Hoplophobics (individuals with clinically diagnosed fear of firearms) and chest-thumping Second Amendment-loving ‘Muricans nationwide are reaching for clean shorts right now…for polar-opposite reasons.
Austrian artist Rainer Weber conceived his indescribable AK-47 Chair after reading a biography of assault rifle pioneer Mikhail Kalashnikov and the finished product was an Iron Throne fit for our time. Unlike the one that makes Westeros run red with blood and HBO executives’ pockets green with cash, you can indeed actually own accoutrement made of multiple genuine AK-47s that are still formally in service.
To be a bit more specific for our more discerning aficionados, that would include four fixed-stock AK-47s and two with folding stocks as legs and arm rests. Though technically not decommissioned, Rainer fully dismantled the rifles before welding them back together as four L-sections and three round pieces. He then chrome-plated all gun parts and the chair’s framework before fully reassembling it and upholstering the backrests and both arm rests in hand-woven Venetian fabric ordered from the the over three-centuries-old Luigi Bevilacqua Company by Backhousen in Vienna.
The original synthetic pistol grips and wooden stocks were both specially varnished to complement the chair’s look. The AK-47 Chair also sports a specially manufactured cartridge belt that accommodates the rifles’ original chrome-plated rounds. As a cold steel cherry on top, this piece is punctuated by a leather-coated interior an original chrome-plated Russian helmet with a leather-coated interior matching the lining of all gun barrel details and L-sections.
