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1. Starting with a sketch and a clay model of the handle. -
2. The clay model has been dipped in molten Dip Seal, then the Dip Seal rubbery coating cut with a sharp knife and removed. -
3. The rubbery pattern has been spread flat and traced onto paper, the resulting paper pattern then traced onto 81 gauge brass sheet. -
4. Starting the forming process. -
5. The seam is silver-soldered a little bit at a time. -
6. After first silver-soldering, I continue spiraling it around. Here is a special stake that I made, shown at the top, for forming this part of it. -
7. Forming the little pointed end. -
8. Using another special stake to form the roundness of the bottom end. -
9. It needed to be annealed again in order to get final closure of the form. -
10. Final closure. -
11. The last part of the seam has been silver-soldered. -
12. Bending and forming the curly-Q at the end.