Removing the clamps. Note the long rake head in the background.
Bending the prongs
Bending a prong
Forming the handle angle
In the heating room
Checking the width
Bending the handle?
Bending the handle
The handle and prong clamps showing the angle formed
Concentration.
Shaping with the axe
The handle clamped
Tightening a binding on the fork.
Shaping with a drawknife
Shaping the prongs with a drawknife.
Shaping the ends of the prongs
Finished forks
Forming the prongs.
Fitting the wedges that keep the split prongs in place.
After heating
Shaping a handle
An array of finished forks
Using a clamp to get the spread right
Working on the shave horse.
Adjusting the clamps
Splaying the prongs on a fork
Clamping the handle
brushes on display
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