195X Patria (Spain) Patria #XXXXXXXX

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Javier Vazquez del Olmo (Javi)
Created: 03-16-2015 at 04:28AM
Last Edit: 03-16-2015 at 06:01AM

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I wanted one of these, and I took the road to the Dark Side by buying the cheapest one I could find. Yeah, right, the price was awesome, but the typewriter is pretty badly beaten.

This is the Spanish version of the Swiss Patria, manufactured in the industrial town of Eibar (Basque Country). It had a moderate success, and it had two successors: the Amaya and the Pulsatta Deluxe when the company changed its name to Sedic. None of them reached this quality level, which is more than demonstrated by the fact that this oldie still works with no maintenance at all after being neglected (with extreme dedication) for about 40 years.

And then shame on me. Shame on me for not being able to find the serial number. Where is it hiding?!

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Links:

• Amaya: The next generation
• Sedic Pulsatta Deluxe: Final act

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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.