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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.