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