1978 Hugin TM2 #80519677
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Kewin Sanfridsson (JoxSoup)
Created: 10-02-2024 at 11:33AM
Last Edit: 10-02-2024 at 12:32PM
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Ah another budget portable. This one being another Nakajima rebranded typewriter just like my Sense 360 which I bought early in my typewriter collecting journey.
This one got comfortable keys and is small and snappy. Very light while typing on, even lighter feeling than a Silver-Reed I think. The caps-lock and shift is very smooth! The margin release doubles as a key un-jammer. And the placement of it is perfect especially on this particular typewriter as the dot key gets stuck when it have hit the paper. This is something I will try to fix when I got a little less projects going on. The angle of which the keys are at is a bit of a problem in my opinion as they are very prone to pick up the reflection of the lamps while looking at them but I guess that might just be me being a bit short or bent over while typing sometimes. But I should not complain because the keys are a good size and feels good to type on for longer things. The ribbon hood is constructed so that both the front and top gets removed when lifting it off. The whole chassi is constructed out of plastic even the bottom. But it feels surprisingly sturdy for being made out of plastic, it won't move on its own while typing that's for sure. As you can imagine it is quite a bare bone typewriter as a budget product would be but I don't have anything against that quite the contrary actually. I am amazed it feels this great to type on. And I would even go as far as saying I would rather have this with me while traveling than say for example a Olivetti Lettera 32, ok don't get me wrong that machine is very nice! But it's too nice. I wouldn't want to take that with be for the risk of it getting it nicks, dings and scratches because it's in beautiful shape but either the Hugin TM2 or Sense 360 I wouldn't care as much if it would get a flaw. What I'm trying to say is in my eyes I can be a bit more careless with this machine than a more expensive and sought after machine. Not that I would recommend anyone to handle these awesome pieces of mechanical wonders with carelessness but I hope you get my point. This typewriter would see more use by me as I am a bit clumsy and would be scared of damaging my other more uncommon once. I actually enjoyed typing on it quite a lot and the design it ain't bad that either. But there would be two features I would like to add to it though and that is 1) A exclamation mark! and a number 1 key because I am so used to it being a separate key. 2) A carriage lock while transporting it around.
Cheers!
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Hunter: Kewin Sanfridsson (JoxSoup)
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Hi my name is Kewin and I'm a 24 years old from Sweden. I have a few hobbies like drawing and playing guitar but I do also like myself some project here and there which is where my interest in typewriters fits in. I have always collected things through my life but I did not expect typewriters to be my next big passion in collecting. I started collecting typewriters in the beginning of 2022 and so far I have 80* of them (3 of which is currently disassembled) . I find it really enjoyable to pickup a typewriter at a thrift store/second hand and starting to clean it up and get it to a working condition to the best of my ability and knowledge. (Excuse all the dog hairs in my pictures, I do actually try to remove the hair before taking the pictures. xD) Cheers!
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