THANK YOU :-D

jgclark45 same :) it's like a trade mark

Totally agree!!! I'd love to have one...maybe switch it around so that it's horizontal??? Either way would be cool.

jgclark45 screw the gear shift, what kind of car is it attached to lol

@ 0:27 for anyone wondering that missed it.

ya i hear that or when the client comments that you must hate that smell I just say it smells like money

Why do you put the shoe on hot and burn? I think it is to make sure the shoe and hoof are flush but i have nothing to base that theory off of

Caleb Mc Donald It's to blacken any high spots so the farrier can file them flat. The hoof wall (the outside we see) is held on with laminae (a fibrous tissue). Think of it kinda like interlocking the pages of a phone book. If there is a high spot on the bottom of the round, it puts undue pressure on the laminae in that spot, and that can cause that spot to split and lift away, which causes immense pain to the horse.

I used to keep my his trimmings and "smoke" my clothes with them before going on trail. Best bug repellent on earth. My wife begged me to stop.

@@saemoursaeless6242 you sir are 100% right . And also check fit the shoe

Daniel Downing I am 100% certain there’s a special place in heaven for them. I worked at a horse camp for a couple summers and those guys are hardcore. Always getting kicked, scraped, bruised, and burned and it’s just another day on the ranch. We had one pony who HATED seeing our guy to the point where she remembered the sound of his truck and would raise hell over it, but would settle down once he started in.

I must admit, I was raised around horses (my mom's side and dad's side both raised horses, though for differing reasons) and Sam is scarily confident around them. I would *never* walk around the back of a horse like that. Then again, I also wasn't around extremely socialized horses either.

Its litterly the same

Small differences. But essentially the same. Farriers anvils usually are all in the old English style, and the horns are smaller. Not as heavy either cause a shoe is lighter than most larger stuff a "traditional" Smith works with. The flat side of English style anvils, on a "Farrier " one is a lot thinner, and can possibly snap off if to much stress was put on it. So both of you are right. But horseshoes can be done on a spike anvil if ya know what you're doing. ⚒🍻⚒

Gary Huston has some good videos on that, both cold and hot shoeing.

My plan is to put together a longer 'docu-style' video with the footage i shot that shows a little more information and will be shown when Sam comes onto our live show to demonstrate shoemaking! Best wishes, Alec

Great! I look forward to it :)

Very good video mate!!!

He isnt doing the the best way cause he is melting the toe and the foot around the shoe

It isn't good for extreme weather at either end of the temperature spectrum :P

The UK has probably the most strict shoeing law in the world it actually takes about 2-3 years of training to quality as an farrier and be allowed to shoe someone else's horse

Thanks Matt!!

Thank you Debbie :)

I met a horse girl once. She told me flat out that men can't give her orgasms so she rides bareback on her horse.

+stizan24 That's an odd way to start a conversation.

Riding desensitises the clitoris, or at least that's what my girlfriend says when she can't cum. :(

That's usually what the girls say about the farriers lol

you've never met a rodeo queen, i take it...

I know right!? Thrilled you like it :)

Madd Hatter What part of Mississippi are you in? I'll be going to Purcell, OK to learn more then going back to Wisconsin for a bit.

That’s true, but one of the very best in the world lived here in Mississippi until he died a few years ago. Lim Couch was Elvis Presley’s personal farrier and a great friend of mine. He invented many farrier tools, was a hall of fame member, and the nicest guy you’ll ever meet.

Grips? Explain?

@@countolaf9930 most shoes have a lip (I believe they are called a clip ) that folds upwards around the hoof.

Scubasky eventually you will get used to it

That's the smell of money, Honey! 😀

I imagine you get used to it eventually, but as for the smell, probably a combination of burning hair and horse apples since hooves are made of keratin, and horses are a fuel efficient vehicle ;).

It smells like burning hair, as does any burning material off a mammal(in my experience). You get used to the smell, especially if you're bad for burning yourself at the forge like I am

Scubasky it actually doesn’t smell too bad at all, I quite enjoy the smell! Reminds me of home as a child.