Hoof knife/pick

[LazyJay]

Could any one shed some light on the easiest way to make a knife/hoof pick like this. Any help would be greatly apreciated (never made/done anything like this before)

[Confederate Forge]

Make a T shape with a short leg, then fold the T arms back onto each other and weld?

I dont see why that wouldn't work just fine. I was thinking the same thing.



Thats a nice looking knife. It looks to be hand made. They call those loop knives. They work great when they are really sharp but can be dangerous. I cut myself the other day with one.

[ironrosefarms]

I like that loop knife... here are some other designs that might be of interest.
phalenhorseshoeingsupply.com
They don't have the pick integrated in them but might give some additional ideas.

[LazyJay]

Thanks all, For your help now all thats left to do is get my forge built and start forging.

[MetalMuncher]

What is that knife for anyway? Horse shoeing?

[rdbrnr]

yes metal muncher it is for shoeing it is called a loop knife they have gotten real popular of late most dont have the hoof pick built in them

[Confederate Forge]

Yes it is for trimming horses. It is very useful in trimming the frog. Which is the soft part on the bottom of the foot that looks like a arrow head. There are other single blade knives more useful to trim the sole.