this post was submitted on 27 Dec 2024
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Historical Artifacts

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Just a community for everyone to share artifacts, reconstructions, or replicas for the historically-inclined to admire!

Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.

Generally speaking, ruins should go to [email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That one in the middle definitely inspired some adult toys.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

That one in the middle definitely was inspired by ~~some~~ adult toys.

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, right. The truncheon. The truncheon for criminals, the truncheon chosen especially to beat criminals...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

The third one is flanged for safety and tapered for easy insertion.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Constable Odo's staff was minimalistic, compared to these adorned ones.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente 5 points 2 weeks ago

All I see are punisher skulls

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I like the 3rd one from the top since it appears to be nicely weighted, and it can double as a dildo.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Some of these look like dildos.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

"I'll beat life itself out of you. But I'm going to do it with style."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

The bottom one is more like a stamp, to decorate criminals and general rapscallions with a damn good thrashing I presume.