Vintage horseshoeing equipment?
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Vintage horseshoeing equipment?
I'd like to show my appreciation to someone who has really helped me out and helped me get my head on straight for about a year now. In a previous life he did horseshoeing as a sideline and I'd like to find a vintage piece of equipment (or a couple depending on the prices) but I really don't know what was/is used other than a file, etc.
Is there anything that is horseshoeing specific that is small enough to be displayed in an office, etc that doesn't look like just some other old tool (if that makes sense)?
Thanks!
Is there anything that is horseshoeing specific that is small enough to be displayed in an office, etc that doesn't look like just some other old tool (if that makes sense)?
Thanks!
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Re: Vintage horseshoeing equipment?
A minnie anvil would be cool! dont ask where ive seen them but I have some where?
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Re: Vintage horseshoeing equipment?
An actual shoeing hammer or a nail crimper would be good.
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If you could find a small anvil, maybe a 20 lb and make a stand for it. Then put a couple horse shoes a hammer, file, nail crimper around it that would look cool.
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Re: Vintage horseshoeing equipment?
Yeah, I think Pitchy has the recipe.
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Re: Vintage horseshoeing equipment?
the farriers i dealt with all had a portable stand that had a base (usually a small car rim) with a shaft that came up to about knee height that they used to prop the horses hooves on. You could duplicate one of those with a small anvil on top....maybe find some nippers and such to complete set. Gotta say I like the way you think.....
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I saw just today a vintage farrier box, which the files, knives, clippers and various items are stored and used to transport them from vehicle to horse and back. I almost bought it but didn't. Still thinking about. That would be really kewl I think
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Re: Vintage horseshoeing equipment?
Unchanged since they were introduced: Diamond Rounding Hammer.
And here is an inexpensive, yet classic shaped hoof knife. Exactly the same knife I started with almost 40 years ago!
And here is an inexpensive, yet classic shaped hoof knife. Exactly the same knife I started with almost 40 years ago!
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Re: Vintage horseshoeing equipment?
Thanks all!
The anvil ideas are neat but too big and bulky for what I have in mind. I did find a couple of vintage hoof knives and nippers (IIRC that's what they were called) that I can probably mount to a plaque of sorts once I get everything rounded up.
Farrier! THAT'S the word I was trying to think of when this idea hit my brain! That gives me a keyword to search with.longarm4146 wrote:farriers
Let me guess, it's a stealth knife?Griff wrote: And here is an inexpensive, yet classic shaped hoof knife. Exactly the same knife I started with almost 40 years ago!
The anvil ideas are neat but too big and bulky for what I have in mind. I did find a couple of vintage hoof knives and nippers (IIRC that's what they were called) that I can probably mount to a plaque of sorts once I get everything rounded up.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
-Mark Twain
Proverbs 3:5; Philippians 4:13
Got to have a Jones for this
Jones for that
This running with the Joneses boy
Just ain't where it's at
-Mark Twain
Proverbs 3:5; Philippians 4:13
Got to have a Jones for this
Jones for that
This running with the Joneses boy
Just ain't where it's at
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Re: Vintage horseshoeing equipment?
A few iconic horseshoe nails added to the project might be nice. They're hard to confuse with anything else, as are the knife and nippers.
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Re: Vintage horseshoeing equipment?
http://www.horseshoesandtools.com/farrier-tools.aspx
This would make a fine gift
http://valleyfarrier.com/cart/shop/item.aspx?itemid=284
This would make a fine gift
http://valleyfarrier.com/cart/shop/item.aspx?itemid=284
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Re: Vintage horseshoeing equipment?
Apparently the link didn't take...awp101 wrote:Thanks all!Let me guess, it's a stealth knife?Griff wrote: And here is an inexpensive, yet classic shaped hoof knife. Exactly the same knife I started with almost 40 years ago!
The anvil ideas are neat but too big and bulky for what I have in mind. I did find a couple of vintage hoof knives and nippers (IIRC that's what they were called) that I can probably mount to a plaque of sorts once I get everything rounded up.
If you're thinking of nippers, (yes, that's what they're called), "Anvil Brand" are the least expensive, but... get the 15" ones, not the 14" or smaller, There's a reall difference in the balance. For what you're planning, I'd say the 15" Anvil brand would be perfect. I have about 3 sets of nippers, a pony nipper, and 2 15" nippers, the best being, a GE brand that ran in the $100+ range back in the '70s; they're considered the "Cadillac" of nippers, for a workin' farrier, they are worth the money.
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AND... I'm over it!!
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There is a fine line between hobby & obsession!
AND... I'm over it!!
No I ain't ready, but let's do it anyway!
Re: Vintage horseshoeing equipment?
I shod professionally for over 20 years, until I broke down. of all the tools we use, the rounding hammer is the item that has a personality. Each one is different, and there are several small shops that produce distinctive ones. Mostly built by old broke down shoers. J. Sharp out of Salmon Idaho made his from Catarpillar wrist pins. Try to find something with a story. Fire tongs also fall into this category. Old hoof knives are neat, as are early manufactured shoes or hand made ones that are well done. How about something from a cavalry farrier shop?
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For what your looking to make ya should find a salesmans sample anvil, real small.
Then have someone make all the tools in miniture and lay them around it, and maybe a cross made from horse shoe nails standing in the back ground.
Then have someone make all the tools in miniture and lay them around it, and maybe a cross made from horse shoe nails standing in the back ground.
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Re: Vintage horseshoeing equipment?
Harbour Freight has been known to have the itty bitty anvils.