Le fabricant de rateau a l oeuvre avec son marteau

One of the last wooden-rake maker of the Bavarian forest is the 71-year-old Alois Gibis in Fürstenau - here in his workshop on 6th June 1983. The shank is made from acer and spruce and gets merged, the tines are made from mountain ash. Photo: Klaus-Dieter Heirler dpa | usage worldwide (Photo by Klaus-Dieter Heirler/picture alliance via Getty Images)