Dreams / Platens

Which platen belongs with which typewriter?

In the following type specimens, you can compare the difference before and after. Yes, I changed the ribbon in the meantime but part of the improvement is you can now run a ribbon through more than once without having to use 3 backing sheets!

Sent from my Underwood Standard Portable

I awoke to this sunrise—

Sent from my brown Olympia SM3 (and my Fuji X10, too)

The City at Night

Sunrise over the Port of Tacoma

Ned the typewriter dog.

Typed on my Facit 1620 which is still holding up perfectly from my fix.