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Discreet Companion Raygun by *porkshanks:iconporkshanks:

Categories Traditional Art > Sculpture > Miscellaneous

©2009 *porkshanks
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This is my third build of the Ladies' Discreet Companion Raygun that I created for the wonderful MAKE Magazine.

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The idea was to build something from new and relatively eay to locate parts only, since that makes it a lot easier for people to actually complete the design should they decide to give it a shot *rimshot* sorry about the pun there. I'd fire myself, but I'm self employed!

Anyways, Gareth asked me if I would design a Ray Gun of some sort but that it should be a shorter article since they already had a few big projects in the issue... so I figured it was time to create a Derringer style weapon for ladies to carry in their purses or such. I've also been obsessing over making my work more functional lately, so I also decided to make this Ray Gun a working butane lighter, since that seemed like a logical enough leap.

The prototype became a birthday gift for my friend Befu, and the second one was sold at NorWesCon a couple weekends ago. I made the second one originally for display purposes only to advertise the article, but I had a lot of people asking if it was for sale... so I decided to make a couple more to sell on my Etsy page:

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FYI: the pattern for the metal work is here:

[link]

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:iconthe-earthbound-satyr:
=The-Earthbound-Satyr Apr 24, 2009, 10:37:37 AM
I love it. :)

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Oh that starry night / Lost my sense of time
I don't know how I / Got my fingers burned

~Roisin Murphy
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~smeagol92055 Apr 24, 2009, 10:55:14 AM
Ah, yes, very discreet.
It just makes a very nice little hole through an attacker, no muss, no fuss.

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"Use the things of man, but do not worship them; for they shall pass."
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~marychain Apr 24, 2009, 11:26:35 AM
i need one of these XD

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Batman: "A sound observation, Robin."
:icondeadrabbit13:
~deadrabbit13 Apr 24, 2009, 11:27:58 AM
Sweet. Now that's something I would love to just pull out of my coat pocket to show off.
My roommate said that she wished she smoked just so she could use something like that to light a cigaret.

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The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they’re okay,
then it’s you.
-Rita Mae Brown
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~GeorgieChaos Apr 24, 2009, 11:41:06 AM
That's rather cool, Porkshanks.

I'll look forward to seeing the article.

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Most men lead lives of quiet desperation, and go to the grave with the song still in them. - Henry David Thoreau
[link] It be worth reading.
:iconsilvestrin:
~Silvestrin Apr 24, 2009, 11:46:20 AM
O_O I want it!!!

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~..._-Silvestrin-_...~
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~kingtut98 Apr 24, 2009, 12:06:46 PM
Clever design- I think I see the lighter, but is that a coat hook as the handle? :D

I love brass- I started using it recently, and it's just wonderful: the the colour, the texture, the shine when it's polished... :love:

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A Curse is merely a Blessing in disguise.

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:iconjavguerre:
~javguerre Apr 24, 2009, 12:24:31 PM
That is awesome. It is truly a thing of beauty.

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*TomBanwell Apr 24, 2009, 1:20:11 PM
Sweet!

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Full steam ahead!
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