1918 Royal 5 #358503-5
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Chris Bacon (MagisterBaconBits)
Created: 02-08-2026 at 07:47PM
Last Edit: 02-08-2026 at 07:50PM
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Description:
Feel weird to type on compared to their later standards, key presses seem to have a forward arc as they move down. Missing a number of decals it seems but a nice functional elite-typeface machine.
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Hunter: Chris Bacon (MagisterBaconBits)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 138
I love vintage technology in general; audio stuff, computers, film cameras, but typewriters are fun by virtue of how mechanical they are. I have lately been using mine to write letters to internet penpals as well as politicians.
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