Horseshoe Run

[John Beatty]

Drove to a new place I found & bought a LOT of horseshoes. I had to pretty much drag myself out of there. The place is called Anvil Horseshoes, they sell Anvils & horseshoes. SWEET! They carry St croix forge, and their own brand, but the variety was unbelieveable. I'm going to go through the catalog & look it over, but they had the biggest, thickest, scariest horseshoes I've ever seen down to some really easy looking stuff. And it was only a 75 minute drive, where the other place I could get St Croix was close to 2 hours each way.

FBBC will now carry Anvil brand shoes, I'll pick 2-3 sizes for cert shoes, plus now I'll have the St croix ultra lite #2's.

So now certs will be Diamond #0, 1, 2

St croix Ultra lite #0, #1, #2

Anvil - TBA soon. The Anvil shoes are a LOT more expensive, but some really cool stuff. One type I bought was $9.75 per pair. Good for certs, I guess, but not everyday bending.

[gazza]

thats a nice find john the st.croix are really hard to get especially in the UK i plan on attacking some of those one of these days.

Get some of the BEASTS for PAT

[Tim71]

Was it 75 minutes north or south? Man I'd feel like a kid in a candy store. Tractor supply carries horseshoes by the pound which is usually pretty cheap.

BTW, John, your diamond shoes are they the classics or the broncos? The classics I've done but I've yet to get a bronco.

Tim

[John Beatty]

Was it 75 minutes north or south? Man I'd feel like a kid in a candy store. Tractor supply carries horseshoes by the pound which is usually pretty cheap.

BTW, John, your diamond shoes are they the classics or the broncos? The classics I've done but I've yet to get a bronco.

Tim

Tim-

It was west, and a little north, over by Bloomington.

Gazza-

I saw some stuff there in the hand forged section that would stop anyone. 1/2" thick & 1" plus wide. With a wider curve, probably close to 1 1/2" wide at the curve.

[antarath]

Very nice!!

John: The Diamond Draft #8 is 1-1/8" X 1/2". Pat bent one of those.

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/9325/draftshoe1hh8.jpg.

Mats

[Tim71]

Too far for me then. I'll just wait and see what you pick out to sell. Boy that hand forged stuff would make a heck of an iso shoe. If you ever pass a tractor supply John I suggest stopping in. Not a huge selection but by the pound you can't beat it. Nothing wrong with cutting the ol' wholesale costs.

Pat has made a partial bend in a #8 but that extra 3/8 by 1/2 inch strip of steel might give him fits. Plus, I just about immagine that the hand forged ones are superior steel but I don't know that for sure.

I've always been amazed at how easy Steve Mcgranahan makes the St croix #2s look on his video. I've got one of those and man it's no thin shoe. Their lites are as thick as the diamonds. He does it bare handed too.

The diamond classic #1 (DC1) is my best shoe but to me I've come nowhere close to mastering the "feel" of horseshoes. To me they're different than anything else to bend. Very awkward in my opinion. I'd like to get better at them.

Thanks John for expanding once again the selection available to benders!

Tim

[nickr104]

Too far for me then. I'll just wait and see what you pick out to sell. Boy that hand forged stuff would make a heck of an iso shoe. If you ever pass a tractor supply John I suggest stopping in. Not a huge selection but by the pound you can't beat it. Nothing wrong with cutting the ol' wholesale costs.

Pat has made a partial bend in a #8 but that extra 3/8 by 1/2 inch strip of steel might give him fits. Plus, I just about immagine that the hand forged ones are superior steel but I don't know that for sure.

I've always been amazed at how easy Steve Mcgranahan makes the St croix #2s look on his video. I've got one of those and man it's no thin shoe. Their lites are as thick as the diamonds. He does it bare handed too.

The diamond classic #1 (DC1) is my best shoe but to me I've come nowhere close to mastering the "feel" of horseshoes. To me they're different than anything else to bend. Very awkward in my opinion. I'd like to get better at them.

Thanks John for expanding once again the selection available to benders!

Tim

I have wanted to get better at them as well Tim. They are a really cool bend.

[ObsceneJester]

I wish I was into Horse Shoes and maybe one day I will. Great job making FBBC a better place to order from.. I honestly don't see how you do everything that you do and still have a life (outside of work, FBBC company and Strongman stuff) thanks for all the hardwork

[cjsta]

What are the cert rules for a FBBC horseshoe bend?

Braced or unbraced?

Degree of bend?

Time limit?

If anyone can post a link to the rules or state the rules for the horseshoes I would greatly appreciate it. I have been trying to find this out for quite some time now. It's funny how this post came up tonight, I just got finished bending 12 assorted new St. Croix's. I kinda have a slight addiction to bending horseshoes. I would really like to get certified in this.

Thanks,

Chris

[John Beatty]

As to my life outside FBBC, work, the Mag, Strongman, etc. I get up at 5:30 most mornings & work on FBBC stuff until about 7:15, that's when everyone else in my house starts waking up. The during my workouts I do more (3 times per week, about 90min ea). Then usually every 3rd or 4th week I'm behind enough that I get a babysitter for the kids for 3-4 hours when my wife's at work (she works part time as a nurse also) & get caught up. I only do a few competitions per year now, I don't want to be away from the family. As a nurse, I work three 12 hour shifts per week, so I'm off 4 days a week. There's an exciting peek into the inner workings of FBBC & John Beatty...

As to Horseshoe cert rules. Braced or unbraced, whatever you want to do. I bend them braced. Minimum of a 90 degree bend, more is fine. I guess 5 min will be fine for the time limit. Wraps, padding fine. No tools or pipe. Vid certs are fine.

[maximus1]

http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?automod...si&img=5765

Big Horseshoe!

[pawel r]

http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_jun2001/RedneckHorseshoes.jpg

[pawel r]

http://www.functionalhandstrength.com/imag...s_horseshoe.jpg

[cjsta]

As to my life outside FBBC, work, the Mag, Strongman, etc. I get up at 5:30 most mornings & work on FBBC stuff until about 7:15, that's when everyone else in my house starts waking up. The during my workouts I do more (3 times per week, about 90min ea). Then usually every 3rd or 4th week I'm behind enough that I get a babysitter for the kids for 3-4 hours when my wife's at work (she works part time as a nurse also) & get caught up. I only do a few competitions per year now, I don't want to be away from the family. As a nurse, I work three 12 hour shifts per week, so I'm off 4 days a week. There's an exciting peek into the inner workings of FBBC & John Beatty...

As to Horseshoe cert rules. Braced or unbraced, whatever you want to do. I bend them braced. Minimum of a 90 degree bend, more is fine. I guess 5 min will be fine for the time limit. Wraps, padding fine. No tools or pipe. Vid certs are fine.

John,

I'm sending a PM. Is this the same rules for the spike bending as well?

Thank you,

Chris

[Tim71]

cjsta,

I'm not John but I'm pretty sure the rules are about the same. It's definately braced, and you can brace on any part of your body you want and padding is cool too. Pretty sure you can pad over your thigh or under your knee which ever style you use. John can say for sure but another board member told me that basically no tools or a vise (obviously) other than that if it's on your body an not wedged on the ground it was okay.

But I definately know a braced bend is legal.

Tim

[cjsta]

cjsta,

I'm not John but I'm pretty sure the rules are about the same. It's definately braced, and you can brace on any part of your body you want and padding is cool too. Pretty sure you can pad over your thigh or under your knee which ever style you use. John can say for sure but another board member told me that basically no tools or a vise (obviously) other than that if it's on your body an not wedged on the ground it was okay.

But I definately know a braced bend is legal.

Tim

Thanks Tim,

The only rules I could find posted were for the unbraced cert. Thanks for the clarification. I did do a few unbraced St. Croix's just in case it was an unbraced bend, man their tough that way.

Chris