Vintage horseshoeing equipment?

[awp101]

I'd like to show my appreciation to someone who has really helped me out and helped me get my head on straight for about a year now. In a previous life he did horseshoeing as a sideline and I'd like to find a vintage piece of equipment (or a couple depending on the prices) but I really don't know what was/is used other than a file, etc.

Is there anything that is horseshoeing specific that is small enough to be displayed in an office, etc that doesn't look like just some other old tool (if that makes sense)?

Thanks!

[ollogger]

A minnie anvil would be cool! dont ask where ive seen them but I have some where?


ollogger

[Don McDowell]

An actual shoeing hammer or a nail crimper would be good.

[Pitchy]

If you could find a small anvil, maybe a 20 lb and make a stand for it. Then put a couple horse shoes a hammer, file, nail crimper around it that would look cool.

[M. M. Wright]

Yeah, I think Pitchy has the recipe.

[longarm4146]

the farriers i dealt with all had a portable stand that had a base (usually a small car rim) with a shaft that came up to about knee height that they used to prop the horses hooves on. You could duplicate one of those with a small anvil on top....maybe find some nippers and such to complete set. Gotta say I like the way you think.....

[rjohns94]

I saw just today a vintage farrier box, which the files, knives, clippers and various items are stored and used to transport them from vehicle to horse and back. I almost bought it but didn't. Still thinking about. That would be really kewl I think

[Griff]

Unchanged since they were introduced: Diamond Rounding Hammer.

And here is an inexpensive, yet classic shaped hoof knife. Exactly the same knife I started with almost 40 years ago!

[awp101]

Thanks all!

farriers

Farrier! THAT'S the word I was trying to think of when this idea hit my brain! That gives me a keyword to search with.

And here is an inexpensive, yet classic shaped hoof knife. Exactly the same knife I started with almost 40 years ago!

Let me guess, it's a stealth knife?

The anvil ideas are neat but too big and bulky for what I have in mind. I did find a couple of vintage hoof knives and nippers (IIRC that's what they were called) that I can probably mount to a plaque of sorts once I get everything rounded up.

[Batman1939]

A few iconic horseshoe nails added to the project might be nice. They're hard to confuse with anything else, as are the knife and nippers.

[harry]

http://www.horseshoesandtools.com/farrier-tools.aspx

This would make a fine gift
http://valleyfarrier.com/cart/shop/item.aspx?itemid=284

[Griff]

Thanks all!

And here is an inexpensive, yet classic shaped hoof knife. Exactly the same knife I started with almost 40 years ago!

Let me guess, it's a stealth knife?
The anvil ideas are neat but too big and bulky for what I have in mind. I did find a couple of vintage hoof knives and nippers (IIRC that's what they were called) that I can probably mount to a plaque of sorts once I get everything rounded up.

Apparently the link didn't take...

If you're thinking of nippers, (yes, that's what they're called), "Anvil Brand" are the least expensive, but... get the 15" ones, not the 14" or smaller, There's a reall difference in the balance. For what you're planning, I'd say the 15" Anvil brand would be perfect. I have about 3 sets of nippers, a pony nipper, and 2 15" nippers, the best being, a GE brand that ran in the $100+ range back in the '70s; they're considered the "Cadillac" of nippers, for a workin' farrier, they are worth the money.

[400short]

I shod professionally for over 20 years, until I broke down. of all the tools we use, the rounding hammer is the item that has a personality. Each one is different, and there are several small shops that produce distinctive ones. Mostly built by old broke down shoers. J. Sharp out of Salmon Idaho made his from Catarpillar wrist pins. Try to find something with a story. Fire tongs also fall into this category. Old hoof knives are neat, as are early manufactured shoes or hand made ones that are well done. How about something from a cavalry farrier shop?

[Pitchy]

For what your looking to make ya should find a salesmans sample anvil, real small.
Then have someone make all the tools in miniture and lay them around it, and maybe a cross made from horse shoe nails standing in the back ground.

[20cows]

Harbour Freight has been known to have the itty bitty anvils.