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Took me 45 minutes to rasp a lumpy hoof that should have been 15 because I forgot to dress my file first.
After the third pass I finally realized my brand new rasp was clogged with old horse hair and I wasted half the appointment fighting it - has anyone else had this happen with a fresh tool?
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the_lucas2mo ago
Did you ever think it was just a waste of time dressing a brand new rasp? I used to skip it until I had the exact same issue with a fresh one caked in debris from the factory. That one clogged session was enough to make me change my mind, now I dress every file before it touches a hoof.
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kai6572mo ago
Buddy of mine swore up and down that new files were good to go out of the box. He spent a whole afternoon fighting a clogged rasp on a client's draft horse, and the owner had to bring the horse back the next day to get it finished.
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gonzalez.grant2mo ago
It's not just about dressing the file, it's about how you store them too. I've seen guys toss brand new rasps into a damp toolbox or leave them on a concrete floor overnight, and the moisture from the factory packing grease starts eating into the teeth before they ever hit a hoof. Then you're blaming the file when it's really just surface rust from bad storage from the distributor. Did anyone check if his buddy's new file came sealed or was it sitting on a shelf for six months first?
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