One thing you can say about this typewriter is that they made an awful lot of them and many have survived. Remington claimed that they had sold more of these worldwide than any other typewriter. They were popular for a number of reasons but mainly because I think they were one of the few truly… Continue reading Remington Model 5 Portable Review
Tabulations, Tears and Tantrums. Surprisingly, typewriters have made something of a comeback and quite a lot are sold every day on Auction sites like Ebay and such. Office typewriters always had tabulators but many portable machines do not. If you are looking to buy a typewriter do you really need a Tabulator at all then?… Continue reading Typewriter Tabulators
The Empire baby de luxe was made from 1935 until 1942. It was a Hermes Baby made under licence and it took quite some time until I found one I could afford. They made a lot of them and although many are still around, finding one is not easy. I never intended to collect typewriters… Continue reading The Empire Types Back
Last Summer found me sitting in front of a Telex machine trying to see if I could still remember how to use one. They are, of course, long gone, dead and buried in land fill sites across the country. At least that was what I thought. It seems I was wrong. They are not dead… Continue reading Trust Me, I’m a Telex Operator
I bought the Seiko Silverette four years ago which we now affectionately call the Yellow Peril due to what we thought was the disgusting colour. It grows on you with time though and now I rather like it. It was the second typewriter I have had and at the time I was not looking to… Continue reading The Yellow Peril
One typewriter that I wanted when I was fourteen was an Olivetti. I had started a commercial course at school and decided that my Empire Baby de luxe just wasn’t up to the job of doing the homework on it. I expect it would have been a lettera 22 that I had in mind. Not… Continue reading The Italian Job
The Shorthand Typist 