1961 Optima Super #1152830
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Aldo Lagana (AldoL)
Created: 05-26-2025 at 04:52AM
Last Edit: 05-26-2025 at 05:18AM
Description:
Script beauty that had escapement issues required quite a teardown to knock it out. Cast aluminum case is brilliant. It types rather clunky but I like the large keys.
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Hunter: Aldo Lagana (AldoL)
Aldo Lagana's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 125
Born and raised less than a quarter mile from The Noiseless factory in Middletown, CT. I've fought with the why. Why do I like typewriters when I always was interested in 'tech'. I guess for their day, they were high tech. I've acquiesced that for me the "Rube Goldberg" nature of complex mechanics is the main draw.
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