1946 Rheinmetall KsT #259738
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Javier Vazquez del Olmo (Javi)
Created: 05-10-2017 at 09:31AM
Last Edit: 05-10-2017 at 09:32AM
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Description:
Rust Bucket: Reloaded.
This typewriter is in worse condition than expected. Frozen with rust, but somehow the logos have survived. What has suffered the wrath of corrosion is the serial number. I´ve had to reconstruct it with epigraphical tools (i.e. charcoal and paper).
I hope Alberto can deal with this one. If the portables are as good as the big ones, Rheinmetall made truly competent typewriters.
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Hunter: Javier Vazquez del Olmo (Javi)
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The first typewriter I saw was my grandpa´s Olivetti Linea 98 at the office. It was just a curio for me. Then I was given a Nakajima, which I didn´t use and my grandfather took it from me because it was easier to handle than the bulky Linea 98. Now I own that typewriter, and I started a little collection in Valladolid, Spain. The Nakajima, which is "my" typewriter only returned home in 2017, almost 20 years later, when he wanted a better typewriter.
A collection that started small grew into something bigger, a nuisace for my family and a great source of satisfaction for me.
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