"Archaic I'm afraid." Jacob chuckled as he took a sip of the scotch. Much better than that watered down nonsense. "1868 was lacking, but at the same time more than plenty enough to deal with."
He had wandered about going to visit the new modern London of the 21st century, using the portal or whichever.. But he was on the fence about actually seeing what had become of his London.
"I did! Very flashy! They looked absolutely smashing on you." Jacob replied good naturedly. Sure, he liked his gauntlet just the same, even more so with all of the upgrades Alec had given it. Once you got into photon-whatevers and laser things, he stopped bothering. Give him a good old fashioned dart or grappling hook any day.