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