1957 Triumph Perfekt #1222713
Status: Sightings
Hunter: John Munroe (jamunroe)
Created: 09-14-2016 at 12:07AM
Last Edit: 01-11-2019 at 07:46PM
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Description:
"Lebkuchen."
Just picked this up from a warehouse north of Tokyo. Will fill in details of s/n and date of manufacture later today. Types great but needs work. Photos are the seller's. To be updated! After owning several plastic Tippas this offers a different and more sumptuous view of the design evolution. Weighs its worth in gold! hehe
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Hunter: John Munroe (jamunroe)
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From Toronto Canada. Tokyo-based entrepreneur since 1998 and meditation teacher since 2000. Learned to type in Grade 9 following mind-altering lunches and still experience flashbacks while typing. Mother did shorthand and typed 90 wpm as stenographer, dad pecked out haiku on his old typewriter as long as I remember. Moved to thermal printing, 8-character display CanoWord Pen 24 in 1986 when my typewriter broke, then to FujiXerox, Mac and iPhone. Bought my first typewriter of the new millennium (a Lettera 32) in March 2015. Muscle memory has graduated to neural reboot--every moment at the typewriter brings back fresh memories of type-happy childhood and visions of literary grandeur. Use typewriter for inspiration/rough drafts and computer/iPhone (Scrivener/Evernote) for polishing.
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