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Forging Your Shoe Display

Taking the time to make shoes for your own display board is more than a step toward certification, it's a great learning experience
By Chris Gregory posted on July 1, 2001 | Posted in Shoeing
Here is a topic that can be very controversial. It seems that the rules on how shoe displays are supposed to look have either changed or have just begun to be enforced.
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Shoeing Hall Of Fame Finds A Home

The permanent home for the International Horseshoeing Hall Of Fame will be located in Louisville at the Kentucky Derby Museum
By Frank Lessiter posted on July 1, 2001 | Posted in Shoeing
When someone asks our staff about the International Horseshoeing Hall Of Fame, one of the most frequently asked questions is where is the home of this prestigious award for the farrier industry located.
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Fine-Tuning Keg Shoes

Manufactured horseshoes don't relieve farriers from the responsibility of making sure the shoe fits
By Pat Tearney posted on July 1, 2001 | Posted in Shoeing
Quality keg shoes can make a farrier’s life a lot easier. They’re well made, competitively priced and available in a broad range of sizes and shapes to fit the hooves of just about any horse. With a little help, of course.
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Briefings

May 1, 2001 | Posted in Shoeing
When a major manufacturer recently decided to stop selling acrylic materials to a number of hoof adhesive makers, rumors quickly spread among farriers that this might lead to total elimination of these hoof-care products.
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Online With the Farriers' Forum

A number of different questions were posed this past month regarding shoeing basics
March 1, 2001 | Posted in Shoeing
A number of different questions were posed this past month regarding shoeing basics
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Perfecting The Useful Art Of Hammer Clinching

There are still instances when using this technique works better than the best clinchers
By Chris Gregory posted on March 1, 2001 | Posted in Equipment, Shoeing
Hammer clinching is not as popular as using clinchers among modern farriers. One reason is that it can be a little difficult to learn. Another downside is that some horses do not stand as well for hammer clinching as they do when clinchers are used.
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Heart Bars Revisited

X-Rays Made Heart Bar Shoemaking Class Different

Adding a new technology angle turns a novel corrective shoeing class into an incredible learning experience
By Frank Lessiter posted on March 1, 2001 | Posted in Shoeing
While there are plenty of shoemaking contests where the shoe has to fit the foot, no contest required reading a lateral X-ray to determine proper placement of a heart bar shoe until last fall.
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Shoeing for a Living

A Day with Backyard Horses

Flexible schedule, cooperation with owners helps Wisconsin farrier operate smoothly
By Pat Tearney posted on March 1, 2001 | Posted in Shoeing
The sky is a steel grey and the bitter wind carries an icy edge when I meet farrier Monica Hoff in a Catholic church parking lot in the crossroads community of Mackville, a few miles north of Appleton in Wisconsin’s Fox River Valley.
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Measuring Feet For Handmades

This skill is vital, not only for earning certification but for better shoeing
By Chris Gregory posted on January 1, 2001 | Posted in Education, Shoeing
Measuring feet for handmade shoes is a complicated and controversial subject. As is so often true in this industry, any way you get a well-fit shoe on a horse’s hoof is the right way.
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