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