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Warning: A vet in Cheyenne told me to stop using my old hoof knife sharpening trick
Honestly, I was showing him my edge with the 20-degree bevel I've done for years, and he said it's actually causing micro-fractures in the horn. He pulled out a scope and showed me the tiny splits I couldn't see. Ngl, it hit different because he wasn't a farrier telling me, it was the guy who has to deal with the lameness issues later. I've been doing it wrong for probably a decade. Has anyone else had a vet point out a basic tool technique that was actually causing harm?
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susana661mo ago
My uncle ran a big barn up in Sheridan for forty years and swore by that old 20 degree trick. I get the micro-fracture thing, but I've seen horses go sound for years with that edge. Sometimes vets have to find a problem to fix, you know? It feels like one of those things that matters more under a scope than out in the real world.
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eva9081mo ago
Yeah, that's a tough one to hear. I switched to a 25-degree micro-bevel after a similar chat.
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the_nina1mo ago
What angle did he say you should be using instead? I had a similar wake-up call last year, and my guy said to switch to a 25-degree micro-bevel on the very edge, keeping the main 20-degree grind. It stops that chipping he was talking about, and the edge still lasts a good while.
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