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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1748917" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>Try to keep the design simple. The more intricate, the less legible it will likely be a few weeks after the hair dies off and less likely it will grow clear and distinguishable with the hide size. Running irons used to be pretty common in my part of the world, and the designs covered 1/2 the flanks and hips. We didn't use one. The HY brand we used for 3 decades measured 6" wide and 5" tall and we used the same iron on all ages. Home made out of stainless around 1965. I still have it somewhere.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]17116[/ATTACH]</p><p>One of our neighbors used a running iron and drew out a huge PE on his cattle and calves but it was open range then and everyone that ran OR used larger brands than we did since all ours were fenced in on our own property. They wanted a bigger brand to easily pick out their animals in the annual roundups in the nat forest. Everyone always used wood fire heat for the irons. A running iron is just a straight rod with a crook on the end, Kinda J shaped.</p><p></p><p>Yep, the smell is 'unique', just as burning cauterizing horn is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1748917, member: 18945"] Try to keep the design simple. The more intricate, the less legible it will likely be a few weeks after the hair dies off and less likely it will grow clear and distinguishable with the hide size. Running irons used to be pretty common in my part of the world, and the designs covered 1/2 the flanks and hips. We didn't use one. The HY brand we used for 3 decades measured 6" wide and 5" tall and we used the same iron on all ages. Home made out of stainless around 1965. I still have it somewhere. [ATTACH type="full" alt="HY.jpg"]17116[/ATTACH] One of our neighbors used a running iron and drew out a huge PE on his cattle and calves but it was open range then and everyone that ran OR used larger brands than we did since all ours were fenced in on our own property. They wanted a bigger brand to easily pick out their animals in the annual roundups in the nat forest. Everyone always used wood fire heat for the irons. A running iron is just a straight rod with a crook on the end, Kinda J shaped. Yep, the smell is 'unique', just as burning cauterizing horn is. [/QUOTE]
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