Removing the clamps. Note the long rake head in the background.
Applying the binding
The handle and prong clamps showing the angle formed
Sign of a craftsman.
Forming the handle angle
Shaping with the axe
Splaying the prongs on a fork
The handle clamped
Bending the prongs
After heating
Forming the prongs.
brushes on display
Checking the width
Ready for heating to set the shape
Adjusting the spread by means of the spacer bar.
The clamp to spread the prongs to the right size
Adjusting the clamps
Fitting the wedges that keep the split prongs in place.
Bending the handle
Finished forks
Shaping with a drawknife
Bending the handle to the right angle
Using a clamp to get the spread right
Views
/38
Copyright of the photographs is held by Steve R. Salter and the Tools and Trades History Society and the photographs here are watermarked accordingly. Higher resolution unwatermarked images are available on application to TATHS at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. but any use of them must include a reference to Steve R. Salter as copyright holder and to TATHS.
