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1969 Hermes 3000 Serial # 3554299 1969 Hermes 3000 typewriter, Serial # 3554299 Jonathan Taylor's 1969 Hermes 3000 typewriter. 2021-04-12 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Jonathan Taylor: 1969 Hermes 3000 Serial # 3554299 This is a Hermes 3000 from 1969. The typeface is Director Elite. Apart from slight case wear it is in otherwise mint condition. The machine was serviced and the platen re-faced. The service must have been a long, stressful experience for the poor man, because when it arrived in the mail it smelled as though someone had been chain smoking around it for quite some time - one disadvantage of buying online is that you can't smell the typewriter beforehand. I used Febreze to alleviate the odour, which seems to have done the job. I was expecting the typing action of the 3000 to be better than the Hermes Baby that I own, but personally speaking, I prefer the Hermes Baby's typing action.

1969 Hermes 3000 #3554299

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Jonathan Taylor (Jonathan84)
Created: 04-12-2021 at 08:22AM
Last Edit: 04-12-2021 at 08:22AM

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This is a Hermes 3000 from 1969. The typeface is Director Elite. Apart from slight case wear it is in otherwise mint condition. The machine was serviced and the platen re-faced. The service must have been a long, stressful experience for the poor man, because when it arrived in the mail it smelled as though someone had been chain smoking around it for quite some time - one disadvantage of buying online is that you can't smell the typewriter beforehand. I used Febreze to alleviate the odour, which seems to have done the job. I was expecting the typing action of the 3000 to be better than the Hermes Baby that I own, but personally speaking, I prefer the Hermes Baby's typing action.

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Hunter: Jonathan Taylor (Jonathan84)

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I am a typewriter collector based in Somerset, England. I started collecting in the of winter 2020, shortly before the first Covid-19 lockdown. I am self-employed and, like a lot of people during the pandemic, I found myself without work for a while; before adjusting to the so-called 'new normal'! One advantage of this period was that I could spend time getting to know the Adler Gabriele 25 that I bought. I soon found many other sellers online offering fully serviced machines for reasonable prices, such as Mike Beale's "Typewriter Store" on Etsy, Tom Lucas "The Typewriter Man" and George Blackman; as well as sellers on eBay, of course. Suffice it to say I got the bug for collecting thereafter.

Note: If anyone is wondering what the typewriter is in my profile picture, it is a custom finished Olympia SM4, which I bought online from a typewriter store here in the UK. The silver glitter finish was quite jaw-dropping (the photo does not do it justice) and apparently took the seller a long time to get right (the finish was not my request, I might add). However, the machine had several flaws, plus I really didn't like the 'qwertz' layout. I had to send it back for a refund - which is the only time I have returned a typewriter. I soon found my bottle green Olympia SM3, which is now my favourite - so there was a happy ending.


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