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22. The finished piece.
21.Back of the finished piece, screwed onto the piece of wood, a piece of spring wire bent into shape to hang it on a wall.
20. The entire seam has been soldered and cleaned up, and now it's time for final planishing. I used the ball stake pictured at the top.
19. Here the seam on the bill has been silver-soldered. The seam on the neck will be closed up next and silver-soldered.
18. Closing up the seam on the underside of the bill.
17. Another special stake (top) to get the bill curved a full 180° around.
16. A special stake and punch (left) to put a curved crease in the end of the bill.
15. Another stage completed, ready for annealing again.
14. Using the special tool on the left to push down both side of the bill at the same time.
13. Using a heavy planishing hammer on the neck on a curved stake.
12. All the previous steps have been repeated a third time. Checking the angle with a gauge I set from the clay model. 
11. Annealing again.
10. Second stage of raising completed.
9. What it looked like after step 8.