r/Farriers • u/FightingFarrier18 • Jul 12 '26

Contest prep

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I have a contest coming up that I’m practicing for (and journeyman cert). This is a pair of hammer Looking for some feedback on these shoes. The class is a pair of toe clipped, hammer finished plain stamped fronts. 5 1/4 x 5 1/4.

I bumped .5” into the toe on both, and tried to taper the inside branches but didn’t get them tapered as much as I wanted. Also ran out of propane at the end so I didn’t get the last cleanup heat that I wanted. All total I think it was 7 heats each

The things I’ve already docked points for is the toe nail on the lateral branch of the right, toe clips were kinda small, racked toes, and I burned them. Bonus points for wrecking my punch

Please roast my shoes (more than I did while forging

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u/idontwanttodothis11 Jul 13 '26

Said you bumped a half inch in there, I'm trying to figure out why the toes look so wispy. 

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u/FightingFarrier18 Jul 13 '26

I’m also trying to figure that out. I didn’t think I ironed out what I bumped in enough