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