Of course D-I-Y is a big part of steampunk ,unfortunately some people instead create items of (YSH)D-I-Y - You Shouldn't Have Done It Yourself... the result is things that are Not Remotely Steampunk:
Some of the best (or should we say worst) examples of this are shown off at "Regretsy" under their "Not Remotely Steampunk" tag.  Faced with these hilarious mishaps of design, there is nothing left to do but bask in the Schadenfreude..


It's pretty clear most of this stuff isn't being made by people who are part of the steampunk community. Rather, it's just people whacking on a "steampunk" tag to get some extra traffic to their listing. Let such imposters face the slings, arrows and snark of the steampunks, I say! 

If you haven't yet checked out Steampunk Wallpapers, you should - it makes me wish I had more monitors just so I could display more of these pieces...

Lots more at the site, go check it out!

Living with a couple of hot steamy men, I feel I'm qualified to call them when I see them.. here's some good looking gentlemen that have caught my eye recently..

Here's renowed rapscallion Tom Forde - he's a fashion designer with his own menswear line, and it shows:


Go forth and Be Steamy!