I swore by my old rounding hammer for years, but a 4-year-old Percheron with chronic quarter cracks made me switch.

I was trimming him every six weeks for a year, and the cracks just wouldn't stabilize. Another farrier at a clinic in Spokane suggested trying a cross pein hammer for setting clips. I was skeptical, but the different weight distribution and strike face let me set a much tighter, cleaner clip. After three shoeings with the new method, those cracks finally started to close up. Has anyone else had a specific tool change fix a long-running problem like that?

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mason7286d ago

Totally! My rounding hammer was useless for seedy toe.

morgan_butler6d ago

Yeah, @mason728, I used to think the opposite...