Looks like Steampunk, but...
... it's actually historical. Check this out:
It's a Minneapolis Protector Palm Pistol, patented in 1890!
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Permalink Reply by Captain Lachlan Bellraven on
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Great pics of a good ole lemon squeezer.
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Permalink Reply by Madame Erzebet Sedwick on
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I want one.
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Permalink Reply by Basil Weeks and Cyril Tewksbury on
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Basil: Quite ingenious.
Cyril: Awful small. . . .
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Permalink Reply by Marshal Sir Jon Marshall on
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Permalink Reply by Arabella Porter on
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talk about being prepared
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Basil: Indeed!
Cyril: My kind of weapon.
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Permalink Reply by Captain on
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These little pinfire revolvers are quite the collector's baby. These violate so many modern laws that it would be difficult to manufacture even pinfire reproductions.
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Permalink Reply by P. Aloysius Regnad on
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There are many items that look like steampunk devices, but were actually real. One of them is the acoustic aircraft locator, which was used to find airplanes before the invention of RADAR. There are several images of different sorts of these on the net. My favorite is probably this one:
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