Michael Wildenstein, Certified Journeyman Farrier (CJF), demonstrates the steps to shoeing the rear hoof of his Perchron Pat.
MIchael begins this lesson with an explanation of when and why one uses horse shoes with shoe clips. He shows the toe clip, quarter clip and side clip shoes. One uses these clips because they
stabilize the shoe
take stress off the horseshoe nails
The rear hoof tends to shift towards the inside and also needs more traction. The horse shoe clips help with this.
He then explains the different types of horseshoe nails and that nails are made specifically for a type of shoe to fit tightly.
E-Head horseshoe nails - square
City Head horseshoe nails - rectangular
Then Michael goes through all his farrier tools and explains what they are used for:
Tongs - sized for the thickness of the shoe
Hot tongs - holding shoes hot out of the forge
Punches
Pritchel
Creaser
Shoeing box (farrier tool box on wheels)
Hammers
Anvil (wide horned for horseshoe shaping and large wide base to fit
shoes. He recommends 150 pounds or more.
Vice
Safety Glasses
Hoof pick and brushes
Hoof knife with pick
Loop knife for cleaning the frog
Rasps - new ones used just on hoofs
older warn ones for rasping cold metal
oldest ones for rasping hot metal.
Large butcher brush for brushing slag and cleaning used shoes.
Michael demonstrates using his forge and anvil to reshape his Percheron Pat's rear shoe to fit perfectly. He then rasps the shoe to clean it up and bevel the horseshoe edges so they will not do any damage to the horse.
Next Michael applies the horseshoe in the following steps:
1. Apply the shoe and hammer nails partially in place.
2. Nail shoe nails in completely.
3. Use clinches to make sure nails are at
90 degrees to the hoof.
4. Use rasp to file all the nails to the same length
5. Using clincher, bend all the nails down to tighten.
6. Complete the job with a final rasp to smooth everything.
10 сен 2024
