Hammer and Tongs is headed up by Hannes Snyman, an internationally qualified farrier. He completed his apprenticeship in 1999 under the then president of the South Africa Farriers Association, Andrew Timm.
Hammer and Tongs began in Nottingham Road in KwaZulu-Natal but really started to thrive after being invited to join the polo community in Plettenberg Bay in 2000. In 2017 he moved to the United Kingdom and completed his diploma in 2018 to officially join The Worshipful Company of Farriers.

He has been focusing on Dressage, Showjumping and Eventing Horses in the Cotswolds in the UK for the last 7 years and at the end of 2024 made the move back to the Garden Route in South Africa to join his family ...