Kasper wrote:

Zedwardson wrote:

...I am most likely young for this fourm (34)[...]
 

Interesting, I never thought about the age demographics but you're right... maybe this forum would attract an older contributor.  I'm 32 though so I don't know what that does to the graph...

 
From what I have seen, its older individuals who grew up with them, and then the 20 something crowd that finds it really cool. 

Just curious, how much is a fair price for a Hermes 2000, as I plan to get one at some point but do not want to overpay.

Last edited by Zedwardson (19-5-2014 11:58:06)

Hey guys, I'm David, 25, Canadian. I've always been interested in typewriters but I don't come across them very often at all in my suburban town, and when I do, they're usually the... unpleasant-looking, blocky plastic electronic typewriters from the 80s. The only typewriter I've used to date is my parents' Canon electronic typewriter, which really feels more like a word processor (stores a line at a time in memory).

Picked up my first typewriter yesterday at a thrift store, a Smith-Corona Corsair, and I would also love to find an Olivetti Lettera 22.

Last edited by zebrettino (26-5-2014 23:40:05)

zebrettino wrote:

...and I would also love to find an Olivetti Lettera 22.

Welcome David... I hope you find your Olivetti soon.  Here's a slightly rough-looking Lettera 22, that I frustratingly found in my parents' loft shortly after spending £70 on one on ebay.  The most I've ever paid for a typewriter!  As with most collections, once you have a couple, people seem to start giving you them for free...

Kasper wrote:

zebrettino wrote:

...and I would also love to find an Olivetti Lettera 22.

Welcome David... I hope you find your Olivetti soon.  Here's a slightly rough-looking Lettera 22, that I frustratingly found in my parents' loft shortly after spending £70 on one on ebay.  The most I've ever paid for a typewriter!  As with most collections, once you have a couple, people seem to start giving you them for free...

Thanks for the welcome!

Aaaah, that's unfortunate. I collect vinyl records and I've had the same thing happen a couple times, although usually it's paying $20+ for an album at a record store and then finding it for $1 at a thrift store. :/ It's a great-looking typewriter though, and I've read that many well-known Italian journalists and other writers swore by it, so I'd love to find one.

Last edited by zebrettino (02-6-2014 12:14:14)

Great to have you here Martha. That's a nice collection of portables that you have. Feel free to write a little more about them, or post a picture or two, in the Portable Typewriter sub-forum if you feel inspired to do so. I for one would like to see a few photos.