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Armed with the tools of the trade, the harmonious farrier is set to work |

Near-fore shoe removed using buffer (left hand) and nailing on hammer |

Foot is dressed using farrier's knife |
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Excess foot trimmed off using nippers |

Foot is levelled using rasp |

New shoe is altered on stand (storejack) with a bang or two of the altering hammer |
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New shoe is carefully fitted to foot and 3 nails hammered in on each side |

Ringing off Sharp ends twisted off |

Nails drawn up ready for clenching |