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04-8-2021 15:18:28  #261


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I like it to buy a couple of the same (or nearly the same) models of a typewriter. Because no typewriter is the same, I think this is an excellent way to get to know a certain model. Keep the one you like the most, give the others away or sell them. Or use them for parts or as spare. You can also built one 'perfect' typewriter out of many. Go get it

 

05-8-2021 10:50:57  #262


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Laurenz van Gaalen wrote:

I like it to buy a couple of the same (or nearly the same) models of a typewriter. Because no typewriter is the same,...

This is an excellent point that I think is often overlooked by most buyers.

The internet is packed full of typewriter reviews based on a person's experience with just one example of a specific model. Too often those reviewers assume that their experience is reflective of what to expect from that model in general and they completely ignore the fact that their unique typewriter with its decades of use/abuse is not necessarily representative of the model in general.

I am of course talking about its typing performance, and not issues with, for example, things such as the length and placement of the line space lever.

The only time that a review of one example of a typewriter model might have resulted in a more valid indication of the model's performance in general would have been back in the day when a new, off-the-assembly-line model could be tested,
 


The pronoun has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
 

05-8-2021 11:29:31  #263


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2 buyers ahead of me...if they no-show, etc. seller will call me.

 

23-12-2021 09:03:15  #264


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If anyone is looking for a nice 1972-made Facit T2 standard typewriter here in the USA, one just showed up on eBay.

Reported to be serviced recently and the typing example looks good.

Big price with shipping...but maybe a local Member might have interest...

(I am not affiliated with this eBay offering.)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/144341316659?hash=item219b69b433:g:50gAAOSwixphw1lv

 

23-12-2021 13:34:12  #265


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Laurenz van Gaalen wrote:

I like it to buy a couple of the same (or nearly the same) models of a typewriter. Because no typewriter is the same, I think this is an excellent way to get to know a certain model. Keep the one you like the most, give the others away or sell them. Or use them for parts or as spare. You can also built one 'perfect' typewriter out of many. Go get it

So very true. I have a 1949 Smith-Corona Silent which is one of the very nicest typing machines I've felt; nicer feeling than the other 15 or so Super-5 models I've worked on and/or owned. I don't know why but this particular one is just tops, in my book. That said, it rarely gets used simply because I prefer my Facit TP-1, which feels perfect to me. I think the last bit is what many folks tend to overlook, and find a beat up or worn out machine that just doesn't feel right, then give up. 

Phil Forrest

 

26-12-2021 18:23:29  #266


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Very optimistic seller on eBay with a nice, early Facit TP1.

Sure it is nice...

...but not $ 750 USD nice and then another $ 100 USD for shipping just in the USA.
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https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=facit&_sacat=0

 

26-12-2021 19:37:23  #267


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Seller claims the machine has new platen rubber, even though the photos show decades of impressions.
Phil Forrest

 

30-12-2021 08:46:12  #268


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Nice (but pricey) Halda P in the lighter color offering now on eBay.

It even comes with 2 Halda ribbon spools.

And cursive-script too...

Glad I do not feel compelled...I have 2 cursive machines and am sated with those.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284426263384?hash=item4239205b58:g:wy4AAOSw7vFhJvmP
 

 

31-12-2021 14:07:59  #269


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$635 USD?!?! 

The seller would have to give me a $600 discount to take any script-equipped typewriter off their hands.

I agree with Pete, it's certainly a one-and-done typeface because of how limited its uses are. A friend I used to regularly correspond with via typewritten letters cursed a blue streak once when I used a script typeface. An older gentleman, he complained about its poor legibility when compared to good old regular typefaces.


The pronoun has always been capitalized in the English language for more than 700 years.
 

01-3-2022 19:50:58  #270


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Nice 1959 Blue Bird manual typewriter for sale on Etsy out of the UK.

The price is "dear" and more so if shipping out of the UK to another country.

But is it nice...and there for the taking if one is inclined.


https://www.etsy.com/listing/1142636191/blue-bird-deluxe-torpedo-18b-vintage?click_key=1b9042c9529fe3f49c96e7d9c167cdf08f93e899%3A1142636191&click_sum=61817b77&ref=shop_home_recs_1&sts=1
 

 

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