
12. Bending and forming the curly-Q at the end.
11. The last part of the seam has been silver-soldered.
10. Final closure.
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.
2. The clay model has been dipped in molten Dip Seal, then the Dip Seal rubbery coating cut with a sharp knife and removed.
1. Starting with a sketch and a clay model of the handle.
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