still searching or a blacksmith?
Q. second time i submited this q . this is not the kind of work a farrier does. i need a hatchet reworked and retempered.. tempering is a very tricky hardening process on certan kinds of steel that does not include horseshoes. there are manny,manny different kinds of steel alloys. i,m not putting folks down but this is not commonly known.
Asked by houdini - Fri Sep 15 12:51:42 2006 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Bottom line: unless this is an incredibly expensive or extremely rare hatchet you should probably just by another one. Retempering is complicated process that could probably only be done by either someone with extensive steel experience or an educated metallurgist who was access to a tempering machine or furnace. You need to look online or in a phone book for a local metal processor. If no luck there then contact the United Steel Workers of America Union, preferably a local shop, to get more info. Reworking a hatchet would have to be done by a blacksmith or some sort of metal worker. Also, they can reshape it but to match the alloy perfectly and then add material back to the hatchet would require a metallurgist, buying the raw materials… [cont.]
Answered by Matt M - Fri Sep 15 14:48:32 2006

farrier? horseshoes??
Q. i have 10 acres in texas that is very, very, flat land and is just grass and dirt/sandyish like, is it really nessisary that my horses have horseshoes? i trail ride on my land
Asked by Andrea G - Tue May 13 21:02:22 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Horseshoes are never necessary! I find it better to have my horse barefoot on trails and in the fields than I ever did to have him shod. I have 5 horses out on 8 acres, granted we live in MA for now but we are moving them out to Stephenville very soon and I plan on keeping them shoe-less. I barrel, trail ride(and MA has extremely rocky and rooted up trails)...I can even ride him down the streets... Don't bother with shoes!! Happy Ridin!
Answered by Kt - Wed May 14 17:24:43 2008

how many types of horse shoes are there?
Q. hey guys im 13 and want to learn to be a blacksmith / farrier and i want to know how many types of horseshoes there are...I don`t want an answer like there is to many to count i just want a number at least really close...thnx
Asked by Joinin da Army - Sat Mar 6 12:17:37 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I think there are about 10 different types. Not too much, just categorized into the animal (pigs, horses, mules, donkeys, etcetera).
Answered by the others - Sat Mar 6 21:35:39 2010