196X Remington Personal-Riter #FY567983
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Lawrence Cardella (Vintageink1965)
Created: 03-21-2025 at 07:31PM
Last Edit: 03-21-2025 at 07:43PM
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Description:
Bought this off the internet mainly because I wanted a cursive font machine in my collection. It arrived slightly damaged with the bottom front bottom plastic rail broken. Also, the carriage inexplicably advances an extra space at a few locations as shown in typeface sample so not my favorite machine to use. It’s a snappy little machine though and the only Remington I have.
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Hunter: Lawrence Cardella (Vintageink1965)
Lawrence Cardella's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 361
I grew up with a fascination and deep appreciation for mechanical business machines. Mid-century typewriters, cash registers and adding machines. To appreciate the magic of these devices and the synergy of gears, springs and levers working together in perfect harmony is quite beautiful and an understated marvel of engineering and quality workmanship that has produced products that work exactly as intended for decades and even a century after they were produced. This is something that doesn’t exist in today’s world. My small collection (currently 19) consists of mainly portables, ultra-portables and a few Smith Corona 6 series electrics, which I use for amateur writing projects.
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