Norman Rockwell's "Blacksmith Shop" painting was a double-page interior illustration in the November 2, 1940 edition of The ...

Imagine a holiday when tradition dictated that farriers and blacksmiths fire their anvils with gunpowder, then roam the streets and knock ...

In mid-1941, the United States was still politically neutral as war erupted in Europe, North Africa, and Asia. The Atlantic wasn't saf...

How would Joe Biden look at the anvil? Traditionally, political cartoons have portrayed US Presidents as blacksmiths and, sometimes, farrie...

In a village of pop-up horse stables and instant schooling arenas sits the World Equestrian Games' pop-up vet clinic with its dedicat...

  The Oklahoman newspaper and newsok.com tracked down former World Champion farrier Mark Milster for a nice interview and video. The vid...

 Irish Farriers at the Barracks, Waterford, 1909 You don't need to wear a funny cap and carry a magnifying glass to be able to appl...

If your idea of fun is seeing how far you can carry a 363.8 pound stone, Scotland has an event for you. Just don't expect to tie up ...

One of the world's greatest poets died on Friday. Ireland's Seamus Heaney was one of those people who bridged the past and the pr...

“Gotcha!” Farrier David Duckett FWCF used the worst horseshoe he ever made to prove his point: there's much more to forgework than mee...

People sometimes refer to the musical sound of horse hooves. Others remark on the music that the hammer makes on the anvil. Hit the ...

Here's some trivia for a February Sunday afternoon: how closely are you paying attention when you watch television? Notice the ...

Photographers talk about the "point of infinity" in an image. There's a horizon or a focal point that draws your eye to th...

Possibly the only thing that can come close to Vienna, Austria's New Year's Day concert would be when Andre Rieu decided to s...

Fire and an explosion destroyed farrier Jim Quick's workshop in Niwot, Colorado on Sunday, June 5, 2011. This is all that remained....

27 December 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Three blacksmiths , originally uploaded by digikuva . What a well-traveled group of read...

by Fran Jurga | 21 October 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Our mid-week humor is provided by a demonstration of anvil shooting, which i...

Happy Fourth of July to all t he Hoof Blog's USA readers ! Illustration: "American Cincinnatus 1783" appeared on the cov...

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