1961 Cole Steel Portable #3-160822
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Mark Rosenzweig (MarkR)
Created: 03-13-2014 at 11:58AM
Last Edit: 01-24-2018 at 01:22PM
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Description:
When I got this flat West-German-made portable the escapement was frozen. Cole-Steels (and Facit portables) seem to suffer from this far more than other brands, judging by comments on the Portable Typewriter Forum.
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Hunter: Mark Rosenzweig (MarkR)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 316
I have collected typewriters since the early 1970s. My first collectible machine was a Mignon, but I also had everyday typers then, first a Voss ST-24 and an Olivetti Praxis 48, and then a Hermes 3000 and a Hermes 10. Over the last decade or so, I've turned my focus from early machines (Lambert, Blickensderfer, Hammond, Smith-Premier, etc.) to portables.
Besides typewriters, I also am avid about Studebakers, and have had a 1964 Studebaker GT Hawk since 1979.
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