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15. Annealing again.
16. A slightly smaller ball stake for the next step.
17. Planishing the head on that stake.
18. Getting more curvature on the underside of the body. 
19. Using a mallet to close it up.
20. Closing up the seam for the beak and head.
21. This is as far as it will close up at this point.
22. Silver-soldering the part of the seam that is closed up., then annealing the rest of it.
23. Squeezing it in a vise, with polyurethane blocks for protection.
24. Silver-soldering a little more of the seam.
25. More hammering to finally get the rest of the seam matched up and closed.
26. Silver-soldering the rest of the seam.
27. Forming the tail.
28. The tail having been formed, there is a little more of the seam that needs to be silver-soldered.
29. Final silver-soldering.