Here's a cool shoe I get to apply on Friday. This old guy has fetlocks that are below ground parralel all the time. This should put a bit more base under his load. I'll probobly add a bit of a rocker. I'll take a few pics then, on the foot.
Jason

Nice shoe for those kinds. Its nicer than a plain old long egg bar because it doesn't rock the foot back and forth as the heel lands on that square back end, as a round extended back end would. I would add a solid plate under it (those castle performance pads or EDSS all purpose plates,( same thing) to support the frog, or at least fill the foot with equpack. Otherwise you may get some secondary heel pain later on .
Patty

Cool shoe! I've done a few of the long eggbars like Patty emntioned, but I always brought the extended part of the shoe out very narrow in the back like Jason did in this shoe. Squaring the heel makes a lot of sense too.

Jason are you going to add qurter clips? Just curious.

'nuther thing, can you get under this horse behind without him falling down? The ones I've worked on like that I had to prop against the wall to keep them from falling over.

Work quick and have a sturdy wall. I just ran out of propane before I clipped it...
Jason

Jason Maki wrote:
Excretia occurs.

Nice shoe!

Why not fire up the welder and weld some clips to the shoe? I know it is not as fancy, but will suffice!

Tony

Jason Maki wrote: Nice looking shoe Jason.

There's always the option of beans for dinner...............

I like the caudal part, I hate the toe part! Why didn't you square the toe?

On horses like that ease of breakover is very important. Just square or block the toe, no need for loosing footlength here by rolling the toe.



Ronald Aalders

Ronald Aalders wrote: Looks like your solar view and lateral view have a rolled toe; confusing. Maybe you are reffering to a rockered toe?

Jaye Perry wrote:
It's not rolled Jaye, it's what I believe you guys call rockered. I like to call it a tapered toe or feathered toe.


Ronald Aalders

Looks like a rolled toe to me. Rockered is bent. For lack of a better simpler southwest Texas term.

Methinks the terms get swiched when one crosses the pond. Just to add to the confusion, I would call it a scarfed toe or a tapered toe.

Crazy Euro's!

Nice job on ya both by the way.

Ron,
The shoe was built blind, so it has a Bob Marshall toe, which is what I forge when on auto pilot. The shoe on the foot is blockier and to avoid confusion bent upwards from the flat plain of the shoe from the toe nail forward. A bit, not drastic. I'll post the pics of the foot job in a bit.
With a case of rundown, imo, the suspensory ligament does not spring up and release the extensor tendon of the tension created by the dorsal branches of the SL. That is part of the reason these buggers literaly grind thier toe off or into the whiteline. I prefer a bolder fit with a rocker. this protects the horn, but helpsd the foot pronate.
Jason

Two pics, Ill load more after I cook some dinner!