1975 Royal Sabre #SB-9045200
Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 03-13-2024 at 10:50AM
Last Edit: 06-24-2025 at 01:14PM
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A little used case queen that cleaned up nice despite some mechanism surface rust. Royal milking the QDL in as many variants and as long as possible. The end is near. The 1975 advertisement tells the tale. From the era when the best about a Royal was the case.
My mother says I wore her Safari out, but I have no memory of a yellow Safari. I do remember the No. 5 and a number of Smith Coronas. Maybe even as a small child I knew it was a bad typewriter and excised it from my memory?
6.4.1.2.3.3 = 19/27 or C-.
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Fixed the motion.
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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 14163
As with many, the bug is back there somewhere due to an Underwood No. 5. My grandparents had a No 5. My parents had a yellow Royal Safari that I used to index card everything, including a beer can collection. Collection syndrome clue! A casual interest in typewriters started with a garage sale 3 bank simply because it said Underwood on it. Typewriters were found here and there , but I wasn't actively looking for them. The long dormant collecting tic was activated when my neighbors left a Remington Quiet Riter on the curb when they moved.
Typewriters are the perfect blend of using one's technical skills, history and functional purpose. My goal is type tested machines. My interests are not isolated to anyone area. For example, I am a big fan of Smith Corona electrics, mid century electrics and all things Royal.
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