Fig. 2947.
Fig. 2948.
Fig. 2949.
To forge a four-tined fork, such as in [Fig. 2944], a blank piece of steel is employed, its dimensions being 53⁄4 inches long, 73⁄4 inches wide, and 1⁄2 inch thick. The first operation is to swage down one end, as at a in [Fig. 2945]. A split is then cut down as at b in [Fig. 2946]. The split is then opened out as in [Fig. 2947], and is fullered and drawn out at c. Two more splits are then made at d d, and the ends are bent open as in [Fig. 2948], when the four tines e e and f f are drawn out and shaped out. The stem, a, [Fig. 2945], is then finished for the handle.