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16. Hammering on a wood block to even out the ripples.
17. Annealing.
18. Forcing the form with hammer and a special jig.
19. Forming the rest of the way around on a steel tool.
20. A little more tweaking of the shape.
21. Annealing again.
22. Now the seam can be hammered closed, then silver-soldered.
23. Five segments ready to go. The sixth segment had to be shaped differently and is not shown here.
24. Three of the segments silver-soldered together.
25. Those three segments silver-soldered to the handle.
26. Skipping to the finished piece, the last three segments have been fitted, and secured with one screw to the handle.
27. The finished piece.