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medieval blacksmithing that survived the apocalypse of cars by betting everything on hooves.
means The craft or trade of shoeing horses and tending to the care of their hooves.
from From 'farrier,' which traces back through Old French 'ferrier' to Latin 'ferrarius,' meaning 'blacksmith' or 'worker in iron' — itself from 'ferrum,' iron. The word carries its raw material in its bones: where there was iron, there was the smith, and where the smith bent down to a horse's foot, there was the farrier.
- hot shoeing
- hooves get seared with glowing iron, painlessly
- no nerves
- the trimmed hoof wall feels nothing, like fingernails
- old guild
- England's farrier worship dates to the 1300s
- legal trade
- shoeing horses unregistered is illegal in Britain
- barefoot rebels
- some movements reject shoes entirely, sparking feuds
horseshoe nailing — blacksmiths have shoed horses for over 2,000 years, still practiced by certified farriers today
thoroughbred racing farriers — specialized farriers at kentucky derby and other racetracks craft custom shoes for high-performance racehorses
draft horse shoeing — farriers shoe massive breeds like percherons and clydesdales with heavy plates weighing 2+ pounds per shoe