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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.