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