[TheForge] Re: TheForge Digest, Vol 19, Issue 16

[Kevin Donahoe]

Eric & Mike,

If you'd be so kind as to just copy/paste that article and send it to me,
I'd appreciate it.  I'd started into the registration and they were asking
all sorts of stuff that I typically respond to at random (lie), but figured
I'd rather respond to Mike's query.

First off, the farrier/blacksmith is an interchangeable moniker in the horse
world.  Most farrier fabrications have more to do with their/our inflated
self importance than iron.

I've been working on the addition/remodeling for a year now and have gotten
particularly lax about reading my trade publications (Farriers Journal,
Professional Farrier) when they come in.  Hell, I've gotten lax about
reading my fun publications, too (Reason Magazine, Gun Week, even the
Anvil's Ring, etc have been neglected).

So I'd heard stuff about the licensing drum being beaten again.  About ten
years ago, some fellow in one of the Carolina's got pissed that he couldn't
find a competent farrier cheap enough to suit him so he started another
bandwagon for licensing, as if that somehow offers assurance of competence.
If he's that cheap he shoulda' left well enough alone as attendant licensing
fees will surely inflate the price.  But I don't think this round has
anything to do with him, whoever he was.

At any rate, I've been getting (bulk mail) solicitations from the farrier's
organizations asking what I think, so it looks like they are forming into
camps.  One says it's inevitable, so we might as well orchestrate the
debacle, or we'll be left out and the buearocrats will bollix the whole
thing up, the other's say "HELL NO, we won't go", or things to that effect.

I suppose the pessimist in me agrees with the first camp, and we'd be better
off on the ground floor of setting standards, the optimist says "F*&K THEM".
I'll let you know where the fur settles :)

Kevin Donahoe
Flying Pig Forge
Morrow, OH 45152
flyinpig at go-concepts.com

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 Yep nice article here:
 http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/080105/met_4784623.shtml

 the paper requires a free login - anoying but still....

 so far it seems to include just farriers but in a brief search of
 past articles (gotta love google) the word farrier seemed to be
 followed by (blacksmith) fairly often.  I believe the intent is to
 licence the horse shoeing people, not the general blacksmith.  But
 again - once the government steps in with its highly efficient,
 well funded and streamlined programs - anything can happen!

 (runs for the hills)
 Eric

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 > Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 17:58:17 EDT
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 > Our local paper had an article about the federal government wanting to
 > license (Quote)-farriers, blacksmith etc.The local farriers were
 against it. Big
 > brother knows best, Has anyone heard about this?
 >
 > Mike Ivey
 > Savannah RIverForge
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