Six Typewriters, One Post

January and February have been very generous to my collection! In just two short months I have acquired six new machines, and sold two. I decided that instead of making a multitude of posts, I'll just make one big one. Here they are, listed in no particular order. Enjoy!

#1. Generation 3000

#2. Royal Futura 800

#3. Tower Chieftain (Olivetti Lettera 22)

#4. Royal KHM

#5. Triumph Perfekt

(see my last post)

#6. Royal Apollo GT-12

Thanks for reading!

A Triumphant Perfektion

PS: If you haven't noticed, the spam bots are back. I deleted all the comments I could except for one that you can see in the comment section here.

Failure!

My blog post on Sandy

My goal

I got a few machines over break, so I hope to showcase them here soon. For now I leave you with one word: dropped

Oh Brother!

My most recent acquisition is this Brother Deluxe, and I am very impressed. No typecast today, looks like I'll be keyboardin' this one :(

I have to admit, I'm impressed. After a lot of crappy online purchases it is good to know I am still capable of making decent buys. At only $20, this is probably the cheapest online purchase I will run into for a long while.

I apologize for the hasty photos, I am just feed up with the terrible lighting in my basement. However, it is REALLY cold outside. I think it snowed yesterday...

 I really like the touch of this machine. It's pretty stiff, but given I love my Underwood 21 (aka Studio 44) I have a tendency to prefer stiff machines. Even my Royal KMM is stiff and I've neglected cleaning it in fear of it losing it's stiffness.

The case is very well designed. Never before have I seen a case that fit so tightly over a machine, no space is wasted! I can fit the typewriter and case in my backpack and still have lots of room.

Even though the machine itself isn't in the best of shapes, it came with all the original manuals, lotsa Ko-Rec-Type, and the original cardboard packing insert.

One thing that bugs me is the deformed keytops.. how does this even happen!?

Thanks for reading!

P.S. I looked up the embossed name on the ribbon cover and case. Apparently,  Sylvia Mae Hybl (actual spelling)  is in her 70's and lives in the town the Goodwill I bought it from. I would guess she was cleaning out her closet or something and found this. 

Thanks, Sylvia!