04-22-2015, 08:28 AM
It would probably be a good idea to ask a Farrier just how practical it would be putting such a large nail in a horseshoe...I suspect it would cause a lot of damage...
It may be that this nail/rivet is connected to an organic component rather then directly on the animals hoof, in which case it likely follows a similar method of attachment as the Hipposandal...
sort of related....
Metal soled clogs are known from Etruscan graves see Etruscan Hinged Shoes pg9 here:
http://www.romanfinds.org.uk/public/file...a%2022.pdf
and of course these aren't nailed to the foot either
mile:
It may be that this nail/rivet is connected to an organic component rather then directly on the animals hoof, in which case it likely follows a similar method of attachment as the Hipposandal...
sort of related....
Metal soled clogs are known from Etruscan graves see Etruscan Hinged Shoes pg9 here:
http://www.romanfinds.org.uk/public/file...a%2022.pdf
and of course these aren't nailed to the foot either
mile:
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
