Farrier
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A farrier is a specialist in farriery: equine hoof care, including the trimming and balancing of horses' hooves and the placing of shoes on their hooves when necessary. A farrier combines some blacksm
The Farrier, a painting by Bob Demuyser
Nailing on shoes
Rasping the hoof
Some farrier tools, including hammers, nippers, rasps, and hoof knife, as well as a set of custom-made corrective shoes on the ground below the toolset
Blacksmith
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A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut. Blacksmiths produce
Farrier
…hoof care, including the trimming and balancing of horses' hooves and the placing of shoes on their hooves when necessary. A farrier combines some blacksmith's skills (fabricating, adapting, and adjusting metal shoes) with some veterinarian's skills (knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the lower limb…
Picture of Vince J. Heilman (1918–2000) taken by the local newspaper around 1970
Statue of a blacksmith (Monument to John Cockerill in Brussels).
Smithing process in Mediterranean environment, Valencian Museum of Ethnology
A blacksmith