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Recycled Shoes Given New Life

Tom Hill is a self-taught sculptor from the United Kingdom who has been working with recycled horseshoes to create life-size animal sculptures. The native of Herfordshire, England, utilizes a gas forge, anvil and hammer as well as various welding techniques to heat and shape thousands of used horseshoes to create his sculptures.
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Boy Becomes Youngest To Compete At Australian Contest

The sounds of hammers and rasps were loud and clear echoing from White Park recently with 3 full days of horse shoeing at the Professional Farriers Association NSW Branch State Title Farrier and Blacksmith Competition. The event saw one of the youngest competitors ever shine in the limelight when 8-year-old Campbell Hinze took to the stand in the novice division.
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Tom Willoughby
In The Shop

Vultures, Horseshoes and Everything In-Between

A visit to Indiana farrier Tom Willoughby’s shop gives insight to how practicing ornamental blacksmithing can translate to forging skills with horseshoes
More so than any predecessor, Facebook has connected people who have never met in person or likely ever will. One person who has thousands of friends, many of whom he has yet to shake hands with, is Crown Point, Ind., farrier Tom Willoughby.
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Shoeing For A Living

Finding Success In Simplicity

Organization, tough choices and hard work help Missouri farrier to excel
Keep it simple. It’s a popular adage, particularly among farriers. Ironically enough, keeping it simple isn’t really simple at all. Simplicity is the result of organization, tough choices and hard work. Yet, once it’s achieved, the rewards are plentiful.
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California Blacksmith Draws On His Farrier Experience

Tolley Marney works like an old-fashioned blacksmith. He heats found steel in a forge until it glows pale orange, then holds it with tongs against an anvil. He pounds precisely with a narrow hammer, shaping it steadily until it’s too cool to manipulate. For many years, he shaped horseshoes with these tools and traveled the Coachella Valley as a farrier. Now, he uses them to shape sculptures that captivate their viewers.
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