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The week my apprentice dropped a hot shoe on my boot
It was last Tuesday at the Miller farm outside of Spokane, and we were working on a big draft horse with some serious quarter cracks. My apprentice, Jake, got nervous when the horse shifted and let a freshly shaped shoe slip right off the anvil horn. It landed square on my steel toe, which was fine, but the hot clinch burned a hole right through my leather upper. The whole day went downhill from there, with two more horses being way more fidgety than usual. Has anyone else had a day where one small mistake just seemed to set the whole tone?
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roberts.leo1d ago
That boot's seen worse, right? A bad day shoeing is still just a Tuesday.
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kaigibson1d ago
Tuesday" is a generous word for that kind of carnage.
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umar491d ago
Honestly, a good pair of insoles saved me when my boots got like that.
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