calshoer wrote:
grrrrr! I will show a pic of a deep seated shoe the next time I go to the shop.

You haven't explained why heat helps a short foot feel better.

Rick Burten who is the moderator tonight and the one responsible for deleting the posts. And once again if anyone, I don't care who it is, could please explain what benefits there would be to hot fitting a short foot I would appreciate the information.

clinkercjf wrote:
Hate to disappoint you but I have not been on-line prior to right now and have not deleted anyone's posts.

Since your allegation is unfounded and scurrilous, your apology is expected.

Gee, always learning new.. I tougth NB practitioners respected sole callous & live sole plane, and never trim a foot too short.

On a "trimmed too short foot", it hardens and flattens the inner edge of the sole down to the wall, without removing any more sole horn. Thereby insuring that a seated out shoe can be safely placed on it . It makes the edge of the sole more hard and therefore creates a more solid and protective support structure for the solar margin of the coffin bone.


Hmm, NB shoe with everywhere seen toe hangover.. I wonder

Eric Russell wrote:
Yes she did she explained how and why.

Patty said the following:

Well gee, I thought you experienced guys would know this already..

HOW: (TomT you are right "scorch" would be a better term but I have always called burning the foot "seating" just one of those things )
I do two, very light, *very fast* "scorches". One full second ONLY, then wait a minute and do another. Shoe is beyond cherry but not quite orange . Good and hot , not enough to set it on fire but hot enough so the heat will form a good shallow burn and does not have time to penetrate very deep. I want to just quicky burn a "crust" in the edge of the sole.

WHY: On a "trimmed too short foot", it hardens and flattens the inner edge of the sole down to the wall, without removing any more sole horn. Thereby insuring that a seated out shoe can be safely placed on it . It makes the edge of the sole more hard and therefore creates a more solid and protective support structure for the solar margin of the coffin bone.

I do not have horses show ill effects or go off sore from doing it this way. And of one should occasionally complain for a just second or two from the heat, they are just fine a couple seconds after. IMO two or three seconds of them acknwledging the heat is far better than having them sore for days, or abscessing from sole pressure.
So Eric, if you don't hot seat a "trimmed too short" horse to shoe it, how do YOU fix it?

Rick Burten wrote:
I am not disapointed. No apologies were presented until now. I am sorry for falsely accussing you of deleting posts, but you were listed as the moderator last night.

apology accepted.

Generally speaking, I am always listed as a moderator whether I am on line or not.

calshoer wrote:
If you run a propane torch across the sole will they harden up, will that help?