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Getting A Better Handle On Nailing Shoes

By Jeff Cota posted on July 17, 2014 | Posted in Shoeing
Do you find that it's difficult to steady a horseshoe while nailing it on? Steve Kraus, the head of Farrier Services at Cornell University, has developed a procedure to help his students relax and drive better nails while securely holding the shoe.
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Building A Plain, Yet Not So Simple Shoe

Five-time American Farriers Team member details how to make a shoe that is the foundation of all others
By Jeff Cota posted on July 1, 2014 | Posted in Forging
Learning the alphabet is the foundation of a child's ability to read and write. The plain-stamped horseshoe serves the same role for farriers learning how to forge.
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Got A Bleeder? Try Web Therapy

By Jeff Cota posted on June 13, 2014 | Posted in Shoeing
Whether you drive a hot nail or pare a little too much off the sole, drawing blood from a horse's hoof is bound to happen at one point or another. It happens to the best of farriers.
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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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