Jerry Langdon has been shoeing horses for more than 30 years, certainly a noteworthy stretch of time. After all, the trade may seem like a disappearing art, akin to spinning wool or repairing watches.

Occupation: Self-employed, full-time farrier based in Effingham County. Salary: "I would say a good, full-time farrier should be grossing six figures, like $100,000." What he does: "I try to maximize ...

Horseshoes traditionally mean good luck, but not always for the people who work with them. Nervous animals weighing upward of 1,000 pounds can easily cause broken bones, cracked ribs or muscle ...

Farrier Staff Corporal Major Fraser McDonald, 37, is a member of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment. He's a farrier at Hyde Park Barracks in Knightsbridge. What does the job involve? I'm in the ...

For 32 years, Lawrence resident Charley Mattingly has been forging steel and shoeing horses as a farrier. Instead of his customers coming to him, he meets them at horse shows and works from his truck, ...

Born a city boy in St. Paul, Robert McKinnell has found his passion in shoeing and trimming horse hooves. He's a farrier who travels the region from his home in Erhard, Minn., to perform his job.

When Mike and Melissa McNally need work done on the hoofs of one of their six horses, they know exactly who to call. Farrier Nick DiFranco, 41, has been pounding hot steel horseshoes for 16 years ...

Stephen Hendrickson worked full-time for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, but "I always wanted to do something with horses," he said. "I watched a farrier do one foot on one horse and ...

Bryce Burnett's hands tell you he doesn't spend his days in an office cubicle. Those hands wear a dark, grimy coating, a mixture of iron residue and dirt. Scratches and cuts decorate the skin, and ...