I have a thing about tools I use, be they woodworking, guns, or typewriters, or what have you. They should be younger than my grandfather (1906) but older than my father (1938).
Yeah, the bug has bit. A SECOND manual typewriter. This one a Remington Noiseless portable with Deco design.
It comes with a case. Portables are often pristine because they are packed away for 60 years INSIDE the case. As long as they are out of the basement flood...
I like Remington only because my grandfathers desktop typewriter was their model 17. Oh, and it was Remington RAND and that's like the greatest Objectivist author of the 20th Century. Oh and I find the idea of the Noiseless mechanism cool.
Oh, plus 'Gun'. Remington. Duh. I'll probably typecast at some point.
I need to build a Unabomber style shack in my backyard now to write my manifesto.
Can you still get decent ribbons?
ReplyDeleteI found out from Marko... There are just half inch ribbons. If the spool doesn't fit you can wind it on the old spool no problem.
ReplyDeleteRibbons have been pretty standard since WWI, amazingly.
I'm jealous. Did you find it locally or on the web?
ReplyDeleteWeb. My town USED to have an actually typewriter repair shop next to an English Pub. I wasn't into typewriters while it was still open, sadly...
ReplyDeleteNice machine!
ReplyDeleteSince I can't type I have a 1946 Singer sewing machine...just after they quit making 1911's. Would like a 500 Rocketeer model.
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