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