Elegant Homemade Toy Pistol with Sharp Metal Trigger 1770s discarding the curlicues in favor

discarding the curlicues in favor of more intensive mark-making and a more realistic depiction

I especially love the simple wood frame on this one--just what it needs to be

5 3/16" long

to my sensibilities this little toy toy packs vast pleasure into a tiny package

There are irregularities original to its making

Elegant Homemade Toy Pistol with Sharp Metal Trigger 1770s discarding the curlicues in favorSo many good old homemade toy guns out there, emblematic of a pre video game time when backyard play was alive and vivid. The sharp metal trigger on this one may suggest it was made less for play than for the sake of a carving a gun, maybe one of a series by the maker, but I'm not entirely sure. Whatever the case, it's got a certain elegance about it for sure, with the combination of wood grain and black paint and diagonal line of the trigger adding