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June BasilCockWatch part 2
3 months ago
A June exclusive that you may have missed from Twisty Prints: Articulated Cockatrice 3d print. They make a gryphon, dragon, and various others (including dinosaurs) if you wanted to browse.
Starting right at the end of June and going to July 17, local basilisks (youngsters from Basel and the surrounding area) will perform at the Basilisk Youth Circus. This year's theme is Snapshots, or Moäntufnahm. They'll be doing a lot of gymnastics from the sound of it...just like last year.
I didn't pick up on much else this month other than AI-generated videos and even more reviews about the Razer Basilisk gaming mouse. But! There was mention of a review in the NRA journal of a book I'd mentioned all the way back in November of 2022: Clockwork Basilisk. It's about pistols developed by Misters Wheeler and Collier before the much more well-known Colt revolver was developed.
From the review:
Clockwork refers to the manner in which the cylinder was rotated and Basilisk – noun; bas·i·lisk : a legendary reptile with fatal breath and glance. The mythical beast found its way into the decoration of many a Collier lockplate.
The book is said to have photos of every known Collier revolver that still exists (there are not that many left) which makes me curious to see the mentioned lockplate designs, but I couldn't spot any evidence of that in the articles, reviews, and places the book is for sale. Someone else might have more luck.
Starting right at the end of June and going to July 17, local basilisks (youngsters from Basel and the surrounding area) will perform at the Basilisk Youth Circus. This year's theme is Snapshots, or Moäntufnahm. They'll be doing a lot of gymnastics from the sound of it...just like last year.
I didn't pick up on much else this month other than AI-generated videos and even more reviews about the Razer Basilisk gaming mouse. But! There was mention of a review in the NRA journal of a book I'd mentioned all the way back in November of 2022: Clockwork Basilisk. It's about pistols developed by Misters Wheeler and Collier before the much more well-known Colt revolver was developed.
From the review:
Clockwork refers to the manner in which the cylinder was rotated and Basilisk – noun; bas·i·lisk : a legendary reptile with fatal breath and glance. The mythical beast found its way into the decoration of many a Collier lockplate.
The book is said to have photos of every known Collier revolver that still exists (there are not that many left) which makes me curious to see the mentioned lockplate designs, but I couldn't spot any evidence of that in the articles, reviews, and places the book is for sale. Someone else might have more luck.
CurseOfAntfire
~antart
baselisks, now that's somethin I wouldn't have thought of 👀
Perfesser-Bear
~perfesser-bear
Rats, I saw the Clockwork Basilisk review and it slipped your mind. It's about fascinating niche collectors' item firearms but sometimes my mind travels that way.
Hauke
~hauke
OP
I'm still interested in seeing the art they claim is on the stocks and plates. But it doesn't seem to be the kind of book you can get at the local library!
Perfesser-Bear
~perfesser-bear
It would disappear from any library around here, and my old university and local library have removed every book they had that even smelled of guns.
