Heartland Horseshoeing School

TOOLS AND MATERIALS

Each student is required to provide their own hand tools. School owned anvils and forges are available for use at all times while students are enrolled. The textbook that we use at HHS is The Principles of horseshoeing III, by Dr. Doug Butler, PHD, CJF, FWCF, and his son Jacob Butler, CJF. Another book that we highly recommend is Hickmans’ Farriery, by Martin Hickman, FWCF, and Humphrey.

Following is a list of the required tools as well as the suggested brand names. You are not required to have the suggested brands, however, you will never be sorry for buying quality.

Tools	Brand Name
14” Hoof Nippers	G.E.
Curved Jaw Clinchers	G.E.
Crease Nail Puller	St. Croix
Pull Offs	Mustad
Hoof Knife	Prairie Forge
Driving Hammer	Flatland Forge
Shoeing Apron	Buddy Aprons, or Chris Gregory Western Shoer
5/16” Farrier Tongs	Mustad
1/4” Farrier Tongs	Mustad
1/4” Farrier Tongs	Mustad
Rounding Hammer	Flatland Forge or Dave Showen
Clipping Hammer	Flatland Forge or Dave Showen
3 Rasps	Mustad
3 Rasp Handles	Wooden screw-on type
Butcher Block Brush	No suggestion
3 Foot Tape Measure	No suggestion
3 Anvil Devils	No suggestion
Shoeing Box	The Classic by Yoder Blacksmith
Safety Glasses	Crews

If you are enrolled in the Advanced Farrier Course or the Journeyman Farrier Course, you will need some additional tools. Practical Farrier Course students are encouraged to buy the additional tools, but they are not required. These are:

Tools	Brand Name
E-head Fore Punch	Mustad or Flatland Forge
Creaser	Mustad or Flatland Forge
3/8” Farrier Tongs	Mustad or Flatland Forge
1/2” Farrier Tongs	Mustad or Flatland Forge
2 Pritchels	Mustad or Flatland Forge

Most of the equipment used by farriers is of an extremely specialty nature. As such, it can be somewhat expensive to buy quality. However, like your education, you will never regret getting the best that is available. The tools suggested have proven to be of the highest quality.
Once you graduate, you will need an anvil, anvil stand and forge. We recommend that you budget around $1,000.00 for these purchases. Inventory of shoes, nails, pads, etc. can be as little as $100.00 but if you are making a budget, I would suggest somewhere around $1,500.00. While these may seem like quite large sums, when comparing farriery to almost any other trade, the start-up costs are incredibly small. Especially when the consider the potential return on the investment.

There are farrier suppliers located all over the country. At the back of this catalog is a list of suppliers that we are personally friends with, and have done business with in the past. They are advertised in alphabetical order. If you call any of these folks for your equipment, please mention Chris Gregory, or Heartland Horseshoeing School. Some of them will give you a discount as a result. None of the suppliers in this catalog would be recommended if we did not believe that they would treat you right.