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Farriers Hold Fast To Their Trade

Some overseas farriers are facing threats to the centuries' old craft.
December 3, 2018 | Posted in Business Practices, Education
Source: The Express Tribune
In some parts of the world, farriers are facing the threat of extinction. Either the unemployment rates are at an all-time high, like in Pakistan, or the youth have no interest in carrying on the trade, like in Algeria. And the horseshoers in these countries aren’t ready to let their trade die out, as reported by The Express Tribune and France 24.
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Changes In The Farrier Industry: Forges

September 9, 2015 | Posted in Forging
One of the several game changers in the business of shoeing horses was the development of the portable gas forge. This item, that we take for granted today, has made profound changes to the farrier profession beyond just heating metal.
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83 Ways To Get More Out Of Your Shoeing Tools

Check these practical shoeing tool tips, tricks and techniques you can put to use tomorrow morning in your shoeing work
By Frank Lessiter posted on April 1, 2003 | Posted in Equipment
When you're looking for new ways to get better performance out of your shoeing tools, the best way is to swap ideas with other farriers.

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7 Tips For Using Propane Forges

A few hints for using this handy farrier tool that has all but replaced coal and coke
By Danny Ward posted on December 1, 2002 | Posted in Forging

THE COAL FORGE is slowly disappearing from horseshoeing as the propane forge has gained popularity.


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7 Tips For Using Propane Forges

A few hints for using this handy farrier tool that has all but replaced coal and coke
By Danny Ward posted on December 1, 2002 | Posted in Forging

The coal forge is slowly disappearing from horse- shoeing as the propane forge has gained popularity. 


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Nation's Farrier

Nation's Farrier

Pete Cote shoes the horses that pull the full-honor funeral caissons at Arlington Cemetery, is the official farrier for Presidential inaugurations and shoes the only horses owned and maintained by the federal government
By Darrell Bruggink posted on March 1, 1999 | Posted in Education

 Pete Cote was a farrier before the U.S. Army made him one of its own, but little did he know the Army and horseshoeing would both be a major part of his life for the last 30 years.


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Remembering Red Renchin with Mark Ellis: Part 3

Remembering Red Renchin with Mark Ellis: Part 3

In this episode, Mark Ellis, a Wisconsin farrier who learned the ropes with Renchin, recalls Red’s relationships with area veterinarians, his legacy and the second career as American Farriers Journal’s technical editor.

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