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