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