by Richard Polt | Dec 5, 2025 | Triumph
Isn’t this a handsome typewriter? That’s what I thought when, on one of my scrolls through eBay.de, my eye was caught by a Triumph Durabel. This was Triumph’s simplest model: no tabulator, no bicolor ribbon, no left platen knob. The serial...
by Richard Polt | Jul 27, 2016 | Imperial, London, Triumph, Type-in
The type-in brought out a suitably eccentric and motley cast of insurgents for a friendly and free-spirited afternoon. Here’s Nick Fisher at his Rheinmetall. Nick lives in Swindon and is one of England’s preeminent, longtime typewriter collectors. He...
by Richard Polt | Jun 23, 2015 | Triumph
by Richard Polt | Jan 31, 2015 | Triumph
The label on the bag for the carriage is marked with the typewriter’s serial number. The carriage return lever is tucked back, but it’s easily put in the right position without any tools. Wrapped around the platen was this form that asks the office machine...
