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1918 Oliver 9 Serial # 793657 1918 Oliver 9 typewriter, Serial # 793657 Crystal Carney's 1918 Oliver 9 typewriter. 2022-09-09 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Crystal Carney: 1918 Oliver 9 Serial # 793657 My wonderfully humoring husband bought this for me as a Mother’s Day gift 2022 (he knows how much I like a challenge). It arrived in absolutely awful shape but the rubber looks good and there’s solid metal beneath the rust.

1918 Oliver 9 #793657

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Crystal Carney (illarai)
Created: 05-31-2022 at 09:48PM
Last Edit: 09-09-2022 at 08:03PM


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My wonderfully humoring husband bought this for me as a Mother’s Day gift 2022 (he knows how much I like a challenge). It arrived in absolutely awful shape but the rubber looks good and there’s solid metal beneath the rust.

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How it arrived, still sitting in its nest of bubble wrap.
How it arrived, still sitting in its nest of bubble wrap.

The progress is slow, but consistent at least!
The progress is slow, but consistent at least!

The ribbon vibrator isn’t bent and seems locked in place by dirt and rust in the escapement mechanism more than anything.
The ribbon vibrator isn’t bent and seems locked in place by dirt and rust in the escapement mechanism more than anything.

Hunter: Crystal Carney (illarai)

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I’m a mother, writer, editor, cosplayer, knitter, martial artist, reader, daughter, sister, aunt, niece, granddaughter, poet, black sheep, college graduate, artist, gamer, big damn browncoat, and typewriter tinkerer. There's little more satisfying than finding a typewriter in bad shape and bringing her back to life.



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