Dave Murray Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Hello, my name is Dave Murray and i just found this site. i.am a fulltime farrier and have an avid interest in blacksmithing. gladd to have found this site as i can tell by browseing through here that there is a lot of knowlege here to learn from. hope i can contribute some as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 HI Dave from the UK - hope you find all sorts on here - its compulsive reading!:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Welcome aboard Dave, glad to have you. You'll find lots of farriers, past and present here. Many farriers look to saving their backs and knees by doing ornamental smithing. For some reason an awful lot of them seem to think they're going to have to learn a whole new trade or something. It's not so! An accomplished farrier already has the most important skills, good hammer control, an eye for proportion and scale, precision and familiarity with most of the necessary tools. You're going to LOVE making pretty stuff rather than well fitted stuff. Seriously, after you make a set of door pulls, hinges, pot rack, or whatever, folks will look at it and enjoy it for a long time to come, generations maybe, while the very best set of horse shoes ever made were almost immediately covered in manure with a horse standing on them. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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