Name/TitleHoof parer
About this objectUsed to pare a horse's hoof before fixing a new shoe. It was one of the tools at West Row Forge, which was worked by four generations of the donor's husband's family (Arthur Ford 1892-1973).
Mr Ford took over the business on the death of his father, to whom he had been apprenticed at the age of 12. At that time his father also had two of his own brothers working with him, but business declined over the years due to the number of working horses decreasing. C.1960 Mr Ford gave up the forge and went into farming instead. The forge used to do a tremendous amount of shoeing work and also tyring wooden cartwheels (the wheelwright's shop was across the road).
MeasurementsTotal Length: 34 1/2 cm.
Width of Jaws: 7 1/2 cm.
Object numberSTMEA:A.7739
Copyright Licence
Attribution - Non-commercial (cc)
