Had to choose between a cheap rasp and a good one last month

I was at the supply shop in Lexington and saw two options for a hoof rasp. One was 12 bucks and the other was 45. I grabbed the cheap one to save cash and man did I regret it after three horses. The teeth wore down halfway through and I was fighting the whole time. I went back and got the good one and it cut clean for the whole day. Has anyone else found that cheaper tools just cost you more time in the end?

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grant_hart21d ago

Read a horse management blog once that said cheap rasps are basically just sharpened tin cans. The guy who wrote it was a farrier from Kentucky who said the same thing happened to him twice before he learned his lesson. You're right that the cheaper option just ends up costing more in frustration and extra work.

linda50021d ago

Yeah that Kentucky farrier's story got me too. I used to think all rasps were basically the same, but now I always spend the extra few bucks.