To Type, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth...

Levenger Royal statuette, a Christmas gift from my parents. (:

I set up this Typewriter display so Tori and I could take a pic with some of our favorite machines for the CBS News bit, but I couldn't round up a decent camera in time. A few days later, I grabbed Little Jake to type on, and Leoben the Cat decided to make that empty spot his throne.

My birthday party at China China, site of the Mini Type-in a few months ago.

An Underwood "Forum" electric, spotted and left behind.

This rather flimsy later-model Royal portable was also left behind. The carriage return lever was broken off.

Good, cheap ribbon. I got like 6 of these at a paper store closeout table for 50 cents eash.

As you wind the ribbon onto your machine's original spools, take the time to install eyelets at the ends (a foot or so in) if your machine needs them to actuate the ribbon reverse mechanism.

This Swissa Junior has european-sized spool posts, which are slightly thicker than US-made typewriters, so the spools that came with it always need to be used. Sadly, they are plastic, so I will someday have to hunt down some metal spools in this size before the plastic ones break.

Happy Swissa! New Platen and Ribbon!

Ephemera of another dead and gone typewriter shop. This paper label came off of the back of the 1951 Smith-Corona Silent from last post.

The front-office desk of Bill Wahl at Mesa Typewriter Exchange. There is no computer anywhere in this office - instead, on the fold-out section if the desk is bolted an Olympia SG-1. The rest of the desk is covered in typewriters that are in for repair, but the SG1 is the one he types on. This Hermes Rocket is owned by someone who got too far into the "taking stuff apart" stage of a typewriter cleaning project without properly documenting where things went. (no, not me :D )

Chef Harbashi of Uldum, modelling his new Tier 12 gear. Not as badass-looking as Tier 10, but a heckova lot better that that gaye Tier 11 crap.

Courier New

Where these fonts all seem to differ quite wildly is the style of the numbers. Here they are all together.