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1911 Blickensderfer 7 Serial # 163434 1911 Blickensderfer 7 typewriter, Serial # 163434 Lukas Klein's 1911 Blickensderfer 7 typewriter. 2026-06-02 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Lukas Klein: 1911 Blickensderfer 7 Serial # 163434 I searched for a Blickensderfer typewriter for many, many years. Now I finally have one. I found a beautiful Blickensderfer 7 typewriter. I bought it at a collectors' meeting from the stock of a typewriter museum. The machine works very well. It is very In good condition. Unfortunately, a few parts of the locking clip located above the typebars, which are meant to prevent the key levers from falling out, are missing.As well as the paper pressure plate on the front of the writing roller, and the carriage scale with its brackets.

1911 Blickensderfer 7 #163434

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Lukas Klein (Schreibmaschinenmensch01)
Created: 06-02-2026 at 10:39AM
Last Edit: 06-02-2026 at 03:22PM

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I searched for a Blickensderfer typewriter for many, many years. Now I finally have one. I found a beautiful Blickensderfer 7 typewriter. I bought it at a collectors' meeting from the stock of a typewriter museum. The machine works very well. It is very In good condition. Unfortunately, a few parts of the locking clip located above the typebars, which are meant to prevent the key levers from falling out, are missing.As well as the paper pressure plate on the front of the writing roller, and the carriage scale with its brackets.

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The typewheel and the ink roller are in their home position.
The typewheel and the ink roller are in their home position.

The type wheel is colored by the ink roller.
The type wheel is colored by the ink roller.

The typewheel strikes the paper. The ink roller is pushed to the side.
The typewheel strikes the paper. The ink roller is pushed to the side.

The line shift lever
The line shift lever

The small wheel is the line spacing adjuster. The flat lever above the roller knob can be pushed backward (away from the writer). This inserts a new line. The flat lever It's normally pressed by the large line shift lever, but it can also be moved manually. I have no idea what this small lever actually does, or what its function is. To me, it looks like a small, additional line-shift lever. But that can't be it. A typewriter wouldn't have two line-shift levers. (Except for early models.) Orga Standard, Demoutable and Continental Standard machines). So what is the actual purpose of this small, flat lever located above the roller control knob?
The small wheel is the line spacing adjuster. The flat lever above the roller knob can be pushed backward (away from the writer). This inserts a new line. The flat lever It's normally pressed by the large line shift lever, but it can also be moved manually. I have no idea what this small lever actually does, or what its function is. To me, it looks like a small, additional line-shift lever. But that can't be it. A typewriter wouldn't have two line-shift levers. (Except for early models.) Orga Standard, Demoutable and Continental Standard machines). So what is the actual purpose of this small, flat lever located above the roller control knob?

The nameplate of my Blickensderfer 7. Note that the machine was sold in London and is labeled Blickensderfer. Export versions were usually made for England.Labeled only with a glance.
The nameplate of my Blickensderfer 7. Note that the machine was sold in London and is labeled Blickensderfer. Export versions were usually made for England.Labeled only with a glance.



The cylinder knob looks exactly like the cylinder knob of a Hammond 2 Typewriter
The cylinder knob looks exactly like the cylinder knob of a Hammond 2 Typewriter

The cylinder knob looks exactly like the cylinder knob of a Hammond 2 typewriter.
The cylinder knob looks exactly like the cylinder knob of a Hammond 2 typewriter.


Hunter: Lukas Klein (Schreibmaschinenmensch01)

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I come from southern Germany and have been collecting historical typewriters for 10 years. I'm interested in the antique machines built before 1945. All machines built after 1945 are not used for collecting but for writing


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