On this episode of Forging Brains we got to visit with our friend, Andrew Neilson. Andrew is a multi-generational farrier residing in Pennsylvania. He talks about how he became a farrier and then his trials & tribulations throughout to become a member of the World Championship Blacksmiths (WCB) Team for multiple years. Andrew is a hard worker and cares about improving the trade for years to come. Enjoy.

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We sat down with Team PNW-Brian Strelow, Troy Wood, Jesse Wilson and Riley Kirkpatrick after two days of competition had passed them to share their experiences as a team and their results of what they have done up to that point. Hurricane Ian was blowing past them at this point so they had no power in their hotel or surrounding areas so we decided to record a podcast to kill some time. The guys explained how each of their individual feet were done along with how the team performed in the Draft day and Pleasure day. In the video version on YouTube or Spotify I included pictures of the feet and shoes. They still had Tool & Fullered day yet to go but I included photos of their feet as well. This was a fun conversation with the guys and look forward to doing more with guys after a contest in the future.

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In this episode we sat down with the one and only, Robert Jukes! Robert gave us a lot of insight on what it was like growing up in Australia to then moving to the United States to shoe horses. He also shared what it's like to be on the WCB team and other 4-man teams, along with his famous fullers everyone loves. Enjoy the Podcast.

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In this podcast Riley Kirkpatrick & I sat down with Team PNW after they finished up a team practice where the shod a Draft Horse with Handmade Plain Stamp Horseshoes with a Masselot Toe Clip. They shared what it's like to be on a team together and a little back story of each on how they became who they are today. Enjoy!

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This is the introduction podcast between Riley Kirkpatrick & Gavine Cooper, getting to know each other a little more and giving you guys a little bit of our backgrounds and life story to become who we are today.