MANUAL FOR ARMY HORSESHOERS. 



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Remember to use only light blows on red metal. Heavy blows 

 leave irregularities that are difficult or impossible to remove. 



10. To shape one side.— Place one-half of the L in the fire, and 

 when heated seize the cold half with the tongs and hold the heated 

 side diagonally over the horn of the anvil, the left hand near the 



base and held low, the heated end projecting about an inch over 

 the horn. 



Begin striking at the end of the heated portion and, keeping 

 the right hand steadily in position, shape the steel by gradually 



