by Richard Polt | Sep 7, 2018 | obscure
Here’s the conclusion of my series of images of little-known typewriters. Of course, this hasn’t been anything like an exhaustive list of weird or obscure writing machines. I just tried to select some that are never or rarely discussed in collectors’...
by Richard Polt | Sep 5, 2018 | obscure
The Tachotype is a really cute Dutch stenotype. I had one for a while. The products of Talleres Alonso in Valencia, Spain include the Andina Nova, Alondra, Talbos, and Sabater. More information in ETCetera No. 86. I featured the Taylorix Zeilomatik on...
by Richard Polt | Sep 3, 2018 | obscure
If you look closely at this rare Sampo from Sweden, you’ll see that it’s even rarer: it has a Cyrillic type cylinder. My only evidence for the existence of the Samtico Typewriter is this illustration from a mass mailing in Italian prepared by Timing,...
by Richard Polt | Sep 1, 2018 | obscure
A glimpse of a glimpse of a Pagina typewriter is all I have when it comes to this obscure name variant of the Meteor. Pearls turn up so rarely that only hard-core collectors are aware of them. The Peha is a magnificent monster. A Peirce has been on my wish list for a...
by Richard Polt | Aug 30, 2018 | obscure
What is a Marilla? All I knew until today was this partial photo of a dirty machine, with a QWERTZ keyboard and a shift key reading “Dole [?] Litery.” Then I decided to check the Typewriter Lexicon in the members’ area of IFHB. Bingo! Thomas Fürtig...
by Richard Polt | Aug 28, 2018 | obscure
Jolux is the name for a line of French children’s typewriters. Here we have the Super Major (odd name for a three-bank machine) and the Electric 600, which uses a unique system in which a plastic typewheel is constantly spinning until you interrupt it and make...
