1946 Remington Deluxe Model 5 #B1324817
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Ted Snyder (tricosene)
Created: 04-02-2026 at 04:15PM
Last Edit: 04-02-2026 at 04:15PM
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Description:
“...built to survive all the rough and ready knocks of everyday life and be ready to
produce perfect typing at a moment's notice.” –Operating Instructions
Features: Pica, Self-Starter Paragraph Key in lieu of tab system, carriage shift
I found this Remington Rand Deluxe Model 5 in its case at the Salvation Army. I don’t recall if it was $3 or $5. It was in good shape, aside from the ribbon and some issues listed below.
This machine is the snappiest typewriter I’ve ever used. It’s so snappy that it’s overwhelming. I’ve typed multipage documents on it, but it gets to be too much for me. Also, although it doesn’t seem like it takes more force to type on, after about a page and a half, my forearms start to feel sore.
Even though I wouldn’t choose this typewriter to write longer-form work, I still appreciate it. It’s lighter than many of my other portables and it’s more lively than my Quiet-Riter. I also like the visible typebars. There’s something fun about watching them rise and lower. In addition, the area where they strike the platen is higher up which is a good design. This makes it easier to read what you are typing as compared to other typewriters. My Underwood 3 Bank in particular types so close to the cylinder scale that it takes a little more effort to read.
This is the typewriter I generally bring to my high school for student use. It’s doing fine so far with this, so there might be something to it being “built to survive,” particularly as it is 80 years old.
Repairs / Replacements
The feed rollers are somewhat flattened and paper needs to be adjusted after rolling in.
Originally this model came with ribbon spool covers. I’ve read that they frequently don’t survive the years like the rest of the typewriter does. At some point, I’ll have replacements 3D printed.
Typeface Specimen:
Hunter: Ted Snyder (tricosene)
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Back in high school, my dad would bring home one of the office typewriters, a Brother daisy wheel with a built-in word processor, for me to use. That might be my first typewriter. I don't know what happened to it. I bought a Cannon Starwriter afterwards to take to college. Fast forward to 2025, and I started wondering if there could be benefits of using a typewriter in my writing routines.
Little did I know that typewriters have the ability to reproduce. A Remington Quiet Riter led to a Royal KMG and Underwood De Luxe Leader pair, and the process continued. Now I have a dozen.
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