[TheForge] Blacksmith YAK about "do you shoe horses?"

Tue Oct 14 07:27:00 2003

Ther'

An excellent choice, as they're more 'freezer burned' than freeze dried, and
USPS doesn't appreciate the smelly, drippy delivery... but you  get a free,
at no extra charge, mini-microbiology study course.  And the neighbors are
starting to notice their horses are three-legged-sound.  Kevin the Farrier,
but no Saint (I'm a frustrated Saint Elois, I can't figure how he got the
legs back on)

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of theron
Sent: Tuesday, 14 October, 2003 2:12 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Blacksmith YAK about "do you shoe horses?"

can i order the kit without the freeze dried hoof?
i have one already
 i found it
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Donahoe" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 6:44 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Blacksmith YAK about "do you shoe horses?"

>
> I think the path to world peace would indeed be a shorter one if everyone
> would simply be honest with themselves.  After having taken Psych 201
'bout
> 25 years ago and being married to a woman that reads every self-help bood
> there is... I feel I am uniquely qualified to report my observations
having
> to do with the phenomena of "Farrier Denial" .  This is most often
observed
> at blacksmith conferences where there are numerous pins of horseshoes with
> the international slash, every last participant relating the story where
> someone has asked "Do you shoe horses?"  The extent of their negative
> response is generally in direct proportion to their DESIRE (yes desire) to
> in fact BE A FARRIER.  'tis sad, but true, every blacksmith I've come
across
> in my 20 years in the business has really had a hard-on to shoe a horse...
> The only chance of true self awareness and actualization can be found in
my
> "Wanna be a Farrier" home study course, complete with (nearly)freeze dried
> hoof specimen for taking out your frustrations... send a three hun'ert
> dollar bill to me and find your redemption :O)
>
> Endorsed by Dan Scheid (a close personal friend, if I spelled his name
> right, I actually saw his picture in the "Rogues Gallery" once)a fully
self
> fulfilled farrier, (as soon as I give him his cut!)
>
> Fr. Kevin Donahoe (once I didn't even know what a 'farrier' wuz, NOW I ARE
> ONE, and you can be too)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Reynolds
> Sent: Monday, 13 October, 2003 1:10 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Blacksmith YAK about "do you shoe horses?"
>
>
>
> You  are right on Scott, people just don't know. I demo a bunch (25 days +
> so far this year)and by far the most frequent question I get is just that,
> "Do you shoe horses?" Generally I respond like this:
>
> "Nope. Those are farriers. They know what they are doing and I wouldn't
> pretend to act like I could do what they do. They've been to school for
that
> and they are in a way a veterinarian. Just by putting on a corrective shoe
> they can save a horse. So I'll leave that work to them.
>
> Likewise, what blacksmiths do is somewhat alien to most farriers. Most
don't
> ever do projects that a smith does, like make handrails, knives, tools or
> hardware. Those guys do a great job at what they do, they just don't do
what
> we smiths do. We get to be creative. They just get to make horseshoes."
>
> Go easy on the public -- each of us was that dumb at one time, it just may
> have been a few years and we forget!
>
> Reynolds
>
>
> <br>>It's a pretty common question from folk who don't know me, the local
> smiths<br>>or farriers. When asked if I shoe horses my standard reply is.
> "Only if they<br>>get too close when I'm working."<br><br>         And two
> many blacksmiths have a crook in their craw about the <br>whole deal.
It's
> not an insult people.  Just explain the difference and <br>people will
> know.<br><br
>
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