197X Consul 231 3 #231 328774
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Javier Vazquez del Olmo (Javi)
Created: 01-20-2015 at 05:41AM
Last Edit: 01-20-2015 at 05:43AM
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Description:
I acquired this typewriter because it was cheap. What I didn´t know is how thrased it was. I needed help to repair it because I couldn´t make it work again. Fortunately, it was something like: "Consul? Don´t worry, I´m sure we can do something about it." You can guess who told me.
And indeed he could. Works perfectly fine, and it has turned out to be a more than decent typewriter. Pretty solid and stable, and it has a little quirky typeface.
The colour in the photos is quite unreal. I didn´t have much time, and the camera just did what it wanted. The typewriter is in fact something like baby blue, not reddish, but the AWB of my camera thinks otherwise.
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Hunter: Javier Vazquez del Olmo (Javi)
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The first typewriter I saw was my grandpa´s Olivetti Linea 98 at the office. It was just a curio for me. Then I was given a Nakajima, which I didn´t use and my grandfather took it from me because it was easier to handle than the bulky Linea 98. Now I own that typewriter, and I started a little collection in Valladolid, Spain. The Nakajima, which is "my" typewriter only returned home in 2017, almost 20 years later, when he wanted a better typewriter.
A collection that started small grew into something bigger, a nuisace for my family and a great source of satisfaction for me.
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