GUNS - Motorbikes & The Blues - All The Devil's Work :

 Gottlieb Daimler (1834-1900) -  is accepted worldwide as the father of road transport - but he actually started his working life apprenticed to German gunmaker Raithel of Schorndorf in 1848.

Daimler is said to have also designed two double-barrel pistols .. and for his 'Journeyman's Examination' he submitted an engraved example of his pistols.

NOT a 'Daimler' made Gun .. But from around that period. Liege built.

 German inventor Gottlieb Daimler produced the world's first motorcycle with an internal combustion engine in 1885, using an upgraded version of an engine that had been invented by Otto in 1876. 

Daimler, who had worked with Otto on the engine, left that company and sought to improve on the engine with his partner Wilhelm Maybach. They put their engine on a wooden frame - and Daimler’s 17-year-old son rode the “riding carriage - Reitwagen” as it was called - until he jumped-off because his bottom was being cooked by engine heat.

I think it's fascinating that Daimlers REITWAGEN was promptly condemned as being the work of the devil .. a TEUFLESKARREN or "Devil's cart". - There likely is a similar fear of technology in current GUN BANNING emotion.

Daimler Reitwagen of 1885 - The very FIRST internal Combustion Motor Vehicle - the 'original' was destroyed by fire at the museum - but there are several highly valued replicas.

Daimler's early interest in engineering landed him an apprenticeship with the gunsmith Raithel, up till his graduation in the year 1852 - after designing two double-barrelled pistols.

He did his apprenticeship with Raithel, a fire-arms maker who produced a short  rifle-carbine. Though he completed his training, learning the nuances of the craft - he left gunsmithing to pursue mechanical engineering. He worked under the guidance of Ferdinand Steinbeis in ‘Stuttgart’s School for Advanced Training in the Industrial Arts’. 

Daimler later spent some time working with Sir Joseph Whitworth in Manchester England where he was associated with development of Whitworth's sniper rifle.

I've been unable to find any images or further record of Daimler's pistols .. but

Here's An Image To Frighten The Horses - & The 'Banners' 

- An AR Pistol - Carbine - Rifle? 

.. No Matter As It is BLACK - the DEVIL's Color.

Black Music .. Motorbikes .. and Guns .. All three examples of condemned development - share a common fearful reaction to an unwelcome 'alien' intrusion that disturbed what was perceived to be a settled and orderly - heads-in-the-sand life style.

Marty K.