A question for the typosphere
One of my Hermes 3000s maybe? *whispers, not wispers in the text below.
When is an Olympia SM1 not an Olympia SM1?
The title of this post isn’t some cryptic riddle. There’s no prize to be given away to the person that gets it right, and I won’t be asking anyone to turn their Facebook profile photo into a giraffe. Some of you may recall the Olympia SM1 that I purchased over at Woolloongabba antiques earlier this…
So, tell me about this Carina 2 typewriter.
Davis Typewriter works: 2013 Carina. The Carina 2 is a very solid typewriter despite the plastic case, but is very light despite its size. Even when it is being kept in its interesting case.
I’d buy that for a dollar, or three.
I felt slightly jealous of some of the ultra-cheap typewriter finds that Ted and and a few other typewriter lovers recently posted about. Or at least until…. (pardon my sloppy english). The Adler…. It looks a little worn an beaten, but may prove to be an excellent typewriter yet. * * * Oh, but it…
Update… Backdate… Update… Sheepdate…
I’ve really neglected a few parts of my blog lately. I constantly forget to add to my ‘Revered Typoverse’ column down the right hand side of my page here, and I feel I’ve offended a few people by not adding their usually quite well written blogs. A major mistake of mine was to not include…
The Remington man, and the blur of memories.
While I was in Melbourne, I set myself what I thought would be a simple task. I was to find a photograph of my my grandfather ‘Scottie’, who had been a typewriter mechanic for over 40 years. However in doing so I made a discovery that left me re-thinking much of my families history, and…
The Brother that followed me home.
So how does an unusual and practically rare typewriter hide itself in plain sight in a typewriter shop? By being a Brother 760TR. John Lavery informs me that the TR designation next to the 760 means “Tabulator and Repeater”. The repeater is the repeat spacer button that you can see down on the bottom right…
A visit to Tom’s typewriter shop.
“There’s a couple of repairers in Melbourne” Territz said to me as we walked around the corner of Lygon street and down Elgin street. “There’s a guy that lives a lot closer to me that I’ve had look at a typewriter. But Tom’s different. Tom just seems to have that edge. His work just seems…
007: Typewriters are forever. (Teeritz Agenda)
Welcome to Lygon street. Oh, and it usually isn’t this quiet. The Gossen Tippa in action under agent Teeritz’s hands. Agent Teeritz has excellent weapons handling skills. Look at that classic form. Ahhhhh Smith street. Are you ever not jammed up with cars? Such a world away from Lygon street.
The Filthy Platen 