Articles Tagged with ''Travis Koons''

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Straight-Up Advice For Fullering

Lesson from Wisconsin farrier Roy Bloom will benefit farriers in improving efficiency when making a fullered shoe
One year, I was at a World Championship Blacksmith contest and the match play semifinalists had to make a 3/8-inch by 3/4-inch, fullered, toe-clipped shoe. The four competitors had 8 minutes to build it. About 4 minutes into this, the generator stopped, so the decision was made to start over.
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Breaking in Keg Shoes

Breaking in Keg Shoes

California farrier says making a few minor adjustments improves the fit.

When you buy a new pair of boots, they may need a little “breaking in” before they’ll fit comfortably.


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Forge Ahead With New Skills!

Take part in this highly educational worldwide forging exercise without ever leaving home
Based on recent telephone calls, a number of American Farriers Journal readers have already been hard at work trying to forge the Scottish hind preventer shoe for next summer’s mail-in forging exercise.
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More Money & More Participants Highlight Calgary Mail-In Exercise

Splitting $44,272.24 worth of valuable shoeing products, 124 participants competed in this year’s event
Now in its third year, the mail-in forging exercise, co-sponsored by the World Championship Blacksmiths’ Competition and American Farriers Journal, once again dramatically increased its number of participants and the overall value of products those competitors received.
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