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I was trimming a quarter crack on a big draft horse and the owner pointed out my angle was off
I was working on a Belgian mare in Springfield last month, using my usual nippers. Her owner, who used to shoe racehorses, watched for a minute and said 'You're going at it like it's a clean wall, but that crack has a twist.' He was right. I switched to a more open angle and the piece came off clean in one go. How do you guys judge the right approach for different types of cracks?
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sandra3746mo ago
Oh, I've been there. I once spent twenty minutes trying to nip out a bar crack, making it worse by the minute, before my old boss walked over and just tilted my hand a little. The difference was night and day. Now I try to look for the direction of the crack itself, not just the hoof shape. If it spirals, I follow that line with the tool. Sometimes you just have to get it wrong first to see the right way.
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webb.dakota6mo ago
Yeah, that's so true... you really do have to mess it up to learn.
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webb.dakota6mo ago
Man, my buddy did that same thing, and your tip about the spiral line would've saved him so much time, @sandra374.
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