Equipment

How Comfortable Are You With Radiography?

If you’re not working with equine veterinarians to get a look inside problem hooves, you might not be doing all you can for the horses and their owners. Here’s how to get more involved with this technology
Sooner or later, most every farrier will come across a problem foot and wonder what's going on inside the hoof wall. So, when is it right for a farrier to request radiographs, and what's to be expected after such a request?
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Back to the Basics

Clipping Criterion

Some dos and don'ts on using clips
Pulling and correctly using clips are essential skills for the modern farrier who wishes to be among the best.
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Super Learning Experience

The Calgary Mail-In Forging Exercise is an outstanding learning experience and will also earn you some valuable footcare supplies
Now in its eighth year, the Mail-In Forging Exercise provides farriers from around the world with a chance to improve their forging skills, earn valuable farrier products and join the community of those participating in the World Championship Blacksmiths’ Competition — without ever leaving home.
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Tool Management

Tool Time!

Taking proper care of your shoeing tools will make your work easier, help you earn a good living and make it easier to pay the bills

Danny Ward has always believed a person with a good work ethic can do almost anything with about any tool.


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Product Innovations

Will These Gadgets Catch On?

A look at two new products their farrier inventors hope will find a place in your shoeing rig

There are a lot of tools and devices found in shoeing rigs and boxes that have one factor in common.


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Practical Rig Tips

Some Assembly Required

Putting together a smooth-working shoeing rig is easy — once you’ve learned the hard way. So we asked farriers to share their rig problems and the solutions they found to them
Too much gear or not enough. Badly organized equipment. Low roofs and leaky roofs. Underpowered engines or poor fuel economy.
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Farrier Innovations

Hand-Made Pad Cutter

Old pair of nippers finds new life

Farrier Tom Edwards has been shoeing for 23 years. He doesn’t use pads all that often, but when he does, he uses his own hand-made pad cutter.


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