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I was also going to ask this question. I was also wondering if these a
really horse shoes. Are the nail holes, nail recesses, and any wear
present? Or, are they just round flat pieces of metal? I am only asking
because I do not remember a description of the "shoe", only that it is a
"shoe." Not being critical here but to many folk "horse shoes" are not
really horse shoes. If the originator would be so kind as to describe the
"shoe" then perhaps the list can better decide what kind of shoe it is or
whether it is something else.
Thanks
Jim
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Are these horseshoes round, or is there a bar across the open end
of the horseshoe?
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>John,
>I recently visited a working blacksmith shop at waterloo village in NJ
>with my family. I was surprised to see many examples of horse shoe types
>and shapes that he had on display there. He explained that these were
>for various functions much like changing tries on a car for racing or
>snow, etc. Round horse shoes may have given more traction than the
>traditional shape that most of us are familiar with.
>Bill Allen
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>> From a late 19th cent to early 20th cent old blacksmiths site several
>> round, as distinct from "horseshoe" shaped horseshoes have been found.
>> Can anybody help with what these would have been used for? It has been
>> suggested that they were used to confuse trackers when chasing outlaws
>> but I think they would slow any half decent tracker by about quarter
>> of a second. So why would they have been used?Thanks!John
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>John,
><br>I recently visited a working blacksmith shop at waterloo village in
>NJ with my family. I was surprised to see many examples of horse shoe
types
>and shapes that he had on display there. He explained that these were for
>various functions much like changing tries on a car for racing or
>snow, etc. Round horse shoes may have given more traction than the
>traditional shape that most of us are familiar with.
><br>Bill Allen
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>a late 19th cent to early 20th cent old blacksmiths site several round,
>as distinct from "horseshoe" shaped horseshoes have been found. Can
anybody
>help with what these would have been used for? It has been suggested that
>they were used to confuse trackers when chasing outlaws but I think they
>would slow any half decent tracker by about quarter of a second. So why
>would they have been used?</font></font><font face="Arial"><font
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Robert L. Schuyler
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