Typewriter Talk / Skyriter....This Week...

**Posted by Pete E.** 08-2-2026 17:09:56

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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**Posted by mikeytap** 10-2-2026 07:03:00

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.

**Posted by Pete E.** 10-2-2026 13:43:53

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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**Posted by Pete E.** 11-2-2026 17:18:59

Delivery Day photos...
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**Posted by mikeytap** 12-2-2026 07:12:36

The machine itself looks to be in better condition than the one I had.

**Posted by Pete E.** 12-2-2026 07:54:33

Mike,

From the SGW photos, I was sure the machine and case were going to be in a rose/sand colour.

Their studio lighting may have caused that. I thought initially they sent me the wrong machine, But the tell-tale pattern of scratches on the top of the case lid proves it is the same machine.

It is what we call in our home..."baby ****" in colour. Bummer.
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**Posted by robmck** 15-2-2026 22:45:08

I look forward to your report on it.

I have 3 of them in various states. All came to me very rough. The first had been given to a child armed with needlenose pliers. It a great for teaching me type bar alignment, and I got it typing pretty straight. But, it was never a pleasant typer.

It also needed some body parts, so I bought another, one without a ribbon cover. After the transaction, the ebay seller told me that it was her father's typewriter that he used in Korea as a US Army Sergeant during the war. With that backstory, I couldn't turn it into a parts machine - which is just as well - because after getting it to work, it types fairly well. If I spring for a new platen, I'd probably prefer it to my Olympia SF for field use (lighter tough and llighter overall weight).

So, searching for a ribbon cover for that machine, I bought another off ebay for a very low price, missing a platen, but with good body panels. But, the lighting fooled me and it was a grey skywriter, whereas my others are brown... Out of curiosity, I fixed up as best I could, dropped in a platen from one of the others, and found to be the least pleasant of the three.

It seems like there's a lot of potential in these lightweight machines, but, being lightweight, they all have developed individual characters. With patience, one could cobble together a really nice machine. But, my patience ran out...