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Put horse hoof, knife and electric together and you will get a skeptical look. Add chain saw and the look will go from skeptical to complete disbelief. That was the common reaction I got when I told people about the Merlin Electric Hoof Knife.

The Merlin is electric and it is used on hooves, but the word knife might be misleading, as the Merlin is not so much a knife as a replacement for hoof nippers and a rasp.

Weighing in at 1.2 pounds and 11 inches long, the Merlin is the first electric tool to be offered specifically
as a hoof trimming set. The patented set consists of an electric, miniature, longneck angle grinder that uses a
two-inch diameter, four tooth tungsten carbide chain saw mounted between two discs. It was the diary industry that first dubbed the tool “the Electric Hoof Knife”.

King Arthur Tools originally developed the tool for use
in woodcarving. A diary farmer contacted the company to purchase the woodcarving chain saw to trim his cows’hooves and the idea was sparked. Hoof trimmers from
Florida to Wisconsin were supplied with prototypes and asked to test the tool in real life situations . . .

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DAIRY

Cut the work out of hoof trimming!

Designed For:
FARRIERS • HORSE OWNERS • VETERINARIANS
For All Horses:
STANDARD • DRAFT • MINIATURE

• Removes hoof wall, sole and flare with precision control.
• Easy on your hands – eliminates the strain of pulling a knife thru the hoof.
• Not noisy – at 100 decibels, horses acclimate quickly.
• Easy to Sharpen with our diamond file.
• Designed to easily trim hard hooves.

Trimming hoofs successfully since 2005.
HISTORY of Merlin & Equine Industry

Plainly Speaking
The secret to the MERLIN® is taking time to get the feel of the tool. As with any new tool, there is a brief learning curve. It’s a combination of the correct hand position on the ginder, angle of the blade, the way the blade is pulled across the hoof and the amount of pressure being applied to the blade that allows the tool to do the cutting without force.

You can remove hoof material in “egg shell thin” layers. With use and practice you can quickly and easily make cuts at controlled depths in any direction.

Farriers, Horse Owners and Veterinarians
use MERLIN® Electric Hoof Knife to cut
the work out of hoof trimming.

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Tested and Approved by Farrier's
National Research Center

BORS® can trim more than 150 cows
without stopping to resharpen the blade.

This unique 6 tooth, tungsten carbide tipped chain saw disc was designed as a primary tool for herd hoof trimming.

BORS 4" disc fits most 4-1/2” angle grinders.

BORS® cutting points are positioned at the edge of the disc, allowing a smooth cut across the hoof without grabbing. BORS® reduces strain on the wrist by eliminating the chipping motion utilized with other cutting discs. 

Larger 4" BORS® disc fits most
standard angle grinders.

2" MERLIN® SET is a great addition for detail and corrective trimming.

 

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