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