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The reason I said a a shoer wouldn't put a hot shoe in cold water before fitting is 
that somewhere in the back of my mind was the thought that the cold water made the 
steel more brittle.  I googled and got this:

http://www.endtimesreport.com/PLAYING_WITH_TEMPERATURES.html
The annealed steel can then be... heated again to a cherry red and then immediately 
quenched completely in oil, a process called tempering. The oil-bath tempering 
restores a spring-steel quality of temper... Cold water quenching makes steel harder, 
but brittle.

I don't know if multiple heatings and quenchings make the steel more and more brittle 
but it will take longer if you have to re-heat the shoe.  In any event, it would be a 
mistake to quench the shoe and then try to work it cold.  Your farrier did not do that.

SandyDSA@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Our shoer does - he takes the extra time to reheat it if it is not just 
> right. He cools it in water, allows the sizzle to go away then fits it 
> against the hoof. If it isnt' right, he heats it again. 


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