1948 Royal KMM #KMM-3672465
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Michael Rasmussen (MichaelRpdx)
Created: 12-11-2020 at 02:42PM
Last Edit: 12-11-2020 at 02:45PM
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Description:
I was looking for a desktop model. I have enough portable machines.
This was previously owned by John Cooper (johntheeditor) who had sold (??) it to Ace Typewriter. My wife gave me the money for a Christmas present. I had gone into Ace looking for a Royal and there it was, on the shelf, waiting for me. I've yet to do anything much with it, but John described it as "It may be unlovely, but for a while, this dinged up, battleship gray office typewriter with the cloudy key tops was the best typer I had. I could type twice as fast on it as any of my portables, and it never skipped or jammed. "
A unrequested endorsement for a new machine. You can see it at https://typewriterdatabase.com/1948-royal-kmm.11142.typewriter
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Hunter: Michael Rasmussen (MichaelRpdx)
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I was gifted a Hermes Rocket with a Spanish keyboard and a Optima Elite 3.
Feel fortunate for that introduction to typewriters and re-introduction to typewriting.
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