19XX Torpedo 5b #31624
Status: My Collection
Hunter: frey a (freya)
Created: 02-12-2026 at 12:22PM
Last Edit: 02-12-2026 at 12:36PM
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Description:
I will be updating all of my Galleries with pictures and more information as soon as I’ve moved into my new workshop!
(Year of Manufacture is between 1913-1922; based on the serial number I’d guess sometime around 1917 or so)
Typeface Specimen:
Hunter: frey a (freya)
frey a's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 10
Hi there!
My name is Freya, and I’m descended from a long line of Swedish peasants and farmhands - which means that I was raised to work hard, to respect mother Earth, and (most importantly) to hoard everything I could get my grubby little hands on. This has led to me collecting many different things throughout my life, but my interest in typewriters probably began when I started studying literature at uni a few years ago.
I found my first one, a Facit Privat, in really bad condition at a flea market and bought it for basically nothing - and after teaching myself how to fix it, the collection has now grown into the double digits! I’m currently just waiting until my spouse and I move into our new apartment so that I’ll have room for a dedicated workshop where I can keep them all organised and safe from cat hair . . . (:
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