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