Old Photograph Blacksmith Island Of Arran Scotland

Old photograph of a Blacksmith on the Island of Arran, Scotland. The blacksmith who shod horses was called a Farrier. A farrier is a specialist in equine hoof care, including the trimming and balancing of horses hooves and the placing of shoes on their hooves, if necessary. A farrier combines some blacksmith's skills, fabricating, adapting, and adjusting metal shoes) with some veterinarian's skills, knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the lower limb, to care for horses' feet. The village blacksmith, though, was called upon to do many things.



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