Studs in Shoes

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From: Susan Pyne 
Email: spyne@juno.com

My arab has been wearing out his shoes at an average of 4 weeks (even the rim shoes which Karen Paulo recommended in her book).  His feet grow slowly and changing shoes so often was breaking down his hoofwall.  I went to a seminar and saw a shoeing demonstration from a top farrier in our area.  On his own horse, he welds borum (spelling?).  A spot on the toe and one on each side of the heel. Doing this allows him to reset the same shoe for approx. 7 mths.  This sounded great to me.  I told my farrier about it.  Since he doesn't have a forge, he recommended using the borum studs like draft horses use.  I am using those now, but I am worried about something.  The studs sit pretty high (maybe 1/4")  It looks to me like they would present 3 pressure points.  The farrier says not. That the shoe is still
supporting the entire hoof. Does anyone know anything about this?