Hooflex online?

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gearGOON

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i was reading back through the old posts and i found several mentions of a horse hoof compound that was good for keeping horn handles from cracking. considering that i just ordered my first two khuks (12" AK PGA and a Chiruwa AK) and i like to take care of my gear, i figured i better get some. i think it was called hooflex...has anybody ever found it for sale online? are there any other treatments that work well for horn that are more readily available?

thanks in advance for info,
e.
 
ok, so i answered my own question on where to get Hooflex...here's a link if anybody else wants it.

http://www.petandhorsesupply.com/hoof.html

now i wonder which version of hooflex is best...ointment, creme, or liquid? from the limited descriptions it sounds like the liquid would be best, but perhaps someone who has used this stuff can comment on which version they used and how they applied it?

thanks,
e.
 
You should be able to find hooflex at any ranch supply. Almost anything with lanolin in it will be good for your bone handles. I am using my wife's skin moisturizer and it seems to work pretty well.:)
 
Hmm lanolin.....
Will have to order some up for myself.

You can get a 1 oz tube of lanolin for about $7 at any pharmacy. If they dont have it in stock ask them to order it from their supplier.
 
For your humorous consideration:

In eastern Montana I didn't figure hoof flex would be hard to find, but it did take a little driving, being as how stores are few and farther between.

Now, I'd spent some time with one of those "horsey gals' who just happened to know everything about horses. She collects horse magazines same way some of us have gun mags... She explained what 'reconditioning hooves' was all about, as a critter she got from the Reservation had two legs ground down to the bone. He was lame and she nursed him back to health.

Anyway, I put the stuff on my BAS one night. Most the moisture gets dumped in the Rockies and there is less to fall when it reaches the rest of the State, and the artic air masses that come down from Canada dry everything out..wooden tables, oil paintings..and this 46 year old's feet. I walk around a lot in the prarrie and mountains and the callouses build up, become hard and crack. You limp through the fields and come home with bloody socks.
I read the ingredients on the bottle...turpentine was the only one that worried me a bit..and after some reflection, slathered a gob of hoof flex on both heels.

Big breasted horse loving gals with stars in their eyes wouldn't hurt a fly, unless you tried hurting one of their horses, and I figured if it was good enough for one of their pets, it was good enough for munk.

I forgot all about it. A few weeks later the worse of the callouses just peeled off, really, fell right off. I'm not saying the hoof flex did it, only for now on when I treat the Khukuris to the finest in linements my feet will get a dose too. Doesn't hurt to have that great barn yard odor either....girls just love it.


munk
 
:D I never thought about using it on my own hooves.

Hooflex also makes a "hand cream" It says on the bottle that it's great for hand and hoof. I use it on fingernails. :)
 
Originally posted by munk ......the callouses build up, become hard and crack. You limp through the fields and come home with bloody socks.
Click to expand...
And how about the little hangnail type bits that
start to peel from the pad of the big toe and
tear off when they catch in the carpet.....::eek:

Same age as you and I started
having the same problem about 10 years ago.
My mother tells me its a family trait.
She swears that a dose of castor oil every day
will cause the callous to fall off.

Mmmmmmm..............Rubbed on, not drunk. :p

I usually just try to keep mine sanded down.
A buck or 4 in the store.
Or make your own with 200 grit or so wet/dry sandpaper.
Bag Balm keeps the callous gone if I use it daily.
Which I often forget.

Now if you wanta talk about the aches and pains............
 
The plain lanolin works on the cracked heels too. I use it.

You can also shave off the callouses with a sharp khukuri. It freaks out my teenagers, so it's worth the little bit of blood it causes if I miscalculate the depth.

;)
 
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