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