1964 Olympia SM9 #2562446
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
Created: 08-28-2026 at 03:45PM
Last Edit: 08-28-2026 at 03:48PM
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Description:
Picked up at a barn sale. I was really excited that it has a Senatorial typeface. I was less excited when I started cleaning it up and found out it has the problem where the glue in the typebar rest liquifies and gets into all the internal components. I've been flushing and flushing--it's finally starting to get better. On the plus side, the platen rubber is excellent. These SM9s are such a pleasure to use, even if they have a somewhat bland exterior.
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Hunter: Greg Mattesen (CoronaKid)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
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I "accidentally" started collecting typwriters in the fall of 2020. After my daughter got one cheap at a junk shop, and hearing that she intended to use it to write some old fashioned snail-mail letters to friends, I decided to get "a" typewriter myself to do the same. The first one was a real lucky break: a pristine 1950 Smith-Corona Sterling in perfect condition. From there I got interested in other brands and into refurbishing dirty and forgotten machines. I've had 80+ typewriters at this point, passing many along to excited new owners to keep my collection hovering around 20 machines.
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