Jake von Slatt sez, "Make: Blog was very kind to ask me back for another year of The Steampunk Gift Guide. These are 'gifts for the Steampunk' rather then 'Steampunk gifts.'"
Lenk Butane Torch and Soldering IronPrice: $49.99
Buy: Wall Lenk Store – LinkThese are my two Lenk torches. To the left is an alcohol-fired torch that's probably 50-75 years old. I occasionally use it to heat-shrink tubing, but it's difficult to maintain and liable to seriously burn you if you are not careful with it.
To the right is my Lenk LSP-180 combination soldering iron and mini-torch. It's one of my very favorite tools and I use it a for soldering wire connections in soldering iron mode and for heating and soldering brass and copper shapes in torch mode.
(Thanks, Jake!)
