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Creation date / 2019 / All
- 9. It needed to be annealed again in order to get final closure of the form.
- 8. Using another special stake to form the roundness of the bottom end.
- 7. Forming the little pointed end.
- 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.
- 5. The seam is silver-soldered a little bit at a time.
- 4. Starting the forming process.
- 3. The rubbery pattern has been spread flat and traced onto paper, the resulting paper pattern then traced onto 81 gauge brass sheet.
- 27. The finished piece.
- 26. Skipping to the finished piece, the last three segments have been fitted, and secured with one screw to the handle.
- 25. Those three segments silver-soldered to the handle.
- 24. Three of the segments silver-soldered together.
- 23. Five segments ready to go. The sixth segment had to be shaped differently and is not shown here.
- 22. Now the seam can be hammered closed, then silver-soldered.
- 21. Annealing again.
- 20. A little more tweaking of the shape.