The ICOs are damn sexy, aren't they! As I found with my Invicat - which shares the same mechanicals - it wasn't awful, but not the greatest typewriter to type on but they look damn sexy. Great score!
A wonderful typecast, Nick, in every regard: subject, history, language, typing skill---even opinions! Your usual excellent photography complements the typecast.
One detail though, because crowdsourcing works: the Good Roads Movement began in the US in the late 1870s and was an effort by bicyclists. The 1900 date implies that the automobile ascendancy was responsible for smoothed surfaces, pavement, and useful signage but that is not so. More at for those interested.
Keep up the great work. You're a credit to the internet. == Michael Höhne
Thanks for your wonderful comment. I try to make my blog appealing in as many regards as possible, not only for myself, but for people like you who appreciate that. :)
I knew I should have paid more attention to my research! I spent all my time on the Iceland half that I was drawing on years-old knowledge about the good roads movement and didn't bother to check the details. Some of the roads built in Iceland were built over existing really poor roads, but many of them were entirely new, not even built over walking paths.
þ and ð must be challenging sounds for the human mouth, because I think they are rare in the languages of the world. In addition to English and Icelandic, Spanish has them, at least in Castilian pronunciation. (The Andalusian pronunciation assimilates þ to s and then this became the typical dialect in Spanish America.)
Oh yeahhh! I knew I'd heard þ somewhere else. They really are both quite rare sounds these days. 1,500 years ago they were common in most Germanic languages though, and up until the 1500s, at least present in more languages than now.
That sounds so great, My father just bought one at a second hand shop for very cheap, and i have been trying to fix it. The spring or motor is kind of broken (every time i wind it up, it works great until the slide passes the moter and it just totally rewind itself. How do you wind yours?
Awesome Ico, worth the fight!
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful typewriter!
ReplyDeleteThe ICOs are damn sexy, aren't they! As I found with my Invicat - which shares the same mechanicals - it wasn't awful, but not the greatest typewriter to type on but they look damn sexy. Great score!
ReplyDeleteThat they are! Ours are pretty much twins with different names, right?
DeleteThere's something a bit fun with using them, despite their imperfections.
Ok, I am always self-impressed by my ability to deal with the Z/Y thing, but my hat is now off to you, sir! :D
ReplyDeleteAs always, a beautiful addition to your herd. (:
It's taken me a lot of practice, and of course I couldn't have typed that without previous knowledge of eð and þorn!
DeleteGreat post, Nick, and lovely photographs. Fun reading with the Icelandic characters.
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping it wasn't too difficult and detracting from the content!
DeleteA wonderful typecast, Nick, in every regard: subject, history, language, typing skill---even opinions! Your usual excellent photography complements the typecast.
ReplyDeleteOne detail though, because crowdsourcing works: the Good Roads Movement began in the US in the late 1870s and was an effort by bicyclists. The 1900 date implies that the automobile ascendancy was responsible for smoothed surfaces, pavement, and useful signage but that is not so. More at for those interested.
Keep up the great work. You're a credit to the internet.
== Michael Höhne
Thanks for your wonderful comment. I try to make my blog appealing in as many regards as possible, not only for myself, but for people like you who appreciate that. :)
DeleteI knew I should have paid more attention to my research! I spent all my time on the Iceland half that I was drawing on years-old knowledge about the good roads movement and didn't bother to check the details. Some of the roads built in Iceland were built over existing really poor roads, but many of them were entirely new, not even built over walking paths.
Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteþ and ð must be challenging sounds for the human mouth, because I think they are rare in the languages of the world. In addition to English and Icelandic, Spanish has them, at least in Castilian pronunciation. (The Andalusian pronunciation assimilates þ to s and then this became the typical dialect in Spanish America.)
Oh yeahhh! I knew I'd heard þ somewhere else. They really are both quite rare sounds these days. 1,500 years ago they were common in most Germanic languages though, and up until the 1500s, at least present in more languages than now.
Deleteð survives in all Spanish dialects; it's the pronunciation of "d" after a vowel.
DeleteGreat fun reading about this sexy looking machine, thanks! ~TH~
ReplyDeleteThat sounds so great, My father just bought one at a second hand shop for very cheap, and i have been trying to fix it. The spring or motor is kind of broken (every time i wind it up, it works great until the slide passes the moter and it just totally rewind itself.
ReplyDeleteHow do you wind yours?