Showing posts with label Consul Silent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Consul Silent. Show all posts

23 Jun 2013

The Great Feeling of Loss / Consul and Olympia

TYPEWRITER DAY 2013









It's difficult to capture the beauty of this typewriter. The lines are pleasing and it is painted a very glossy rich cream colour that doesn't show well in photos. It tends to look a bit washed-out. When it was new in the late 50s, it was doubtlessly very dated to the eye of the American consumer.

If you'll remember, the Olympia SM3 was thoroughly caked with dirt. I finally gave it a fairly rough scrubbing that seems to have got most of it out! The pictures are not ideal as the sun began to set during this mass photoshoot.

Thus ends Typewriter Day 2013 for me. Two posts is hardly sufficient to devote to typewriters, which is why we have all the rest of our lives. :) "I raise my ribbon in a toast to Typewriter Days for the rest of the days typewriters exist."

Typed with and from my Consul Silent.

8 May 2013

Returning from lost leaves of time


I'm back! I'm sure there have been some excellent new blogs started in my absence. Let me know what I am missing!

Typed on my Consul Silent and Remington Deluxe Noiseless.


12 Apr 2012

Cheap Communist Thrills




Maybe I'm not a fan of Communism, but these Eastern European typewriters are pretty awesome.
Also, new discovery thanks to Richard Polt--the margin sets are a lot easier than I had thought a first.
Typed on my new Consul Silent