A Red Right Hand

Coilhouse really is amazing. Everyone should read it. They have stories like this one about Gotz Von Berlichingen who built himself a prosthetic hand out of iron.

Götz Von Berlichingen had a problem. It was 1504 and, at the tender young age of 24, the plundering knight, mercenary and all around bastard had the upper part of his right arm torn off in a cannon blast. As someone who made his living off war and already had a sizable enemies’ list, Götz needed his killin’ hand.

So he got another one. Made of iron.

Rest of the article is here.