Photographing Your Work as a Farrier: Help or Hindrance?

Consider perspective when photographing equine feet — and when you evaluate this work later

By Martin Kenny posted on September 12, 2016 | Posted in Equipment, Shoeing

With the advancement in smartphone camera quality, farriers are taking more and more photographs of our work. For the most part, documenting our work is a good thing for many reasons. One of the most important of these reasons is for the analysis of the trimmings and shoeings we perform.

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Cup Shoe Offers Different Approach on Bearing Surface

Farrier argues that the traditional, horizontal shoe fit can be improved upon

By Martin Kenny posted on May 1, 2009 | Posted in Trimming

“The bearing surface of the shoe, especially at the ends of the branches, must be horizontal,” wrote Anton Lungwitz in the 19th century.

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The Effect of Nail Placement on Hoof Capsule Distortion

Farrier’s observations contradict some traditional thinking.

By Martin Kenny posted on April 1, 2009 | Posted in Shoeing

The thickness of the wall is variable. In front hooves, the wall is thickest at the toe and becomes gradually thinner towards the quarters ... The more slanting half of the hoof is always the thicker.

A Farrier's Viewpoint

Geometry or Physics?

When it comes to shoeing, which do you use?

By Martin Kenny posted on January 1, 2008 | Posted in Shoeing

I’ve been at this a long time (35 years) and have only truly understood the hoof (as all farriers should) in the past few years. At first, it was disturbing to come to the realization that after all those years thinking I knew what I was doing, that I really had no idea at all.

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Photographing Your Work as a Farrier: Help or Hindrance?

Cup Shoe Offers Different Approach on Bearing Surface

The Effect of Nail Placement on Hoof Capsule Distortion

Geometry or Physics?

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