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Shoeing for a Living

Teamwork Rules the Day

Veteran Las Vegas farrier combines teamwork, continuing education, helping others and quality shoeing work to run a successful shoeing business
By Mike Podoll posted on September 1, 2005 | Posted in Education, Forging
Several common themes become crystal clear when you spend some time with Mike Dawson.
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Calgary Mail In

World-Wide Forging Masterpieces

Shoers from 11 countries honed their forging skills in this year’s mail-in forging exercise
By Frank Lessiter posted on September 1, 2005 | Posted in Forging

For the first time in the 6-year history of the mail-in forging exercise, the top shoe was forged by an overseas farrier. This lateral bar shoe with a masselotte clip was forged by Lars Andersen of Herning, Denmark.


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Kyle Ballard

Using the Fishtail Shoe

Nebraska farrier finds it a good alternative for treating a lacerated tendon
By Kyle Ballard posted on July 1, 2005 | Posted in Clients, Forging

The longer I shoe, the more value I place on the establishment of professional working relationships with veterinarians.


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Borium or Drill Tech?

By Ron Perszewski posted on April 1, 2005 | Posted in Forging
Like Kleenex for facial tissues or Band-Aids for adhesive bandages, Borium and Drill Tech are brand names so widely recognized that they have become generic terms for the hardfacing products used by farriers. That could confuse any discussion of hardfacing products and their application.
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Anything Goes In Mail-In Forging Exercise

Be part of one of the world’s greatest forging competitions — from the comfort of home
By Frank Lessiter posted on March 1, 2005 | Posted in Forging
Over the past 5 years, 365 farriers and blacksmiths from around the world have expanded their forging skills by participating in the mail-in exercise that's co-sponsored by the World Championship Blacksmiths' Competition and American Farriers Journal.
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Understand Metallurgy, Improve Your Forging Skills

Dennis Manning demonstrates benefits of knowing how your stock works
By Pat Tearney posted on January 1, 2005 | Posted in Education, Forging
Dennis Manning of Roosevelt, Utah, has a well-earned reputation as a horseshoer, blacksmith and toolmaker. One of the reasons for that reputation is his understanding of the science behind those crafts, as he demonstrated during a clinic at Dave Ferguson’s Mint Vale Forge in Cambridge, Md., late last year.
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Ways of Welding

Choosing A Welding Helmet

Sparks, flying spatter and damaging rays could all ruin your day if youʼre not wearing adequate protection.
By Ron Perszewski posted on September 1, 2004 | Posted in Equipment, Forging
Welding helmets have come a long way in recent years. For one thing, they can now be a fashion item, with many suitable for Halloween. Among the options are helmets that will make you look like a robot, a bulldog or a gorilla.
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British Farrier Strikes Gold

This summer’s World Championship Blacksmiths’ Competition featured the fiercest competition in the 25-year history of this Calgary Stampede event
By Frank Lessiter posted on September 1, 2004 | Posted in Business Practices, Forging
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the World Cham­pionship Blacksmiths’ Competition drew its highest ever number of contestants from a record number of countries and offered an extraordinary hand-crafted, 14 karat solid gold horseshoe valued at more than $18,000 to the overall winner.
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Farrier Education: Heartland Horseshoeing School

Farrier Education: Heartland Horseshoeing School

Farriery requires knowledge and skills to provide proper equine hoof care. In this series, sponsored by VICTORY, American Farriers Journal visits Heartland Horseshoeing School in Lamar, Mo. In this edition, Chris Gregory discussed his journey to becoming an educator, his focus in teaching farrier students and the state of farrier education.

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