My farm has mysteriously turned into abscess land (after 5 years of none), so I’m wrapping a lot. I prefer to use magnapaste, as iodine or ichthammol are so dark you might miss the black drainage when it pops. My farrier taught me that 20yrs ago, so it may not be “old fashioned” but it’s not new. I may use iodine once I know it is draining though! 
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Has anyone said using hydrogen peroxide to clean out wounds?
Hunt caps made by Locke, hacking jackets worn with collared shirt and tie. Jods that you were forever putting your knee thru when mounting tall horses.
Oh! Oh! I forgot.
When I first began showing, I rode in breeches that buttoned at the knee. Twill breeches, big flares, no elastic, no velcro. Buttons at the knee.
We were old fashioned at the time because we didn’t know better, but surely that dates me still.
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Young 'un here that was taught to do it this way. Being able to make a perfect duct tape lattice will forever be something I’m proud of.
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I was taught to use just enough iodine to turn a light hoof yellow so we could catch the abscess when it drains. Though with this method generally just the smell when you take to boot off is enough to know its draining. (ew)
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I suspect by your name, we are the same age. At least the area of the US I grew up riding in the duct tape boot soak wasn’t popular anymore. My barn post university almost everyone used the “stand a horse in a warm bucket of water with salts” method. Talking to a few vets they didn’t see anything wrong with either method as long as you didn’t over soak the hoof and cause white line rot or another type of infection.
We used Cornucresine but I haven’t seen it on shelves for years. It was quite a fierce greasy, tarry product to be rubbed on coronet bands to stimulate growth. Wonder if it’s still in use. A blue can I believe.
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My username is actually my old horse and his birth year. I’m about 10 years younger 
We actually used a combo of both methods you mentioned. First we’d soak in epsom salt and then wrap, though I don’t think we packed it with anything, the wrap was just to keep the foot dry.
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Red ribbons in the tail is definitely still a thing. Equifit even makes an ear bonnet with a (removable) red patch on the forelock area for horses who dislike traffic or crowded warmups.
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It still exists and it’s still awesome! And it you use your hands to rub it into hooves, your fingernails will thank you for it. Breeches.com carries it.
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Glad I am not the only one who had this thought!
It was very much out of my way, but I visited Quillin last summer just because of all the recommendations and I couldn’t have been more disappointed. I even left without a halter and that’s what I specifically went there for. They were horrible. Hard, greasy, & unfinished is a good description. I did get 2 halter plates and they are nice. But they charged me $10 to ship them and they probably weighed a 1/2 oz. 
The type of halter I think we both had in mind I found in Midway, KY at the Freedman’s. They specialize in Saddleseat tack, but their halters are handcrafted and to die for. Beautiful leather and stitching. And the smell of the store was heavenly!
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Oh my way is totally different. Fill the diaper with Epsom salts and enough iodine to turn the hood a nice yellow color and slap that on the hoof. Than wrap with red gauze or vet wrap to hold the diaper in place and protect the coronet band and hair. Next you duct tape a boot on (I am a fan of the the fan method but the rectangle works well too). After making sure you didn’t apply tape to your horse’s hair/skin AND you can fit at least 2 fingers into the wrap put in a little water. Double bonus if you use gorilla tape at the toe to reinforce it.
Boom! A standing soak. Don’t leave on for more than 2 days. (If the abscess is stubborn and the vet can’t dig it out, do 2 days on and 1 day off.) Once the abscess blows, do the same thing minus the water. Works like a charm and is cheap. My old vet thought it was ingenious and recommended a couple of different (and more expensive) packing agents that he felt would do basically the same thing. Double bonus, the wet diaper acts as a soft boot to add a little extra cushion to the hoof.
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I started using moon boots instead of duct tape. Game changer!
https://www.jorvet.com/product/equine-moon-boot-4-pack/
An old fashioned practice: 20 lbs of carrots weekly, per Dr Klimke!!! Does that count?
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I am saving that link. Thank you
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I like their turnout halters far more than their track halters. I bought a track halter as a gift to a friend and wasn’t a fan…agree on the stiff part. I do love the turnout I have though. Much more supple than the triple stitch. I also got narrower leather, but that has to be special ordered. Didn’t think about the oil being an issue. Dark horse solutions, I guess. Mine also sat for awhile before I used it, so it never went on him freshly oiled. I don’t tend to recommend things I don’t really like, but I also didn’t think about the above two things. (that I order something super specific, and the fresh oil never touched the horse). I’ll keep these in mind if/when I recommend again. But, 100% true…shipping sucks…
ETA: I will say their website is nearly impossible to order off of and get the right thing. They have sizes listed that don’t exist in any of the actual halters (hence why mine was special ordered) … so that’s annoying and confusing as well.
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Remember boot garters? My first tall boots came with them.
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Hopefully not using ihydrogen peroxide any more. It is no longer recommended on wounds as it can kill healthy cells. I use it on myself for those little white mouth sores but that is it.
ETA I haven’t figured out quoting yet apparently
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I had blessedly forgotten about those until the moment I read that post! 
Whereas I wish tall boots still came with boot straps, instead of the ugly “Spanish tops”.
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