Bloglike Blathering
Below are posts, ordered by recency. Click on one to read more and check the sidebar in the post for information about the featured machine.
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A Project Machine
This one needs some work done, but it has fantastic bones
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An Icelandic KsT
Colorful and with an Imperial basket, this KsT is full of surprises
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Hermes 3000 in Director Elite
With an elegant font and compact pitch, this one does work
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Olivetti Lettera 32 in Katakana
A Western machine for the outside alphabet
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Brother Portable in Katakana
A Brother made more interesting with katakana
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Late Gossen Tippa
A design from the past, looking to the future
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Art Gothic Scout
A lovely little machine in Art Gothic, a rather distinctive sans-serif font.
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Groma Kolibri
The Kolibri always has a feeling of flatness, despite a solid, heavy presence on the desk
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Remington 5
This small machine has a big secret on the oversized 6CPI slugs
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Maths Hermes 3000
Interesting slugs on a practical machine make for fun letters
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Adler Tippa in Napoli Script
An unusual variant of an already uncommon script machine
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Empire Aristocrat
Compact copy of an early Hermes Baby, this machine travels easily
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Export Erika, the Bijou 5
A lovely example of the export model 5 from Erika
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Early Underwood Champion
A Canadian-produced machine, made for an Australian department store
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Royal Quiet de Luxe
A reliable typing machine loaded with features
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Torpedo 18b Blue Bird for Export
Heavyweight portable, this one stays put
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Corona Junior S
New platen and a high polish for a classic flat top
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Triumph Norm 6
This 1943 QWERTY machine is very smooth and fast to type on
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