1960 Imperial Good Companion 5 #5AD 417
Status: My Collection
Hunter: William OLLIVIER (guneeyoufix)
Created: 01-17-2025 at 11:08AM
Last Edit: 01-18-2025 at 12:43PM
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Description:
Came in with a broken drawstring, stuck carriage, stuck loose dog, gummed up mainspring and overall very grimy.
Currently in the process of cleaning and tuning after the main repairs have been completed.
It is quite snappy, but I'm still having issues with crowding, and the space bar feels quite strange, given the very short lever arm.
Typeface Specimen:
Hunter: William OLLIVIER (guneeyoufix)
William OLLIVIER's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 400
Software engineer by day, and typewriter newbie by night.
I got my first typewriter when I was a child, one of the kid's plastic ones, but was not satisfied.
I moved on the first real one, a portable Silver-Reed Silverette S, which I still own today, and use once in a while.
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