This is a pic of a team I shoe. They always go for an annual Christmas tree cutting trip. They are Frederiksborg, a Danish breed. [ATTACH]
I had a customer tell me once she had another farrier stop in and tell her he knew what she was paying for trimming and would do it for a cheaper...
Yes, I got some horses who go completely crazy if I try to hotset, I'll heat to shape the shoes because why try to pound that iron cold?
Yes Ray, pads, packing, special shoes, i.e. bar, heartbar and such, but not to hot shoe, that's just part of a normal job.
I take no extra money for hotshoeing, that's just part of a proper job.
With this one not a real burn, just touching and getting a light mark on the hoof. He is very straight in the fronts, I'd call it clubbed a bit,...
And what ya going to do when you get to a horse and don't have what is required? I was finishing up a set of lateral support hinds one day when...
Just how long do you think it takes to knock out a pair of punched shoes?
LF, medial. When I began to trim hoof, I had blood coming from just inside the bar. Looking at the first pic, you will see a thin red line just...
No Smitty I don't. Didn't think of taking a pic until after I was finished.
Had a little extra tine today, so Peppy got some hand made fronts. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Here now the ground is soft and muddy. It allows the toe to stay higher putting more stress on the tendons and relaxing the SL. As I stated...
This is a shoe I made for a LH on a Danish Warmblood with a suspensory ligament problem on Thursday. It is the second one I've made. When I started...
I know there's nothing like measuring the real thing, but it helped me and that's the point.
Only if you made Sergeants Major!
It just takes lots of practice. One way I did some practice is take different sized keg shoes, use them as a hoof, measure up and make a shoe to...
This is what I had made into a stamp, my Sergeants Major rank. Not too many American, retired SGM in Denmark who are farriers. [ATTACH] It is...
Will do Chris. Planning on firing up the forge again today. John got his hands on some really good coal!
I had a dream last night I did a couple horses. Then I woke up and found myself in Portugal on VACATION!!
I'd like to report this pony is doing well. The hoof wall has since grown down. I do have a heatbar shoe on and feel it will stay for some time as...
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