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21. Silver-soldering the two halves of the dorsal fin together. The slight mismatch made it easier to keep the solder where it belongs. -
20. The first stage of silver-soldering done. It took five stages to get it all done. -
19. Another special stake, made for the occasion, using it to finish up closing the nose end of the shark. -
18. Using a special stake to flatten the dorsal fin and angle it up from the back. -
17. Now that the mouth is done I can continue with forming the body and making the two sides meet on the back. -
16. Both sets of teeth installed. This had to be done while there was still access to the inside. -
15. After a lot of filing and polishing the upper set of teeth have been silver-soldered into place. -
14. Making the two sets of teeth from nickel-silver bar, rough cut with the band saw, then refined some with the belt sander. -
13. Annealing again. -
12. Forming/planishing the area below the mouth. -
11. Making progress on the mouth. -
10. The upper and lower mouth were pushed in, here showing the lower, and the special stake used for that. -
09. Very carefully sawing a slit for the mouth with a jeweler's saw. -
08. Annealing, one of many time in the process. -
07. More forming on a different stake.