1961 Optima Super #1968759
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Blind Assassin (BlindAssassin111)
Created: 03-08-2026 at 09:47PM
Last Edit: 03-08-2026 at 09:48PM
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Description:
Got this machine from New Jersey in December 2025. Needed a good bit of work as some things were seized by rust, but after a lot of work it types like a dream. Also went through the effort to find similar green felt to the original to redo the body shell felt to match better that the disintegrating original felt.
Typeface: Mercedes 17/2 Pica
CPI: 10
Layout: US QWERTY
Typeface Specimen:
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Hunter: Blind Assassin (BlindAssassin111)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 268
Started collecting in March 2025. Have had quite a few machines so far, but trying to keep limit to specific machines so I don't have too many. Currently have ~20 but have had another 20 that I rescued, repaired/cleaned and re-homed.
My current collection goal is to own all cubic typefaces, with the limitation that each must be on a different model. Just to keep things interesting so everything has its' own place in the collection. I also have a few others that I just wanted to own, so not everything is cubic.
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