into trouble, I can hear it now ,"well that John Scruggs did that for his wife,why..... . your last warning..... by the way nice work... did you get paid? Regards Ray Steele
Been putting it off for a while. Finally, she asked me who I would recommend to come out and take care of their feet...I figured it was time then. But to answer the question, yes, I was compensated for my services. She made my favorite homemade chocolate pie last night and bought me a whole case of pints of my favorite beer from our local brewery...that's a fair enough deal in my book!
Looking good Scruggs. Got a bit of limey on the fullering. One thing I've noticed making shoes for feet is that it is really easy to punch heel nails too far back. I've been having to work on not splitting the difference between the toe nail and heel. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
I try to have my heel nails at the widest part/fold of the foot, which generally corresponds to the bridge of the foot and where the bars terminate into the sole. Some feet are tough because that's either really far back or forward. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
That's not to say that I've never intentionally nailed in the back half of the foot if that's the only place i can securely get a nail. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
