Showing posts with label portable typewriter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label portable typewriter. Show all posts

Thursday 24 May 2012

Torpedo Blue Bird

Research so far suggests it is a West German made Torpedo Blue Bird. Possibly the marque's last incarnation, from around 1964 (tw-db).



Footnote #1: I wouldn't really expect a maths typewriter to have an exclamation mark, but it seems strange that it has neither 1 nor zero - both figure prominently in maths I'm familiar with.

Footnote #2: Given the genealogy this machine might share with the Imperial Good Companion 5, I'm planning a "compare and contrast" photo-feature soon. First impression? They are totally different machines.

Sunday 26 June 2011

Rear of the year

Lots of reasons for getting this typewriter:
  • One-piece quick-release alloy footbed (not sure why)
  • The colour is just about interesting enough to make it desirable
  • Groovy cat-flap at the back hides the tabulator pins
  • It is Italian
  • It is beautiful type on (despite warnings to the contrary)
  • It had my name written all over it (see above)!
  • From the rear, it has the profile of a freshly baked crusty white cottage loaf.

Test: See if you can spot the deliberate 'mistake' in its Eurotrash gallery mug-shot. 
Answers welcome in the comments box below.

PS: If you get stuck, I'll post the answer in the next post.