Mike C Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Howdy all, My name is Mike, I'm a farrier/blacksmith from Nevada. Just checking out all the good information and postss on the forum. Cheerrs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Hi Mike. Welcome to IFI. You're gonna really like this site. It's got a lot of great info and a lot of great people. Happy New Year. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Good morning Mike and welcome to the form. Do you have pictures of your spurs and will you share? Also, is Jim Poor's video available? Again Welcome. -grant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted January 1, 2011 Author Share Posted January 1, 2011 Good morning Mike and welcome to the form. Do you have pictures of your spurs and will you share? Also, is Jim Poor's video available? Again Welcome. -grant I have some pics of some spurs I've made. I did the straps as well. I also braid and work rawhide. I've built a number of more spurs, I like the forging freedom of any kind of shank I can manage with a hammer/forge. The ones in the pics are before I started running a bead in the heel band seam. I was also forging out the shank and not grinding out the sslot in the shank. I am now, it's just too easy and quick not to. It also makes it cleaner. Someone else posted using a cutting/grinding blade to cut the rasp. I will be incorporating that as well, I won't need my hot cutter for it any more. The Jim Poor video was given to me for piping (yes, I play the bagpipes, take a look at my icon, I'm also in the Army) at the Edward Martin Perpetual draft horse shoeing competition in Grass Valley, CA. Regarding availability, I can't find anything on the net for that DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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