1956 Hermes Baby #5501198
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Patrick Jamieson (pjamieson)
Created: 01-27-2023 at 04:04PM
Last Edit: 02-22-2023 at 06:32PM
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Purchased in September 2022 from a seller in Madrid, Spain. It has a QWERTY/Spanish keyboard, and came in a well-worn leather case. So far, I have only replaced the ribbon and re-connected the spring that provides tension for the paper bail. It could use some cleaning, but it types nicely and has a great feel.
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Hunter: Patrick Jamieson (pjamieson)
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Points: 1314
I'm a semi-retired software/web developer with a now eight-year-old grandson, Jaxon, who is crazy about typewriters. In late 2021, at age six, Jaxon got a Montgomery Ward Escort 350 portable from Goodwill that absolutely fascinated him. He still takes it everywhere, and remains especially pleased that it has a key for the number one. He considers his Escort to be our best typer, but I think that honor goes to our second generation 1969 Hermes 3000. Jaxon's got me hooked, and now--between us--we have a growing collection of writing machines. Together, we've set up and equipped a small workshop area and, whenever we get the chance, we clean and perform minor repairs on our typewriters. Now that Jaxon's reading and writing skills are steadily improving, he rarely needs anyone to tell him how to spell the words he wants to type.
Newer to typewriter collecting than Jaxon, I am particularly interested in ultra-portables and portables, and have developed a special fondness for Gossen and Hermes machines. I am also very interested in any brand/model with a HCESAR keyboard layout. A collector-at-heart--I have long collected West Indian fiction (40+ years) and Haitian art (30+ years)--I am old enough to have owned and regularly used typewriters back in the pre-PC days.
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