1939 Barlock Portable #6773
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Thomas Page (trpage)
Created: 10-01-2021 at 04:37PM
Last Edit: 10-02-2021 at 09:48AM
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Description:
Lovely glossy black Bar-Lock Portable. Serial number data base stops before this serial number. However, the typewriter exists and is clearly a pre-War machine. Missing its right ribbon spool cover.. The ribbon spool covers are quite deep and made of heavy duty steel. Case shows some wear. I've replaced the missing leather portion of the case handle. Case handle is unusual for this type of handle in that the hardware unscrews from the case. This makes replacement of the leather easier than it is on the Hermes Featherweight/Baby or the Imperial Good Companion (although you still have to fit the leather around the inner steel strip).
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Hunter: Thomas Page (trpage)
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I collect and restore European and American typewriters from the 1890s through the 1960s. I focus on portables but I have recently begun to add American Olivers to my collection.
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