The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.
Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?
A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.
Hunting Knife and Combined Wheelock Pistol, Munich c. 1546 (via The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
So today in the Arms and Armor exhibit at the Met, I gazed longingly at this combination wheelock pistol and hunting knife which had a blade inscribed with a calendar. Perfect for precisely timing an occasional duel or the convenient reenactment of Final Fantasy battles.
(via lostsplendor)
