It’s great to see someone is recording history in this way

It almost seems unfair that someone like this worked so hard just to survive and we have it so easy today. They certainly deserve a lot of respect.

@scottward2451

5 жыл бұрын

Redrustyhill that is very true. I have great respect and admiration for people like this. I too enjoy working but I know years ago people had to work much harder.

Sir, you are another history book. No matter what walk of life anyone did back then; oxen were important. Not everyone had money for a tractor. You did your part for your community. I salute you!

@ksingleton101

5 жыл бұрын

What was a tractor? Oxen have been around for thousands of years the tractor maybe 150 +/-

There should be a hall of fame for people like this. They are the back bone of today’s world. True heroes that worked so hard just to survive.

@dasteelerfan1

5 жыл бұрын

scott ward no doubt this guy has lived and he continues his craft like nobody else can you get it lots of people don’t and for that a Thank You for your comment God bless

@mechanicalman1068

5 жыл бұрын

Actually, unfortunately they’re the backbone of yesterday’s world.

@oshobhagwan

5 жыл бұрын

You are mad

@scottward2451

5 жыл бұрын

joe blow thank you.

@David35445

5 жыл бұрын

Remember, they did more than survive, they thrived!

These are the real pioneers. So sad to see time change and erase such important things in life.

Although this gent is no youngster, he's as sharp as a tack. Thank you for posting this.

He doesn’t even look that old but he seems like he’s from a totally different century. Amazing and he has my respect.

As a young boy, I loved old men who told me what I needed to know to become a man or just wild tales to bug my eyes. For me growing up in Idaho it was cowboys, loggers, and miners. Damn, I haven't seen shoeing stocks for draft horses or oxen in over fifty years. This is absolutely priceless, and I thank you...

i am the same age,raised the same way....i am glad to see others are still out there.

Lovely film and lovely heritage, there is not much difference between what I just watched and how it was done here in Scotland way back when too. God bless all.

Am amazing man a lost skill set This is a brilliant man the knowledge and wisdom he has is priceless Your post was to short I could listen to this guy for hours and most likely walk away a much better man hard work every day and a skill set second to none thanks for the great post God bless

Respect, the knowledge,wisdom and skill in the hands of a senior. They have earned and deserve respect. Thanks for sharing.

Many might look at him as just an ignorant old man. This man had more knowledge and wisdom than most people could dream of having. Rest in Peace.

My cousin has owned, worked, & shown oxen since he was about 12. He's now about mid 70's.

I'm a Horse Farrier and my Hat and Tongs are off to the Old Man He is. Tru Legend.. I would love to talk to him and learn from Him.. Just amazing..

@sarasmith5110

5 жыл бұрын

I had no idea oxen were shoed. Why are they shoed as opposed to other farm animals other than horses? Thanks if you can explain.

@forcedtosignup007

5 жыл бұрын

@@sarasmith5110 they were working animals like a horse.

@sarasmith5110

5 жыл бұрын

@@forcedtosignup007 What does that have to do with the ox being shoed? Donkeys are working animals and they are not shoed. Are you a farrier?

@forcedtosignup007

5 жыл бұрын

@@sarasmith5110 i am not and my answer is correct. Go look it up. Pulling heavy loads is probably why.

@sarasmith5110

5 жыл бұрын

@@forcedtosignup007 I see you completely ignored the fact that donkeys carry heavy loads but are not shoed. Go look it up. CB is a farrier, not a guesser. That is why I addressed my question to him/her. Geez, I did did not need you to explain the obvious to me. i know oxen pull heavy loads. But they are essentially cattle and cattle are not shoed. It may well be that the shoes give extra traction or support. But that is for a farrier to tell me. Also, if it is typical for them to be shoed. Horses are not necessarily shoed either. You say your answer is correct and then say pulling heavy loads is probably why, so you do not know either.

Gordon a man’s man. Wishing you the best.

Really enjoyable to listen to an old timer talk about his trade. Guess I never knew that bovines could wear shoes, thought it was only horses and mules.

Oh !! People that dislikes NEVER done ANY work

@danmekeel7758

5 жыл бұрын

Dems dare ard Da Folks hoos nva Work a day indar life!

@elizabethtaylor9321

5 жыл бұрын

Ye the kind of people that would die without a supermarket, these are people who could survive if things go tits up.

@rudrapsarkar

5 жыл бұрын

maybe they dislike the fact thing have changed?

@bettyscoggins7769

5 жыл бұрын

O YEA, ANT EXCUSE NOT TO WORK. ALL COUTRIES WERE BORN FROM THE SWEAT OF THE BROW.

The true meaning of a hard working , honest man. Still working as hard all these years. God Bless him. A good life, and deserving of a great deal of respect.

Omg I was never a farmer but I sure love watch ox pulls tho it's so nice to see the older folks talk about the olden day and watching this makes me wish I was back in them old days great video

This is the type of person that made America great! There were no Walmart’s or youtube to tell you how to do it. Apprenticeship handed down through family and neighbors. Craftsmen. Where are they today.

@audpicc

5 жыл бұрын

He's not American. He's in Nova Scotia.

@rudrapsarkar

5 жыл бұрын

@@audpicc americans wouldn't know where that is

Fabulous information. Somebody who actually knows how to do something and make things. My hat is off to you folks. Thank you very much. What a sweet video.

@williamanderson1555

5 жыл бұрын

YT n

That's my Uncle :) Really makes me miss home. Ty for posting this.

@shenanigansofmannanan

5 жыл бұрын

He seems like a Gem, Salt of the earth kind of man. You should be proud to have such a wealth of experience in your family :)

@kevinunderwood2931

5 жыл бұрын

Jodi S he’s a fine man.

@fedup961

5 жыл бұрын

Jodi S where is this? I spent a lot of time on the south shore as a kid. I've been to south shore ready mix, the place on his hat

@Iowarail

5 жыл бұрын

Missing home and your people isn't easy, maybe it is time to visit.

@kevinleonard62

5 жыл бұрын

i also had an uncle who like yours ad a vast knowledge of country skills ... looking back he was special but to him that was just how he lived

This is a great historical interview which brings together the past and present. Thanks for the posting!

Bet you this man's daddy would smack you out of the bed if you even thought about not getting up ;) God bless you

@jodiehighroller9820

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

I love this guy. They don't make them like this anymore.

Man what a story. Never knew they shoed oxen. Never knew their hoves were split like deer either. Now this will be saved forever. Grew up with ice box's and coal bins. Hand pump and out house. Took my X to break me of calling a refrigerator a ice box 50 years after

this makes me miss the good old days more loved that kind of life and listening to the old timers that are all gone around here thanks ever so much for the post

I could listen to men like this all day long... what a treasure trove of knowledge and wisdom.

I enjoyed this vid, Shame we don't have more knowledge of the OLD ways. We may need to go back to one of these days. I sat at my grandmothers knee back in the fifties and learned she lived in a mud hut along a creek when she was born, Moved to a new home, a one room log cabin, when she was just old enough to know and remember. Remembering her father dying when she was 3, her mother dying a few months later when her dress caught fire while she was burning off stubble in the fields readying planting. Her older brothers raised her until she was ten. The local Doctor/Store owner took her in then to work his store. She later married his nephew, had 14 children, 12 living well into adulthood, all getting college degrees, 3 became Doctors, 8 master degrees and the leased educated black sheep worked on the A boob with Oppenheimer retiring from White Sands after 45 years of Government service. Sorry to ramble. Dr. D

God bless this old man. Reminds me of the old timmers round the farm I grew up on. It's a shame none of the younger generation learn this.... In our throw away society... So sad...

Wow, using glass as a scraper for wood! I know freshly broken glass is one of the sharpest things out there, but never thought to use it as a scraper to smooth wood.

My Father's family comes from Lunenburg area. Bridgewater, & Halifax. I can remember my father telling me about oxen when I was just a young ladd. Fact that word "Ladd" I picked up from being called that most of my young life. My Dad, Uncle Grandfather all used it. spin off from their Scottish heritage. Had a chance to visit the old homestead back in 1955 when things were still in full tilt with many of the ox drawn and horse drawn tasks. I still have kin in that neck of the wood.

This is great! I remember watching him on Land & Sea as a kid. Glad to see he's still at it.

Priceless! ❤️🙏👍

A fabulous treasure. Thank you for posting.

Don't you just know that old man is tougher than rhino hide?

@ksingleton101

5 жыл бұрын

You won't find one like him today! I'm 60 and when I was 10 I had my own business. When I was 15 I had 3 part time jobs, one daily and 2 every other day. I worked 7 days a week rain or shine with no vacations or time off. All three I created and worked for my self. it wasn't until I turned 16 that I went to work for someone else. Today those jobs are hard to find. Even trying to cut grass in the summer as a 14 year old is damn near impossible. Delivering News Papers on a bicycle is not done any longer. Today people would rather hire a company that employs illegals than a teenager to cut grass. Very sad how our children are growing up with not understanding the benefits of hard work.

Great video thanks for reminding us of our parents and grandparents were like.

I knew he was in Nova Scotia from the type of yoke he used. I collect postcards of oxen, I lost them in a flood. Really had a lot! I'm kind of surprised that he didn't have any training to become a successful ox farrier. Those are extremely beautiful, and well trained oxen.

very nice, I didn't know that there was ice or mud chalks used on oxen, always thought they were just a flat shoe

Anybody who could dislike this is sick in the soul. I see my Grandfather in this gentleman . Although, my Grandfather was probably born 30 or 40 years earlier. He was only allowed to finish grade six in school because there was work to be done. I have a team of oxen pulling a hay cart that he carved for me.

Fascinating! And that old gentleman (Gordon Lohnes) seems like a very nice man -- with an unusual history. I didn't even know they _shoed_ oxen! Or that you needed to tie their feet or that they needed a sling to keep from falling over ... though I certainly could appreciate the wild look in that ox's eyes as he was shod! LOL And I certainly never thought about _making yoke_ for oxen either. This was truly interesting. And I am the 999th "Like" which is kinda' cool too. Peace.

Fascinating video! Love Gordon's shop, and seeing the oxen.

I didn't hear the familiar Canadian accent. His speech seems nearly identical to old timers in the US Appalachian area. I was totally fooled as to his location. Thanks for this.

@bonnie448

5 жыл бұрын

I had family in Maine that spoke that way, sounded wonderful to me!

thank you, great interview.

My dad was a farrier and as a kid we went all over New England, one time in my lifetime I remember him shoeing a set of oxen, when he finished he said he’ll never do that again.

When an old person dies, a library burns to the ground

Real nice. I miss talking to the older men. There all gone now. Thank you.

I loved to sit & listen to my dear dad tell us about growing up in Newfoundland ! Hard living. I soooo miss him.

"Do you want to sit down and do that?" "No." I love this man.

now most people just sit around playing with their smart phone and wondering where to find more drugs.

You know the sorry politicians in DC don’t have a clue what hard work is. They could learn something from this gentleman!

A great honor to listen to this man share his knowledge.

What an amazing man. So much wisdom.

I used to love going to Ox Pulls as a spectator at Local Fairs in Maine, USA. One time I saw an 8 yro boy leading a giganitc team of Ashire Oxen.to or from the Ox Pull arena. I had never seen Oxen that big before.

One of the coolest videos !!

I love watching this type of stuff, but it also makes me sad to think when he's gone another form of art will be dying with him.

Amazing dialect,some words close to my own and accent seemed so familiar it startled me.I hope there is more to come from this interview.

I would like to be able to walk a mile in his shoes. And learn what he forgot.

A true craftsman and farrier. Amazing. Always heard of shoeing oxen...have never seen it.

I love sitting around talking with these old timers.A lot of knowledge to be learned from these guys!!

@larryteague871

5 жыл бұрын

Me too I can sit and soak it up for hours.

Great video and great shed..

Very interesting. Thanks fer posting this one.

Great video, a very talented, hard working man there.

Thank-you!

I live up road from Gordon's place, wish I could have been around 10 years or so ago to learn some of this stuff...

I am in awe of how healty and well built these oxen all look. I think it's a shame almost no one is doing anything with oxen anymore. At least not around where I live.

Hard working grandpa nice to see him working that reminds me my grandpa

As a professional hoof trimmer I'm always impressed to see it do e in the old way make me appreciate what I have today would love to try oven shoeing some day

This is where society starts. The biggest skyscraper, or the biggest school, starts here. Everything starts from these humble beginnings. Whole different world.

@tellmesomething2go

5 жыл бұрын

If city kids spent two weeks every year, farming, cut the crime rate, near zero.

What a treasure this fella is.

Absolutely awesome! Not may like him left..

The good old days? Maybe not, but people like him are true craftsmen, and part of what made this country great, and deserve our utmost respect!

Thank you reminded me of uncle Tommy God rest him. Never got it (rest) in his life.

Thank you for the video.

I could hang out with that guys for weeks without getting board...his stories are awesome I'm sure

Common sense, hard work and a life style.. Looks mighty nice to me..

What an awesome video. He learned a trade the old fashioned way. By actually doing it. Like when my daddy taught me to swim by throwing me in the pool you swam! That old blacksmith said you saw me do it and that’s the last time. Now YOU do it! A real American! Tough as nails.

A true lost art, it's very unfortunate that he is one of a dieing breed. I only hope that others took the time to sit with him and just lestin. How much knowledge, from a to z he could pass on.

I can relate to this life. It's very lively.

Never thought about them needing shoeing until this. Hardworking folk.

Oh what a wonderful world !

I really like these old guys - Yikes ! I'm 79. Cool video.

Man I miss this. When I was young I apprenticed as a Wheelwright and a Harness Maker. Of course I couldn’t wait to get away from it, found out the girls didn’t even know what a Wheelwright was and I couldn’t find work, so I went in the Marine Corps.

I'm a period joiner... yet I never saw anyone use a piece of glass as a scraper. (and after watching it shatter every time I know why). Still, it hearkens back to the simple mindset and frugality of using what you have at hand.

Great , great video.

This is an interesting fellow. Thanks.

Bless his heart.

Lunenburg County, a really beautiful part of Nova Scotia. If you enjoy travelling, beautiful scenery, seafood, and the ocean, take a couple of days and drive down the south shore of Nova Scotia and see the sights.... you won't regret it.

I like those coveralls he has. What a great story!

I remember finding ox shoes when I was plowing. We never farmed with oxen, just horses and tractors.

This is adorable.

I bet they're really nice decent honest people .Youngsters nowadays don't have the time or will to listen to old people and consequently so much knpwledge is lost forever.

when men were men and acted like men should act. I thought they only shoed horses. didn't know oxen get kicks as well.

@56squadron

5 жыл бұрын

You forgot "...and women were proud of it..."

Hats off to this fella.

Working oxen like this were used fo logging a lot in Australia in the old days but they were called bullocks right a bullock team

@bonnie448

5 жыл бұрын

They still use them in Spain.

I almost gave this one a thumbs done. For being too short.

He sure didn't miss with that ax

I'd love to sit a spell and listen to him tell his stories. Makes me miss my Pappaw 😢

Cool video!!