njanvilman Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Went to a local garage sale on Saturday and came away with 8 boxes or about 300 lbs of new horseshoes. They are NOS, probably 25 or more years old. Some have some rust, but most do not. And cheap enough, less than local scrap price for steel. Now, what to do with a few hundred horseshoes. I have build lamps and table legs in the past with my blue glue gun. Certainly easier that starting with used shoes and having to spend time cleaning the organic matter from them. I am open to new ideas...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Sell them to a farrier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry H Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 biggest profit...........shoe fifty horses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Browne Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Till you get the doctor's bill for the crook back :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 biggest profit...........shoe fifty horses I don't go anywhere near the underside of a horse. Pretty to look at, but thats it. Sorta like owning a boat.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisG Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 sell them as good luck charms. you place several over your forge with ends down, this allows you the smithy to fill them with luck. A buyer must then install them at a slight "off level" with points up. The "off level' is to allow a little luck to seep out through out the year for the owner. this of course has to mean you do demos and shows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted November 8, 2011 Author Share Posted November 8, 2011 Sell them to a farrier? What are new shoes worth? I would not even know what to ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Chambers Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Just a few ideas http://freshpics.blogspot.com/2009/07/animal-sculptures-made-from-horseshoes.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Chambers Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Most shoes that old are of a shape a lot of people dont like to use today and by that I mean they need to be reshaped more than current stamped shoes that are closer to the hoof design. Couldnt hurt to try and sell them though just not something I would look for as a farrier. But this is a general idea and I am only guessing at the shape not knowing what brand they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Have you seen the book: 101 things you can build from horseshoes by William F. Dohrmann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 I went to a craft fair and a blacksmith was selling them as good luck charms he would heat them and stamp on a saying them $9.00 each used 3/8" letters stamped them hot. hay what ever sells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Dean Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Have a friend that was at a small 'festival' here in E. Texas and in 2 days cleared over $2000.00 selling horse shoes with peoples initials and the year stamped on the shoe. Don't think I would want to sit and stamp horse shoes all day but that's pretty good $$ for 2 days work. TP, I've seen excerpts from that book but haven't been able to get the entire book! I really liked what I did see, seems it would be a good book to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Chambers Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 I sell them 10 per with name stamped, 15 for hand made shoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 Just a few ideas http://freshpics.blo...horseshoes.html Wow! I just checked out those sculptures. They are fantastic. I might try one, but will start small, like the turtle.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Centaur Forge sells that book. Somewhere I still have a miniature shoe with my initials on it from Colonial Williamsburg sometime in the early 1960's as I recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Chambers Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Arg! Mini shoes are the bane of my craft fair day lol! takes just about as much time and more work for the smaller piece and most people dont want to pay the same or more than the full size! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothBore Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Somewhere I still have a miniature shoe with my initials on it from Colonial Williamsburg sometime in the early 1960's as I recall. Me too. ..... from sometime around 1963 or 1964. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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