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<blockquote data-quote="429421blkangus" data-source="post: 934285" data-attributes="member: 18647"><p>Hold the iron on the calf with light pressure, you don't want to push too hard, and be careful when the calf jumps because it will blotch the brand. Too hot of an iron will burn too much of the surrounding area of the brand and make it kinda "blurry". You want to hold the iron on until the hide under the brand turns kind of a cherry red color, once you see it you'll know what i mean. Try and keep knocking the burnt hair off the iron to keep it hot. We usually put the iron back after one calf, at alot of the rope and throw brandings that i rope or wrestle at they will do a couple calves with an iron, but there are alot of calves getting done and usually the brand quality isn't very good. Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="429421blkangus, post: 934285, member: 18647"] Hold the iron on the calf with light pressure, you don't want to push too hard, and be careful when the calf jumps because it will blotch the brand. Too hot of an iron will burn too much of the surrounding area of the brand and make it kinda "blurry". You want to hold the iron on until the hide under the brand turns kind of a cherry red color, once you see it you'll know what i mean. Try and keep knocking the burnt hair off the iron to keep it hot. We usually put the iron back after one calf, at alot of the rope and throw brandings that i rope or wrestle at they will do a couple calves with an iron, but there are alot of calves getting done and usually the brand quality isn't very good. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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