Removing the clamps. Note the long rake head in the background.
Tightening a binding on the fork.
Fork in production
Forming the handle angle
Shaping with a drawknife
Applying the binding
Bending the handle
brushes on display
A binding ready to use
An array of finished forks
Shaping the prongs with a drawknife.
Forming the prongs.
Shaping a handle
The handle and prong clamps showing the angle formed
Bending the handle to the right angle
Bending a prong
Choosing a fork
Clamping the handle
In the heating room
Finished forks
Shaping with the axe
After heating
The heating room
Bending the prongs
Adjusting the clamps
The clamp to spread the prongs to the right size
Adjusting the spread by means of the spacer bar.
Concentration.
Using a clamp to get the spread right
Checking the width
Shaping the ends of the prongs
Fitting the wedges that keep the split prongs in place.
Ready for heating to set the shape
Bending the handle?
Working on the shave horse.
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