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