I like my GE's. Im not necessarily nice to crease nail pullers, but they still have a good edge and show relatively no signs of wear after five years.

dana fenn wrote:

i very rarely have to retreve a nail thats nailed home but
if i had to the corner of your pinchers

and its out in an act

learn how to drive nails well:D

smitty88 wrote:
It's not so much about driving nails poorly as it is just pulling shoes. You have to pull them all eventually and pulling them one at a time is easy on the horse, the shoe and your body.

Dana, I usually only use my nail pullers if I'm pulling a shoe off a sore footed horse, have a clinch jump away from my rasp while I'm finishing (i dont ever rasp them off ) or a potential hot nail. Otherwise I just pull the nails out with the shoe and knock out the nail. Even at that, I usually reach for my nail nippers or my pull offs first.

Mike Ferrara wrote:
I suppose on that note, Smitty probably just doesn't pull shoes all that often, period. Not with all those apprentices around.

o your talking about useing a crease nail puller to take the shoe off
no never we were thought to use a hammer buffer and pinchers

I've noticed small variances amongst crease nail pullers even when they are made by the same manufacturer. I would examine them in comparison to others on the shelf to make sure they are what your wanting when you go to purchase them. You really need it to fit well the nail head you tend to use most often.

smitty88 wrote:
A wise man once said... "What works, works."

Joey Aczon wrote:
Ditto. The nail pullers are handy for hot nails, but not much else!

Travis Morgan wrote:
Sounds like the voice of expiriance talking.

You must not do much therapudic work. I know some of my geriatric horses as well as those I'm called on w/ lamness' appreciate my GE crease nail pullers. My shoulders and elbows like them as well.

Did I say mine are GE's? I have 2 pair, one for everyday use and one for fancy dress.

Travis Morgan wrote:
For the owner to get a good hold of the farriers *****

smitty88 wrote:


You may find getting nails out to pull a shoe from a sore laminitic foot makes you real happy you invested in a set of crease pullers.


Ronald Aalders

I have a set of St Croy spelling /naill pullers Ive had since I first started out
I use them only now n then mainly to pull nails on sore footed horses
I find that using them properly n carefully they dont hurt the beast as much
I found as they got older n worn I had to dress them up a little to make them grip the nail head particularly as the nail was worn
but they still serve me well
I can see where our Smitty is comming from with his comments and respect a man of his skills
but dont under estimate the value of a good set of nail pullers to the Farrier novis or not
get some , get good quallity n they will last a long time

Nail pullers for:

Sore footed horses,

poor footed horses,

single nails in new shoes (I'm probably the only one that ever misses my mark or rasps my clinch too much ),

Especially and always on shoes with side or quarter clips.

Regards

RiversideBoy wrote:
Gotta link to it?