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