breaking news in the Insurgency!

The Central Tacoma Free Radical Media Exchange, to which I donated the Royal All-American last weekend, has begun designing a "semi-religious alcove" for it.  An elevation of commitment to the printed word.  As yet, curiously, no comment on the manifesto I typed up in it as a type sample.

In the comment thread, another friend of the exchange has offered a "pre-war Belgian typewriter that types in script." I may have to meet this guy for a type-in with the KMC guy.

SANCTUARY!! SANCTUARY!!1!

The lap desk was a gift from my wife.  I've even used the Adler Universal on it.

happening week

This is what I bought. blades sold separately and added later.

 http://i.feedtacoma.com/NineInchNachos/behold-central-tacoma-free-radical/

The media exchange has announced the typewriter acquisition on facebook.

If he posts a comment saying it's ok, I'll post the original pic.

im-Perfekt

see? Rear plate gone too.  Could someone post a pic of theirs?

random play with the new units

I scraped the old glue off
and did a poor imitation on a trimmed post-it

Thanks to Robert at oz.typewriter I have several good images to work from.
My plan is to carve it in something and glue it on

And I compared the Scottish 22's typeface with the Underwood Lettera 22.  Looks the same to me.

caving to pressure

Then there's this one:

No tab, and no labeling except "norm" - not even a "made in Western Germany" or anything!
But it is a swell typer - very similar to the Torpedo.

Colossus

Olivetti typecast

shopping on antique row

I went in search of my own vintage shaving equipment and found an amber bakelite-handled E3 Schick injector (from the late 30's I think).  I snapped it up for $15, eschewing the vintage Gillette at $25 across the street for now. I didn't find the injector blades at Walgreen, but I found them on Amazon for $4.80 a pack and placed an order.

While I was talking to the proprietor, I noticed a slide rule - a mid-century K&E but he directed my attention to the other case, which held a solid brass rule with some sort of Asian writing on the ends.  $54 was too steep but he said everything was half price to reduce stock.  Then he gave me both items for 40 anyway. 
 The slide rule turns out to be a WWII Japanese navy rule.  pretty spiffy.  Should I shine it up or preserve the patina?

So I toured the rest of the shop looking for typewriters, and found two that greatly interest me at "half price" which would be $19 each.  I may have to go back and snap them up.  tell me what you think.

round-key Lettera 22 in a brownish color

I got pics to look this up because no logo.  It turns out to be a Triumph Norm with a German QWERTZ keyboard. hmm...

Then I went to the bins, just to check.  Nothing much, except this rather interesting sewing machine for Adwoa.

LAX type-in

The west coast type-in was a success, in the cafe in the lobby of the Crowne Plaza hotel.  Here are the scans and pics.

probably illegible

LA type-in

fiction

Here's the start.

time to go to the library

I think the heat is getting to me

week's end

A grand day out

a pond at the Center for Wooden Boats for sailing models

montage of parking fees, typical of Seattle, and why we only come on parking holidays, as at the bottom.

A wild deer appears!