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