Thread: Vintage/manual typewriter

Anyone use or have any tips on where to find a vintage typewriter? I want one in working order. Not sure why, but I didn't understand where my sudden urge to use a straight razor last year came from. But that has turned out well, so I'm trusting the feeling and looking into it.

Thanks!

See them at garage sales all the time for next to nothing.I threw a perfectally good and working IBM selectric in the recycle bin when we moved last month.
But than again what was once old tech becomes new again,Have fun

That's the thing. I see tons on eBay, but want to work with a reputable dealer to get a restored one in working order.

Few sites out there on the interwebs, but I'm hoping a member here has some insight before I get too far.

Oh yeah they're cool. I love them. I put it on the dining room table, load in a sheet of paper and pretend I'm a writer...

"It was a dark and storm night..."

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Oh yeah they're cool. I love them. I put it on the dining room table, load in a sheet of paper and pretend I'm a writer...

"It was a dark and storm night..."

Then you should love the Worst Writers contest: http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/

Originally Posted by SixNipples

Then you should love the Worst Writers contest: The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

That's really cool, ta. I'm digging out the typewriter today! I hope you find a nice one...

When I find the time, I'll dig mine out and take a picture. I have a 1950's Hermes Rocket that still works like the day it was made. Even in the computer age, I've used that typewriter for many school papers and other various writing projects. There's just something about the sound, feel and even smell of a manual typewriter.

Originally Posted by Theseus

When I find the time, I'll dig mine out and take a picture. I have a 1950's Hermes Rocket that still works like the day it was made. Even in the computer age, I've used that typewriter for many school papers and other various writing projects. There's just something about the sound, feel and even smell of a manual typewriter.

When I was a kid, my mom had one. I remember playing around on it. I want to explore what a typewriter does for my writing. I want to feel the romance of the vintage machine and see exactly how it works. Sometimes, as much as I love it, I grow tired of the 1s and 0s and mystery that goes on inside my computer. Guess it is the same appeal that brought all of us to this hobby/obsession of ours.

I took typing class in high school.. It was the onlyy class that did me any good... I got promoted in the army because I was the only joe that could type.

Actually, I got the thing out and just noticed it's ELECTRIC!!!
(still cool though)