Horseshoe keepsake

[fatponee]

My mum's horse has just been put into retirement as she has been diagnosed with extensive kissing spines. She is struggling to hold condition and I'm not sure how long she has left She is having her shoes taken off tomorrow and I'm going to keep one for my mum as a momento. Is there somewhere I can send the shoe to be preserved/mounted/made pretty? Thank you in advance.

 

[Honey08]

If you're on facebook, I came across a nice site called Eqwine that make hearts and ornaments out of your horseshoes. If not, perhaps google horseshoe art?

When we got married we cleaned loads of our section A's cute shoes and sprayed them silver for balloon weights. It wasn't that hard to do. If there is any rust on them, get the farrier to heat them up again, then when cool, brush hard with a wire brush, then use a car wheel spray paint to colour them..

 

[dianchi]

If you're on facebook, I came across a nice site called Eqwine that make hearts and ornaments out of your horseshoes. If not, perhaps google horseshoe art?

When we got married we cleaned loads of our section A's cute shoes and sprayed them silver for balloon weights. It wasn't that hard to do. If there is any rust on them, get the farrier to heat them up again, then when cool, brush hard with a wire brush, then use a car wheel spray paint to colour them..

What a clever idea!

 

[fatponee]

Honey08 - thank you so much. I will have a look on FB now!

 

[Carrots&Mints]

Paint them with metal paint (B&Q have loads of colours) then thread ribon through the holes and hang it up

 

[jellybean55]

here's another fb link https://www.facebook.com/#!/madefromhorseshoes?fref=ts the lady will use your own shoes and does postage. I've bought two items from her and they are fab

 

[poiuytrewq]

My friends farrier made her a beautiful heart out of her horses shoe for free. Would look awesome mounted.

 

[Honey08]

My OH is a mechanic with his own garage, and says he will make some for me and friends for Xmas, he thinks they would be fairly easy to do. I just need to get him going on them!

ps, re the eqwine site, I've not bought any, but was going to before OH decided he could do them. They were just fairly cheap and looked good..

 

[magic14]

I like the name plates here: https://www.facebook.com/GemzBlacksmithingServices

My friend also makes these boot cleaners and they can be personalised with name/horse shoe etc

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/...073741825.100003539782936&type=1&l=b38b7d2756

 

[GinaGem]

I had my girls shoes plated by a local metalwork company:

They don't look it but they are a very shiny gold colour.

 

[fatponee]

Thanks for all your help everyone. : )

GinaGem - they look great. May I ask was it expensive to get done, and what company did you use?

 

[bex1984]

My farrier made a mini horseshoe keyring out of one of my pony's shoes...it's lovely and I like the fact that I always have it with me

 

[GinaGem]

The company is called Russnorth Ltd, they do a lot of work for our business so they did this for free for me.