by Richard Polt | Jun 25, 2025 | Rheinmetall
And now for something more pleasant …I’m reducing my typewriter collection. [Right, Polt.] But sometimes destiny [or lust] strikes like lightning. That happened a couple of weeks ago, when a lovely blue Aztec 600 was going begging on eBay. How could I...
by Richard Polt | Jun 2, 2017 | Imperial, Olivetti, Rheinmetall, Salter, Smith Premier, Smith-Corona
by Richard Polt | Apr 3, 2016 | poetry, Rheinmetall
Here’s a look at the imperfect but lovely Rheinmetall from 1938 that I’m using for a couple of poems. … and poem #3 for the month: I think poems that need explaining aren’t very good, but you might be curious to know that I was thinking about...
by Richard Polt | Feb 6, 2014 | Rheinmetall
Addition (via laptop): Here is the entry by Scott that I had in mind. PS: While fooling around further, I managed to delete the original version of this post! Here it is again, and here is a comment from Rob Bowker: “Cutting edge stuff! Blogging by brick...
by Richard Polt | Apr 2, 2013 | Rheinmetall, Torpedo, Voss
After reading Robert Messenger’s post on his Brillant S, I put the model on my mental Want list. Lo and behold, almost immediately, one turned up on eBay. It wasn’t cheap, but it was a Buy It Now … and I did. Of course I provided the usual packing...
