15. Another stage completed, ready for annealing again.
16. A special stake and punch (left) to put a curved crease in the end of the bill.
17. Another special stake (top) to get the bill curved a full 180° around.
18. Closing up the seam on the underside of the bill.
19. Here the seam on the bill has been silver-soldered. The seam on the neck will be closed up next and silver-soldered.
20. The entire seam has been soldered and cleaned up, and now it's time for final planishing. I used the ball stake pictured at the top.
21.Back of the finished piece, screwed onto the piece of wood, a piece of spring wire bent into shape to hang it on a wall.
22. The finished piece.