fortunato-Hello all! The accusation of plagiarism is a ludicrous as it is false. You may as well say a Baker's shoe is a rip off of a Cottam shoe is a rip off of a Richard Ash is a rip off of a Strommy shoe etc... etc.... or that an NB shoe is a rip off of a Fitzwygram (they call them that over here) is a rip off of any clipless shoe - or the other way round. Use any manufacturer's names, it doesn't matter at all.
A Rip-off.
There used to be cytek.uk , now you have cytek.au. A copy,a plagiarism or just coincidence?
They are all rim shoes (and yes, I have seen NB fitted to the rim - they can be put anywhere the farrier wants) they can all be bent, shaped, they all have nail holes, they all have front/hinds and usually come in different widths/sections etc.. etc..
hummmmmmmmmm! horses are individuals and have different feet. seems plausible one should need to shape the shoes applied to the feet.
The irony is that the cytek shoe is the ONLY one that has tungsten pins as an integral part of the method, the ONLY one that is specifically designed to be fitted without adjustment. They are so blatantly different in concept, application and function that it is irrational and laughable to say otherwise
cytek is laughable.
..... What on earth is Dr.Rooney blathering on about? Who is he anyway? Do I care? Does he really think a horse teeters around on its finger nails?
Mechanics. An Equine pathologist, who has published papers extensively on the foot of a horse, wearing and surfaces in which the horse travels and competes.
Your Kool Aid needs some more water to dilute your narrow mindedness.
I've seen horses with 'tube' feet where this kind of thinking has gone crazy with tiny shrivelled frogs, the sole looking like the inside of St.Paul's Cathedral and inches of hoof to teeter around on. Does anyone know any other animal or bird, that walks on its toe nails?
cows, goats, pigs, llamas,,...etc.
And while we're on the subject of soles if the sole is for protection why is it usual practice to strip it of its surface at shoeing?
Some soles ya do , some ya don't. That individual thing again.
By all means have a word with Mr.Caruthers (?) or Mr. Curtis when you next see him - I know you like to have support. It matters not. They have no influence.
In Australia, probably not.
I am not and have never been a member of the FRC. It may surprise you but there are parts of the UK where the FRC sun don't shine and there are more farriers than you would think who are free to operate perfectly legitimately without having to pay them any money each year - like me. By the way, was I supposed to be in awe/fear and trembling?
Maybe, but a least they are not blinded by total ignorance.
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Re. the origins of rim shoeing. The weight differential depends on what you are comparing with what. But that is not the essential point. Rim shoeing came into being when the burgeoning capitalist economy was exploding in Britain and Europe. Hundreds of thousands of horses were being used for industry, railways, transport etc.. In this context a tiny saving multipied by x0000s all of a sudden became an enormous saving. If anyone out there has some research papers dating back to the 1700s on rim shoeing I'd be really interested to see them.
oh, we have to take your previous blanket statement in context now. Typical zealot, got backed into a corner and then has to explain his/her way out with a context after the fact.
Re. My work - you'll see exactly the kind of shoeing I do on the website
You paid money for that site?
. My finish might be prettier than some photos on there, and not as pretty as others but the thing with cytek shoes is that there's only one way to fit them
Of course, there is only one way to shoe a horse in your mind. It's that individual thing again that keeps popping up.(?)
- the right way, but to be honest (and I really don't mean to sound snotty here) only another cytek farrier can judge another's work for all the reasons we've been thrashing out on this forum.
An elite, elustrious and magnanimous group of cytekkers judging each others ham fist-ed applications. Most Aussies I know become clear thinkers after a keg of grog. Was the judging and the saluted "AttaBoys" before or after the pub(s).
I really do hope some of you guys take a look and like I had to, put aside any preconceptions and just have a quiet read of it. It's fascinating
We will pray for you also.
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Best wishes all ......
"When you wish upon a star............" Jiminy Cricket.