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Big News
I have been planning to open a typewriter shop in the Seattle metro area for a while--I now have a both at the Aurora Antique Pavilion, 24111 Highway 99, Edmonds, WA (Across Highway 104 from Aurora...
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New acquisitions
I finally have a Corona Three, made in 1912, with paperwork from 1919-1920! It is an incredible machine, which I bought in Kalama, WAÂ
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I decided to change the name of my blog to serve as an umbrella name for my typewriter-related projects. For instance, my antique mall booth will soon be "Seattle-Firs Typewriter | Timberline...
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Royal Safari IV, circa 1990
This is the newest typewriter I own, and a great machine to use (especially if you like Silver-Reeds). It was made in Bulgaria, from a Japanese design, and given an American name. (The three nameplates...
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Smith-Corona Super Sterling
I found this ad copy on the website for the digital collections of the Peter Mitterhofer Typewriter Museum (http://www.provinz.bz.it/katalog-kulturgueter/de/suche.asp?kks_priref=150016564). The image...
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Big news!!!
I am the only Ballograf dealer in Washington and Oregon! The Ballograf Epoca is the best ballpoint pen I have ever used--and I have big hands that are used to a Sheaffer cartridge-filled fountain pen!
View ArticleRoyal Portables, 1926-35
Here is the rough start of a project I am working on--a complete history of the American portable typewriter market:Royal Portable Typewriters, 1926-1940In the early twenties, three of the four major...
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1967 Olivetti Lettera 33
This is one of my all-time favorite typewriters, from its styling to its performance. I won it in a Goodwill Ebay auction on June 1, 2016, for $22.46. Since then, I've cleaned and oiled it, and got a...
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Sheaffer Lifetime, c. 1963
This is one of the best fountain pens I've ever used. It was manufactured around 1963 (when all Sheaffer Imperials were given the name "Lifetime" to commemorate the reintroduction of the Lifetime...
View ArticleRoyal Mercury
Originally appeared on this blog on 1/18/2013The story of the Royal Mercury began in Tokyo, Japan in 1965. A knitting-machine company, called Silver-Reed had designed a typewriter, with the help of a...
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Two Twolympias
What do you do with the body of a 1960s Olympia SF with a trashed mechanism, and the mechanism of a 1970s SF with beat-up body panels? The Twolympia Mk II is my resultSpecial thanks to Richard Polt for...
View ArticleIntroduction Dates of portable typewriters
The Office, 11/1963 162-163 Atlas Deluxe portable typewriter (November, 1963)The Office, 3/1963 227-228 Brother 880 (zipper case)The Office, 10/1964 181-182 Smith-Corona Galaxie II (October, 1964)The...
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I am really proud of this one!
I promise not to use my blog too much to try to sell pens, but I am really proud of this ad.
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1979 Royal Sabre portable
This is my favorite portable typewriter. Manufactured in Portugal, this is one of the last full-sized Royal Portable typewriters. Note the Hermes style keys.
View ArticleOne of the creepiest songs I can think of
My analysis of Elusive Butterfly (1965) (the long one is creepier)You might wake up some mornin'To the sound of something moving past your window in the wind(Ladder?)And if you're quick enough to...
View ArticleThis blog has moved!
Due to the large amount of new information I am finding about mid-century Royals, Smith-Coronas and other portables, I am starting over. My new blog is the Bodemer Typewriter Collection, with a link here.
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