“Pocket Memory:” USB with Steampunk Style

For this post, I thought I’d feature some stunning steampunk style portable USB drives.  All are listed for sale via various shops on Etsy.com  I was pleasantly shocked by how creative and interesting they were.  I just wish I knew where they picked up the skills to make the stuff!

The cerriousdesign (item link) item featured to the right bears almost no resemblance to the USB stick drive I carry with me, except the translucent plastic piece in the middle that apparently still glows.  I’ve read that steampunk items are made to be unique, and ‘comfortably used,’ and I think this has that well-used, but still-worth-looking-at feel to it.  (Although, I must admit, it looks like someone left it out in the rain?)

The next USB drive, the “Exotic Wood Nautilus” created and sold by WillRockwell, is unique, at least among many steampunk-style USB drives, because it features a great deal of wood, rather than metal or glass (such as those featured above and below).   It comes inside the featured tin.  WillRockwell refers to other Steampunk USB drives as “pocket memory” and I think I like the phrase.
The last USB drive I’ll feature glows at the end within blue liquid and in the middle with a red light.  Created by Steamworkshop, this USB drive contains a quartz crystal and “100% waterproof with or without the cap on!”  The tubes and glass definitely give it a vintage feel, while the claim that the device is waterproof just makes me want to find a way to show it isn’t. (Yes, I’m perverse that way.)
These are only the beginning of what you can find if you look hard enough for USB drives with steampunk modifications (or mods, DIY, and various other terms).  In fact, these are some of the more expensive options, but they are certainly worth looking at, even if your budget won’t allow you to purchase them.