surprise!!

i am just so happy and cant wait to tell you…

this typewriter has a £ and $ keys, not found in my black tippa s (cursive typeface). why?

here’s a sneak peek.

still grimy and dirty. just gotten it today and in need of a good wipe asap.

i’ve been disciplined in the last 2 months…bought only 3 typers including one that’s in my wish list. a roxy ROOY!!

there’s so much to blog -  a type-in in the park, a private type-in, mouldy typewriter cases, vintage typist tables, newly acquired typewriters, typecasts comparison….

cheers to a new 2013 and more chances for us to get typewriters at a steal!!

karen. 

a royal’s script typeface

oops ! just realised last sentence missing ‘m’  – … wish list is growing faster than the rate i am striking it!

here she is  – big and beautiful.

love the case,  can double up as a luggage bag for a one night trip!

here is the  comparison with a compact tippa, safari – size L and tippa – size S.

she is quite bulky, more than double the height of tippa. certainly not for lugging around.

it’s wednesday!! have a happy mid-week!

old-typers group photoshoot – 3 times a typewriter

hello,

meet my old-typers, a few already in their 80s or older but still so gorgeous!

introducing group 1 : 3 old-typers in 3 shades of red.

group 2 : meet 3- fold and 3- bank

meet the star of today’s photoshoot -  my very special remington 3b, she may not have the complete usual keys and the mambo jambo of other usual funtionalities but she is a limited edition! only 5706 was built during the depression era of 1939, for a brief period of 6 months. love!!

read more here - richard’s (the typewriter guru) account of this beauty.

’3′ gets repeated many times here – a coincidence?

stay tuned for more of their stories and typecasts …

thank you for visiting.

cheers!

karen

typewriter art – first attempt

No where near the great artist Keira Rathbone. lol!

A rush job but fun! I’ll attempt a more serious theme next- perhaps a dragon?

twin tippa has a techno typeface!

after the last post of shipping woes, it’s time for a happy tappy story!

the ‘b’ was super sticky and stubborn !

dirty and grimy…see the evidence.

meet the other twin, same but different – tippa with script typeface.

i am starting to hoard letter pads too!

thank you for visiting. have a great week ahead!

cheers,

karen

beauty is in the eye of beholder

*my heart wept, i braved myself … a bit drama-mama here. lol.  in short, very UPSET!

some major injuries -

• metal spool and ribbon out-of-place, not a good sign. it danced happily and scarred its body
• a very deep cut in on the right
• ribbon reverse button knocked into body
• key ’6′ badly bent
• small scratches elsewhere, everywhere

her serial nos is P131243 which dates this machine to 1939-1940.

her key slugs are very sharp, cutting /punching the paper at times. why is that so? platen too hard? do you know?

diy customisation

i found 2 more candidates suitable for a makeover – another olivetti lettera 35 and an olympia traveller de luxe.

this time i painted the olivetti, baby blue. see the earlier post where i painted one pink here. that one has a pica typeface and this, elite. this model is a good candidate for customisation because it is easy to take apart its ‘clam shell’ body.

this is a more challenging model, an olympia traveller de luxe before the makeover, in drabby office colour.

started late morning unscrewing all parts that could be unscrewed from the ‘outside’…

i took many photos along the way, so worried i cannot remember which screw belonged to which part. some, i taped to the parts.

i took a few hours to unscrew and clean the typewriter. it was not a good idea to do it on the floor. a lot of bending forward  and i ended up with a painful back. Ouch, ouch !

took a break afterwards to straighten up my ‘vintage’ back bone and ‘smell’ some orchids and fern to re-charge for the next important part of project – spray painting.

Here she is, transformed from late morning till late evening!

Painted the case, inside too.

i would love to hear and see your diy customised tappy. please fill in the link to your website or pics under comment, or email me at karen_hoh@yahoo.com for sharing in the coming blog post.

cant wait to blog about this gorgeous tappy next, a sneak peak

till then, have a great weekend and thank you for dropping by!