EC2 | The Craft of Shoeing a Horse: Riley Kirkpatrick ECP 69 @EC2 | Uploaded April 2021 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Nate and Scott chat with Riley Kirkpatrick about his horseshoe business and competitions and also his blacksmithing business making custom tools.

0:00 Intro
1:24 Horseshoeing
3:28 Learning curve
6:37 School & regulations
10:21 Shoe details
12:37 Clip horn
13:48 Contests
22:11 Contest draws
25:08 The armpit
26:53 The competitive Brits
29:39 Farrier as a living
32:36 Blacksmithing
37:42 Northwest Blacksmith Association
39:13 "one-off" tool production
42:43 How to order
44:42 Scott's special order
46:07 German power hammer

IG: @kirkpatrickforge