New Horseshoe art Sticky

[DSW]

Manokai, what size horse shoes did you use for the wine rack?

[ManoKai]

@ DSW - always use Size "1" to accomodate both Red n White wine bottles. White bottles tend to have a larger circumference. Note, our TSC usually carries Size "00", "0", and sometimes "1". Cost savings big time using a farrier vs TSC.

We use a local farrier who has every conceivable steel/aluminum horseshoe under the sun.

[Mr. Smith]

Mr. Smith> Love that heart.

Thanks. It receives lots of compliments, mostly because of its asymmetry.

I like the fork feet of your owl.

[Equilibrium]

Sort of testing to see if I can post a photo from my phone for the 1st time so here's another pumpkin from horseshoes-
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Mr. Smith> I have a friend here right now and she wants me to copy your heart for her. I should have never gone to this thread with a friend standing behind me.
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The owl ended up having fork feet because I couldn't come up with anything else to use for feet and didn't want to screw around with nails. I think they'd be set off more if the pliers I'd used for the beak and ears had been newer and shinier.

[DSW]

This was posted over on IFI by member Dogsoldat. Shame the pict is a bit dark and it's hard to see the 7 at the front.




Another one I have saved on doing house numbers with horse shoes.

[DSW]

ManoKai, Thanks for the info on the horse shoe wine racks. here's my take on them.








A few more items that I've done. I've also got a nice mirror that I'll have to get picts of tomorrow. It wasn't dry enough to photograph on Saturday.

[Thats Hot]

Just needs a little paint, and the next one should turn out a little better..

[BD1]

Just needs a little paint, and the next one should turn out a little better..

Horseshoe pumpkin makes a great door stop. It appears that your shoes are pretty thick looking at picture.
I painted some orange with a beige stem and a couple others plain. The orange ones sold first. I saw another one posted here with green stem. What's your color ?

[Thats Hot]

I am going to go with orange and beige also.

[Weld one]

I am a little late to the pumpkin party, but here is mine.
Made this one for Patti and put the ribbon on for her.

[DSW]

I like the "ribbon" idea. Those in pink for Breast Cancer would probably do well.

[Weld one]

I think your right. Until Patti got lymphoma, I thought pink was the only color. I think there is like 18 or so colors.
Thanks for your comment.

[HT2-4956]

A couple of interesting (and well done) horse shoe items here....

http://missoula.craigslist.org/for/5191681332.html

[DSW]

Picts from the CL add above.

[Thats Hot]

I had some one ask for some lamps, these are turning out good..

[Thats Hot]

This is going to be a Christmas Tree..

[ECAVE]

My pumpkin patch in various stages of paint!
I have to make a couple of those trees too! Nice work That's Hot.

[BD1]

Nice growing those pumpkins. I prefer the 8 shoe pumpkins over the 6 shoe ones too .
I gotta make some more since I sold the last one. I think I'll make a four sided one with a plate on top for a Halloween pumpkin. Turkey might be another one to do.

[ECAVE]

I was running short on shoes and one customer suggested a six shoe one but i told her she would like it...not as full. She later agreed.
Like to see that turkey when you get it made.

[Thats Hot]

I need more shoes..... come on Monday...

[Thats Hot]

Meet the twins... **** and Doodle...

[BD1]

Some of those shoes are big !! Those look great ! As for TWINS, I only see one of you.

[Equilibrium]

So I'm at the feed store and I'm looking at an eagle that's been sitting out. I see the price tag on it of $200 and my first thoughts are this thread and all the people fabricating goodies from horse shoes and selling them. I happened to have my camera on me. I took as many photos of it from different angles as I could for y'all hoping maybe one of you could create your own version of the eagle and sell it.
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One thing though.... I asked the gal if he ever sold any of his eagles. She said they were literally flying off her shelves at $125 and that as fast as he would make one... it would be gone but that he hadn't sold an eagle since his wife upped the price to $200.

[DSW]

Rough guess is that there's at least 20-25 shoes in that eagle. Assuming $3 each on shoes, He's probably not making much at $125

[BD1]

WOW !! It's nice, however , I would avoid the horizontal piece for the wings. Just using shoes may have a cleaner look.

Thanks for sharing !