Datamancer has two of his wonderful Steampunk Keyboards up for sale on eBay.
First, the warm copper "Baron of Cyprus". Truly lovely, a work of art.
Second, it's dangerous (I know, it's a keyboard, but this one looks like it would grab your fingers and leave them mangled if it found you trashing science fiction with it), it's made of engine parts (hex nuts for keys!), it's The Industrial.
Lots more pictures of both over at the eBay posts.
We also have a peek into Datamancer's workshop.
I believe that Steampunk is more than just brass and watchparts. It's finding a way to combine the past and the future in an aesthetic pleasing yet still punkish way. It's living a life that looks old-fashioned, yet speaks to the future. It's taking the detritus of our modern technological society and remaking it into useful things. Join me as I search for items for my house that combine the scientific romanticism of the Victorians with our real present and imagined future.
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