1961 Royal FP #FPP-7156213

Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 01-03-2025 at 05:21PM
Last Edit: 01-03-2025 at 06:03PM

Description Hunter 17 Photos 0 Likes  Find on Ebay #AD  Find on Etsy #AD

Description:

The last great Royal. A fitting tribute to the greatest typewriter ever produced. It's all downhill from here.

A tale of the current typewriter market. A FBM post at $20. One bad overexposed picture in the dark with the flash. The lever was clearly bent over onto the top. I figured $10 for parts. He accepted, but meetup was an issue. Then the post changed to "these go for lots of money of ebay, $100 is a steal...". So I'm out.
Time goes by and it shows up in the dark Home Depot parking lot delivered for $15.

Something fell onto it, and bent and twisted the return lever over. It's still a little wonky, but other than this it turned out nice. Not much use and the scratches and chips seem mostly to have occured after it was parked somewhere.

Much heavier action than the green 58. I'm going to investigate more.

Typeface Specimen:

Links:

• Manual? But Reddit has everything.
• Action
• In Green
• In Pink
• Gallery

Photos:

Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)

James Grooms's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]

Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 9165

As with many, the bug is back there somewhere due to an Underwood No. 5. My grandfather was on a small town school board and used one for this. My parents had a yellow Royal Safari that I used to index card everything, including a beer can collection. Collection syndrome clue! The long dormant tic was activated when my neighbors left a Remington Quiet Riter on the curb when they moved in circa 2010, Yes a believe it or not story is next, when a Hermes 3000 comes home with the girlfriend from work for free. Yes, free! From there the addiction is full steam. And yes, I now have a No. 5. Typewriters are the perfect blend of using one's technical skills, history and functional purpose.