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Skyriter....This Week...
Have this "2Y" model S-C Skyriter coming in early next week. Probably from 1951 or so. No racing stripes and that very puny little CR lever.
Curious to see how it feels when typing.
Might be part of my catch & release program once I tune it up and repaint the metal case (needs it).
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- mikeytap
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Re: Skyriter....This Week...
I had one of those for a while. Marketed as small enough to take on airlines. Later Skyriters had a longer return arm for more leverage. I recall it would slide on the table when I returned C unless I held it down with my other hand. But it is an interesting design with a metal case top. Anxious to see it after it gets the Pete case restoration.
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- Pete E.
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Re: Skyriter....This Week...
Hi Mike,
I was thinking about replacing the rubber, round pads on the bottom panel of the machine with a bit taller ones that could be "captured" by the rubber nubbins of my service-bar mat I use under the machines on may desk.
I did look up the smallish CR lever in the photo-galleries of the TWDB...and yes, that lever is very small.
If it doesn't work out for me, I have a 10 year old in mind near my home that I can reach out to his parents to see if I can gift it to them.
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