Someone posted a question on FPN about manual typewriters and whether anyone owned one. This immediately peaked my interest. I love all things old and writing related, so why not? It’s a writing instrument right?
After about half a second of thought I decided I absolutely had to have one. I ran it past hubby; he showed no objections. So, off to the antique stores I went. After three hours of searching and a couple hours of wiping, scrubbing, and oiling here’s what I got:
This is a 1950 Royal Quiet De Luxe manual typewriter!
It was in exceptional condition, and it is in perfect working order. I’ve already been typing away on it.
Anyway, this is just a sneak peak. There will be a typecast review of it in a few weeks!
How fun! I love the look of typewritten documents these days (awesome font is why). Congrats on your new addition!
Ah this is somewhat scary. I believe I used a typewriter just like this in high school. Nice find. I like to cruise garage sales and I see typewriters here and there. I probably would go for something older or newer. I remember the IBM Selectric typewriters. Great touch on the keyboards. Somewhere there is an article on interfacing any typewriter to a computer. It was pretty clever.
You know, prior to owning this little portable, the only other typewriter I’d ever used was an IBM Selectric. I actually took some typing lessons on a Selectric. My typing, however, is awful! Should I blame the Selectric? LOL
Thanks for the reply.
My grandfather was a typewriter repairman so I grew up with them in my life. I wish I kept one! Enjoy yours.
Wow, I totally want one of those. Nice buy!
So somewhere out there are typewriter collectors. (-: We should go find some of them. I can see where displaying your collection and selling at a show could be a lot of effort. I remember in Alameda, Ca there is an old office equipment repair shop that had an extensive collection of old typewriters on a shelf surrounding the store.
Ron
I recently bought a typewriter at a garage sale and after being inspired by Strikethru’s blog, I have begun to use it and I joined TYPEWRITERS group on yahoo. Plus, I recently got the cutest tpewritten thank you note and I blogged about it on 7/27 at http://www.lettersandjournals.blogspot.com.
Looking forward to some fun on this.
Thanks for sharing!
Jackie
http://www.lettersandjournals.com