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18. Ready to start chasing the hair.

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17. I'm at about the halfway point time-wise here. I have filled it with microcrystalline wax. I did a lot of tweaking of the form with chasing and planishing tools between this picture and the next. I didn't feel I had the time to mess with the camera. I

19. I used dapping punches for the rough chaising. The 16 gauge brass had too much resistance for my little chasing hammer, so I had to use something a lot heavier.

Author: Steve Shelby
Posted on: Tuesday 1 August 2017
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