Blacksmith.... what do they do these days?

[acidboy]

Originally Posted by bbaquiran

I'd have thought that horses would have RTW shoes by now. Fascinating that they still get bespoke.

me too... one of our clients manufacture horse shoes for the US market. maybe its similar to the human shoes market... there are otr and bespoke models.

 

[pvrhye]

There's some artists who do blacksmithing.

 

[steviepowers]

aaaaaah I understand now... this is just fascinating all these people talking about what Blacksmith's are actually communicating through some kind of time machine device as it appears they must be in the middle ages or something

 

[Blackhood]

Originally Posted by acidboy

me too... one of our clients manufacture horse shoes for the US market. maybe its similar to the human shoes market... there are otr and bespoke models.

I may be off the mark but don't Smiths usually shoe the horse as well as make the shoe? As in hammer the nails in and select the correct size shoe?

 

[acidboy]

Originally Posted by Blackhood

I may be off the mark but don't Smiths usually shoe the horse as well as make the shoe? As in hammer the nails in and select the correct size shoe?

well someone definitely has to nail those suckers to the hooves. but I bet mass market horseshoes have gained considerable market share.

 

[HgaleK]

Originally Posted by Blackhood

I may be off the mark but don't Smiths usually shoe the horse as well as make the shoe? As in hammer the nails in and select the correct size shoe?

Farriers don't make the shoe anymore, but they shape it to the horse's hoof. You get RTW shoes that are then tailored to the horse's needs.

 

[HgaleK]

Originally Posted by Blackhood

I may be off the mark but don't Smiths usually shoe the horse as well as make the shoe? As in hammer the nails in and select the correct size shoe?

Farriers don't normally make the shoe anymore, but they shape it to the horse's hoof. You get RTW shoes that are then tailored to the horse's needs.

Bespoke

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RTW:
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Tailoring

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Dude who knows his ****:
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[Gibonius]

Farriers can make some damn good money, but it's tough work and you always have to worry about getting kicked in the head by a horse.

Friend of mine manages a major university's equestrian team and is pretty up on this kind of detail. It was kind of fun listening to her talk about their "blacksmith" and "ferrier." It was like a conservation from a different century.

 

[Bhowie]

Originally Posted by Gibonius

Farriers can make some damn good money, but it's tough work and you always have to worry about getting kicked in the head by a horse.

Friend of mine manages a major university's equestrian team and is pretty up on this kind of detail. It was kind of fun listening to her talk about their "blacksmith" and "ferrier." It was like a conservation from a different century.

+1 Farriers make pretty decent coin. Although you are a farrier. I wouldn't want to do the work.

Gale and I talked about this last night, lol.

 

[IrateCustomer]

They watch robots build cars while earning Union wages.

 

[steviepowers]

Originally Posted by acidboy

well someone definitely has to nail those suckers to the hooves. but I bet mass market horseshoes have gained considerable market share.

could they be called the modern equivilant of Black Smiths maybe?

 

[acidboy]

Originally Posted by steviepowers

could they be called the modern equivilant of Black Smiths maybe?

all metalworks can trace its history to blacksmithing.

 

[Fang66]

Around here they make knives and swords etc.

 

[HgaleK]

Originally Posted by steviepowers

could they be called the modern equivilant of Black Smiths maybe?

Nope. People shoing horses are called farriers. Blacksmiths still exist.

 

[L.R.]

Originally Posted by Fang66

Around here they make knives and swords etc.

There can't be any real money in that, it seems. It would be a cool hobby though.

I do seem to remember one poster talking about hand-made knives in Fine Living.