Consul 1972

1972 Consul 235 2 235 07301

It is impossible to argue that Zbrojovka Brno didn't make some of the most beautiful typewriters of the 60s and 70s. The lines are so clean and pure, and the color choices are often perfect and don't look dated today.

Notice how the 235 has different style keys compared to the 221.1. These were actually produced concurrently for 2 years, with the newer keys on the ultraportables. Eventually, by about 1973, the larger portables also had the newer trapezoidal keys. But more on that later!

Sent from my new Consul 235

Refurbishing a Klein-Urania case base

Hard to believe that beautiful base used to look like this:

If you're curious, this is the contact paper I used.

It costs a mere $7 for a roll in store, and I used about 50 cents worth for this project.

Sent from my Klein-Urania

PS — To the stamp-keen, the order is going through today and you should expect to receive your individual orders in about 2 weeks! I am currently working on finishing up the second set of stamps, the typewriter images, and will add them to the catalog and open ordering for them after I send out all of the first batch of orders.