1983 Clover 810 #310942
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Amanda Wood (typesofthought)
Created: 08-09-2023 at 12:53PM
Last Edit: 08-09-2023 at 12:53PM
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Description:
1983 Clover Model 810 with Hangul keyboard, original purchase certificate, Clover typing textbook, and Korea Typing Education Association textbook.
Typewriter with what seems to be original Clover ribbon spools that are still well inked, and a beautiful case. Type slugs are shiny and new looking!
It took me MUCH longer than I care to admit to get the hang of it, but I understand the basic mechanisms of the typewriter now. I saw the multiple versions of characters and went "oh no". Best way to figure it out is trial and error, no? So that's what I did. I think I could type out full sentences now, but slowly. Takes much more effort than using a Hangul keyboard on your smartphone or computer.
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Hunter: Amanda Wood (typesofthought)
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First typewriter bought in 6/2023, now at over 30 in my collection with most recorded in the galleries. There's a special place in my heart for Smith-Coronas, blue typewriters, and typewriters from 1964 (my parents' birth year). Prefer manuals to electrics, portables to ultra portables or desktops, but will head home with anything if it's cheap enough and functional/repairable. I've successfully gifted typewriters to two siblings, a best friend, and an in-law. Keeping up with my lifelong tradition of making and repairing by hand. When not typing or working on a typewriter, I'm often reading, gardening (vegetable), preserving harvests (canning, dehydrating, freezing), knitting, sewing, writing letters/short stories, or shooting film photography. I like the slow, analog life.
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