1953 Remington Super-Riter #SJ216499

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Javier Vazquez del Olmo (Javi)
Created: 09-03-2022 at 03:25AM
Last Edit: 09-03-2022 at 03:25AM

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A good typewriter in very bad shape.

Don't be deceived by the apparent good looks of this... I should've thunk before buying this big guy. Looks good, works really bad. This is an UK unit, with the compulsory overabundance of fractions on the keyboard. The touch feels good, it's surprisingly clean but two details: the carriage doesn't move freely (something blocks it at the 2/3 section) and the ribbon spools don't advance, hence the horrible typeface sample. I suspect I can't fix this on my own, and that puts this machine on standby.

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This could lead you to think this machine works, right? Nope

Full English Fraction Breakfast

Dive bombing while thinking what to do next...

It's one of those. The platen can be extracted to be used as a +2 short sword

I like how easily accessible are the feed rollers. In this case they're pristine, but if I needed to repair them it would be a piece of cake.

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.