An Airship Admiral's Sidearm. An elegant steampunk pistol.

Step 7 Finishing...

From here on there aren't really any making of photos, only the finished ones. I'll tag the pieces I haven't explained yet.

One thing worth mentioning here is the old brass uniform button that I have set onto the body of the pistol, It's possibly from a Fireman's dress uniform, maybe military? I'm not sure but I have about 6 of these so I'm using them as the "Admiral's" badge of office. I plan to fix one to the holster I will make for this sidearm, and I have also set one into an old leather bracer/cuff which complements this pistol nicely, see the final picture of the "Admiral's desk" to see the leather bracer.

I hope this hasn't been too wordy, thank you!

Comments

[FooFighter4]

This is not only awesome and beautiful, but also inspiring. Multiple brass clockwork thumbs up.

[mokuseitora]

If anyone is looking for brass... go to goodwill. Check out the tidbits area, I found candle sticks, old wine cups, and even brass instruments from Xmas decor for a project that may show up later. Good luck hunting.

[MaximaPain]

What is it that you used to attach the scope to the rest of the pistol?

[enganear]

Excellent workmanship! I particularly like your use of wood. I just joined instructables, but check out my blog at http://enganear.blogspot.com for videos of my steampunk artifacts or search youtube for enganear.

[petrino]

i dont have any brass pieces lying around but i have tons of copper wich i primarily use to steampunk stuff... ill post a pic of my steampunk copper pistol when im finished :)

[garagegnome]

Very well done indeed. I like the aesthetics of your gun way more than a lot of the "Ray guns" that I have seen. This keeps closer to the victorian era aspect of steampunk. really nice work.

[Nattwood]

you so just made me want to make a clockwork pistol like the ones from fable 2

[samuraimanmanguy]

Thats a beautiful peice, wish i had some brass lying around.