Day 63

Charles gives the finished shoe one last fire to get it cleaned up.
Some of Charles' tools

Stacks of shoes and rasps (files for horses feet)

Bar Shoe

Putting the nail holes in

Daisy waiting patiently for her dad to finish

When the shoe is fresh out of the forge, the temperature is at least 1000 degrees...ouch!!!

Shaping the shoe

Cleaning the shoe...I love the sparks flying!!!

Tools...so hot they smoke.

Charles is truly an artist.

The shoe in the forge

The beginning.

The farriers tools!!!

Day 63

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

-John Wayne

Today I was fortunate enough to be asked to photograph the process of making a horse shoe. The farrier is Charles Lanning, the owner of Professional Farrier Services. Forging your own horse shoes is truly a dieing art, there are not many farriers who can do this...there is a level of education and dedication that you just don't see anymore. Charles will make a shoe specially designed to help whatever ails the horse. He is a rare breed of farrier. The pictures speak for themselves. On this day, his wife Joyce, also made us (Mark came and helped) dinner and literally made the best turkey I have ever eaten in her rotisserie...YUM!!! Professional Farrier Services can be found on Facebook or you can contact Charles at: 810-623-5964. What a great day!!! I think he should do demonstrations, it was THAT cool to see!!! Charles also made me a very cool shoe from a rasp (file) I LOVE it! THANK YOU SO MUCH CHARLES.

Until Tomorrow,

Shirley