For a joke I asked.........

[cindars]

My farrier on Wednesday I suppose you won't be affected by Brexit and amazingly he said "your mares front shoes come from The Netherlands and the nails from Columbia,the other mare who has natural balance shoes they come from Malaysia." Amazing isn't it?

 

[BMWKIPP]

Why doesn't he make his own? Mine does

 

[Wheels]

Why doesn't he make his own? Mine does

Do you know where he gets his steel from? Does he make his own nails do you know?

 

[BMWKIPP]

He gets his steel from Manchester and yes makes nails. He is ex military so I suppose he has carried on how he was taught their, now he is a civilian

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

Why doesn't he make his own? Mine does

Mine does for 'best shod' competing, such as hunters and some natives, also for special types, but overall it's cheaper to buy them in, saving on man hours etc.

 

[HashRouge]

My farrier on Wednesday I suppose you won't be affected by Brexit and amazingly he said "your mares front shoes come from The Netherlands and the nails from Columbia,the other mare who has natural balance shoes they come from Malaysia." Amazing isn't it?

*Whispers* It's ColOmbia, unless you mean the one in the USA. Sorry, pet peeve of mine!

 

[DressageCob]

*Whispers* It's ColOmbia, unless you mean the one in the USA. Sorry, pet peeve of mine!

I was just about to say the same thing 😄

 

[dogatemysalad]

Why doesn't your farrier buy his horseshoes and tools from one of our British manufacturers who use British steel ? My farrier uses a family business in Derbyshire.

 

[Trouper]

AAAgh - no wonder the planet is burning up with everything being transported round the world unnecessarily. What is wrong with local for simple things. Rant over!!

 

[cauda equina]

What's wrong with horses' own God-given bare feet?

 

[Keith_Beef]

AAAgh - no wonder the planet is burning up with everything being transported round the world unnecessarily. What is wrong with local for simple things. Rant over!!

Because when you can buy 20 or 30 of an item including shipping for the price of 4 of them produced locally...

 

[dogatemysalad]

Because when you can buy 20 or 30 of an item including shipping for the price of 4 of them produced locally...

Probably true, but I guess the British workers are all adults, are paid a living wage and work in a safe environment. Not so sure about Colombia and Maylasia.

 

[Keith_Beef]

Probably true, but I guess the British workers are all adults, are paid a living wage and work in a safe environment. Not so sure about Colombia and Maylasia.

I agree. I remember my dad telling me about a conversation he'd had with the director of the company where he worked.

The director had said something about the cost of labour in the UK compared to overseas.

My dad said something like "You want me to work for a pair of flip-flops and a bowl of rice! I want a pair of safety boots and meat and two veg! We can't compete on price, we have to compete on quality!"

 

[Red-1]

My farrier makes his own tools as well as his own shoes. He does buy in the nails though!

If they are from Colombia then I presume they will be on some World Trade agreement, that will continue after Brexit.

 

[Palindrome]

It's unlikely the iron will have been mined in the UK anyway, six of one and half of a dozen comes to mind.

 

[laura_nash]

If they are from Colombia then I presume they will be on some World Trade agreement, that will continue after Brexit.

Actually, imports from Colombia are via an EU Trade Agreement. It is one of the 13 that have already been re-negotiated directly though, so should be okay after Brexit.

 

[Keith_Beef]

It's unlikely the iron will have been mined in the UK anyway, six of one and half of a dozen comes to mind.

Has there been any large scale commercial iron ore mining in the UK in the past few centuries?

There used to be a bit in Cumberland, in the Forest of Dean and in the Weald, but when steel production really got going, most of the iron was imported in the form of bars from Sweden. Hardly any iron ore was smelted in the Great Britain after about 1700, if I remember rightly...

 

[Leo Walker]

Has there been any large scale commercial iron ore mining in the UK in the past few centuries?

There used to be a bit in Cumberland, in the Forest of Dean and in the Weald, but when steel production really got going, most of the iron was imported in the form of bars from Sweden. Hardly any iron ore was smelted in the Great Britain after about 1700, if I remember rightly...

And the North east. I kept my ponies in a field where the spring ran orange due to the iron in the water, and we used to hack along the old pack pony trails.