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.
19. Forming the rest of the way around on a steel tool.
18. Forcing the form with hammer and a special jig.
17. Annealing.
16. Hammering on a wood block to even out the ripples.
15. Four of the pieces pressed.
14. Pressing the form with the hydraulic press, on a polyurethane block.
13. Three of the blanks for the six segments of the lens bezel.