_ I bought one of these portable typewriters (used) from Simpson's Department Store in London, Ontario, Canada in 1964. I used it for a few high school papers and then passed it on to my sister who eventually used this typewriter to write her Masters thesis in Psychology. After that there were repairs required and electric typwriters were on the rise. _ In those days I had no special interest in keeping "antiques", neither did my mother care to see "junk" in her house, so the typewriter was disposed of in the local dump. But I still have my original Minolta SR-1 SLR camera (now an antique of sorts). _ At the moment this body (76) is older than anything I possess, _ I very much enjoy watching your fountain pen shows.
Thanks Walt for watching! I appreciate it. I remember Thrift stores in the 80s having a wall of manual machines! If only I could go back for a few hours. Thanks so much.
This video triggered fond old memories of my childhood. The sounds of the mechanical typewriter brought me back to when I would be falling asleep and the last sounds I would hear would be of my father typing his reports. I have not thought of this for many years and for this I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Thanks so much, Richard! I did a few when I first started. I had meant to incorporate them more, but I am more about Fountain Pens now. It's nice as an add-on.
What a timely video! My wife and I happened to stop by an antique store. I don't care a thing about decorating - that's her area, but I found an old black Esterbrook (Bell System Property) and a Remington Rand. I about lost my mind! Granted, since my cycling accident I can't type well - due to 3 strokes,and TBI - but I STILL love them. I just am FORCED to think, type, and write SLOWER!!! Sure, it's frustrating, but exactly what I needed! The doctors in the hospital all encouraged me to WRITE and play piano and sing. 🤷♀
Hello My Friend and Welcome to Membership!!! Send me an email if you want to exchange letters. My email is on the channel main page and in the membership posts! I am so sorry to hear about your accident. It is heroic how you are bouncing back and taking joy in typewriters and other things. Wonderful! Writing is good for everything! Singing too. Thanks so much for joining the channel! Welcome, welcome!
I have been in the market for a vintage typewriter and was ruminating upon it quite heavily just last night. This video is so utterly timely and as per usual, very well done. Composing meaningful poetry on an aesthetically-pleasing typewriter is a dream. 🖤
Excited to see this! The typeface definitely is evocative of the era. Back then you were stuck with only one typeface, so it's rare that people bought less universal typefaces. I'm glad you finally did this video. Very fun to see this machine!
Thanks so much, My Friend! This was a long time coming. I love doing typewriter videos even though the are adjacent to my main channel content. Still fun and a nice change of pace. Thanks so much for watching, My Friend! You are the best! PS- Start thinking about a good Tuesday night for us; early May is fine. Whatever works.
@@HemingwayJones Early May will be great for me! I'll be done with Science Olympiad then. Due to weather, some things may come up, so I'll get in touch with you about a date. I'll also PM you on Instagram so you have my E-mail.
ahhhhh, I am really loving this typeface, it is for sure, very Great Gatsby! I have many fond memories from childhood, watching and listening to my grandpa type up reports for the masonic lodge or the Legion. The clicking and clacking of the keys in this video transported me back in time, thank you for sharing this with us, Hemingway.
Hmmm, I may need to poke around in the antique shops near me in search of old typewriters! I wish my dad had kept the one he had back in the '50s. It weighed a ton! I loved typing on it because of the sounds.
Thanks so much, Mara! I am glad that you enjoyed it. I sometimes wish I had bought more when it was easy to go to a thrift store and get an amazing machine for $25! In the 80s, they were everywhere.
This was super fun! I love the "vogue" typeface!! It's very unique! So great to hear typing sounds ... it brings back my childhood ... Mom was always typing up her manuscripts!!! Thank you for this super fun video. Wow, you and Adventure Denali will have so much to talk about... I can't wait for that!!!!
Thanks so much, Chris! I am so glad that you enjoyed it. I love the sound of typing! So reassuring somehow. Yes, AdventureDenali and I have quite a bit in common. Thanks so much for watching! Always a pleasure to hear from you!
What an amazing type writer… I still have mine from the 70s but I really want to find a nice Royal from the 40s or 50s… thanks for the great video like the fountain pens this is also amazing.
Portable manual typewriters, laptops for a more civilized age! My grandfather gave me his Smith Corona portable, completely by surprise since I had not been asking about typewriters, when I was about eight. That's when I began writing for the joy of writing.
Hi. I love portable Typewriters, learned how to type many years ago, and I still have some portables. This was a very interesting show. Do you have any machines with cursive type face?🤗 Cheers.
Hello John! I do! I have a couple with cursive. I have an Olympia from the late 50s and a Torpedo from the same era. I did a video on the Torpedo at the start of the channel, a year and a half ago. Thanks so much for the great comment!
What a beautiful font. I love typewriters and own several from 1920 to 1980. But I have never seen one with this cool font. You are right, it looks like this might have been used by Scott and Zelda. My favourite one is my red Olivetti "Dora". It is such a beauty (designed by Ettore Sottsass in the 1970s).
The red typewriter is very pretty, Thanks for a fun video, I think my father had a Royal electric typewriter ca. early 1950s that had that same typeface.
Good video HJ. I really like your review of the older typewriters. It brings back distant memories of my grandfathers study. I had a manuel typewriter in 1986 for reports as Wordkprocessors were around but only just starting to come out. I just changed my keyboard for my Apple to a keyboard that keys are shaped like the keys on a Selectric electric typewriter that I learned to type on. I like the feel the keys under my fingers to type this response. I like the Vogue type face on your Royal. Once again good video! I feel very nostalgic since watching your video. Thanks, John
So interesting to watch! I’ve never before seen a typeface like the Vogue on a typewriter, and it’s absolutely beautiful! Especially the lower case e’s add flavor, as you commented. And all things Art Deco are alluring to me. Such a great period in the arts!
Hi HJ! I NEARLY bought a Model P with Vogue, but the price was a bit too high for me. So I never got it. It was the later one like you have with the "dust covers" over the ribbon spools. Luckily for me, my earlier P (with the uncovered ribbon spools) has the original case, and it is not in bad shape. Still has the leather handle intact. It came from an attic in Maine, so it was well preserved. The draw band was broken, but I got in there and fixed it back to operational shape! I used HEAVY monofilament fishing line to replace that waxed string that was usual on the early portables. I redid at least two Remington portables that way as well. Old types are fun!
Wonderful! Yes, those cases are rough, usually! I don’t have one. My machines though are pretty pristine. I have a friend who owns a typewriter shop nearby. Cambridge Typewriter. Wonderful place.
@@HemingwayJones It's SO nice you have a local shop! Some forty odd years ago when we moved here, there was an office supply store that had a typewriter man to service machines. He went through an IBM Selectric that I bought, and it was premo when he had finished with it. Even though the focus of my collection is manual portables, that Selectric was a BEAUTIFUL machine! Wish I still had it!
Hello Hemingway! I was curious to see why you said no one watched typewriter video. Made me remember my Dad’s big clunky typewriter. And I helped him type his resume on thick paper with large watermark. Ninth grade typing class with tiny typewriters…😅then we had an electric typewriter. But of course we already had an Apple computer in the 80s but I preferred to type out my reports on typewriter. This was us interesting video because once again you transport back us into a time where they had pens, pencils, paper and a typewriter. We should all be curious about the evolution of writing and handwriting. That’s why someone made a comment on why I still use a paper planner last month. And I said what do you do when you can’t access wifi at hospital when you need it? Or what do you do when their is a power outage? It does happen. You become powerless! I will never go 100% digital for planning. And I find it quite sad that people do not know how to communicate with each other anymore and rely too much on cell phone, texting, and email. There is something unique about that experience when you get happy mail and receive an envelope with a handwritten letter. My aunt who is almost 80 send me a birthday card and a Christmas card each year handwritten while others send the usual text greeting which I find impersonal but that’s just my own opinion. Now I this year I find a world of fountain pens and fancy inks and that motivates me to journal even if not everyday and to pen a special letter. My Mom made a comment a couple of weeks ago and said that I really write a lot. When I was younger my handwriting used to be super fancy and not to brag get compliments on it. But, it was only my Mom who could not never read my handwriting…lol! Now she just asks what are you writing about? And just comments on the length of my entry. Shortly, I should be receiving my first order of ink bottles (14) not big ones though so I am curious to see how long those will last me in my ink exploration. Now I may look for these typewriters to have in my future library. As you can see by now I am one of the ones who comments alot…I like to write! Thanks for this informative video!
I appreciate all of your comments and I appreciate your enthusiasm! Thanks so much. I am glad that you watched this. These videos just get fewer views, which is a shame because there isn’t a lot typewriter content out there. Thanks so much!
Hello HJ. Pretty cool machine with unique typeface. Listening to the clacking sound of an old, manual typewriter is soothing to my ear. It's like you can hear the thoughts streaming out of a person's head, imagining what they are conveying. Interesting video. Nice Wooly Pulley sweater. I've owned several in my lifetime. Great job.
Again, HJ, a wonderful, informatic video. I had never seen the Vogye typeface, so thanks. I own a Royal Quite Deluxw machine from the 1940s or the early 1950s that was owned by the writer Eudora Welty. I usually type on my Olympia SM-9 or my Olympia SF. I also have an Olivetti Lettera 32 plus the Royal that I mentioned previously. Thanks for sharing your machine with us. Nide wooly pully you have on. I have a British Army one in green and a RAF one in blue!!!!:):):)
Thanks so much! I am glad that you liked it. I have a couple of Royal QDLs. I love those machines. Very nice indeed! Thanks for the kind words on the Commando Sweater. I love these. All the best!
Very nice! But you (and Alicia) have me sighing for my erstwhile, albeit modest, typewriter collection. I had an Imperial, an Underwood No.6, and a No.5 for restoration, as well as a portable vintage Remington, which let me fantasise I was Kerouac! 😄 When I went to University, I couldn't take them with me, but used an electronic Smith-Corona.
Hello archivist! I have two models like Kerouac's in the later years. Hermes 3000. Amazing machine. Thanks so much for watching! Alicia is coming on the show on April 11th, so mark your calendar. We can chat about typewriters as well! All the best!
I also collect typewriters as well as fountain pens they are Wonderful. My oldest is a 1924 Corona Four with glass keys. A wee beauty and called Agatha after the great Agatha Christie. I love the typeface you have on your Royal.
Thank you so much! Your machine sounds wonderful! I would love to do some more typewriter videos, but people don’t seem to like them, sadly. I am so glad that you enjoy them.
Thanks for this! I remember my mom having a manual typewriter, but it disappeared at some point. I hope it survives with someone who appreciates it rather than going to the dump. I know the prices for them went way up when they began to be seen as retro and trendy. Where would you shop for the less pricy ones?
Thanks so much for watching and the kind words! I find that estate sales are gold for all sorts of typewriters. Facebook Marketplace gets some of the nicer less flashy ones as does Craigslist. It’s still out there and still has some great ones!
Antique shops often offer typewriters at affordable prices, but remember that the affordable ones need cleaning or more serious repair - I have a local typewriter repair shop in my city, but I prefer paying $$ to a seller who has pre-performed the refurbishment/cleaning work. It was still necessary for me to learn basic cleaning and maintenance, but it’s a great experience to be able to type right away as soon as the machine is home.
Glad I found your typewriter videos. Well done. The typewriter community needs to discover you. Do you know about Type Pals? You can find the website and watch on alternate Sundays and even join in. Instructions on the website. Nice typewriter! My interest in typewriters pairs with my romance with fountain pens. I’m guessing you can understand. Nice typewriter! Here’s a comment and a like to bolster the algorithm’s choices. All best.
Thanks for watching these! I don’t know Type Pals. Thanks for the kind worlds. I agree that these machines compliment fountain pens. Thanks for watching.
@@HemingwayJones I think there's likely a fair bit of overlap between the fountain pen and typewriter communities (I only knew of Adventure Denali because her typewriter video showed up in my feed). 2 of your 3 typewriter videos were made, per YT, 2 years ago, when your channel was likely much smaller. If you post more typewriter content it will start to show up in feeds (that's my story, and I'm sticking to it - I only found your channel from Nick's Barbour video, btw).
Cool. I own two smith coronas 1 has a cursive typeface. I purchased both in Mint condition. People are always asking me what I would sale the cursive one for. Lol.
Great presentation! I love the Vogue typeface, even though I do not own one. I would like to find one but I type in French and Royal did not make a typewriter in Vogue typeface with French diacritics. There are other similar typefaces: Kabel, Gothic and Simplicitas. The Simplicitas, found on certain Italian typewriters (e.g. Olivetti, Everest) have diacritics for typing in Italian and and French (and sometimes also with Spanish diacritics). My quest continues. Meanwhile, I joined Type Pals to correspond typed letters with other typists. Daniel
Oh, the Simplicitas!! I love mine. On and Olivetti ICO in black. An Art Deco typeface on an Art Deco machine. The lowercase f on them is fantastic. It sits next to my Royal P Vogue.
This was such a great video. Makes me want to obtain another typewriter!!! What ribbons online do you use/recommend? Take care and keep the videos coming.
You might enjoy Ribbons Unlimited. I think he’s located in your neck of the woods, Hem. 😊Sorry but UA-cam won’t let me upload the phone number or the web address. This is my third attempt! The web address is about what you’d expect.
I am a typewriter collector and I have no idea where you got these price quotes from! Royal Vogues start at $500.+ . If you can find me one I will pay you 2X-3X for what you bought it for. That said, I am excited you are getting into typewriters on your channel.
Thanks Man! I’m glad you enjoyed it! You’re right about them going for that much, but that is only if you or I sell one. Many people sell these as regular Ps or regular typewriters and don’t bother to look at the typeface. You have better luck that way on Marketplace or Craig’s, but that’s one way to get one. That was my strategy. I learned this from a friend who also goes to Cambridge Typewriter and has a few Vogue machines this way. Wish you all the best and thank you for watching! There are only a few of us typewriter aficionados out there.
In general I’m in love with sans serif typeface and the Art Deco aesthetic. I would love to have a mechanical typewriter. I was horrified to find out some thrift stores in Phoenix are instructed to toss typewriters. I was horrified! Alas I’m too far from there to rescue these pieces of utilitarian history.😢
I would love to know where you are finding Vogues for $700! Since I started hunting them I never saw one for under $1500. And that was almost three years ago. Great video about it though.
My friend owns a typewriter shop. Funny though, you can find one for $25 if the seller isn't familiar with typefaces. All the best and thanks for watching this!
Somebody who knows that Wester Drumlins is in Newport, not London - I approve ☺♥ But you wouldn't have found Pablo Fanque's performance in Hull in the 1920s… unless he blinked of course.
Thanks so much for noticing my little references! Sometimes I am at a loss as to what to write so I go to the things that I am passionate about! It makes me happy when someone notices!
Hemingway. I’m a fun of yours. I enjoy your videos very much. I’m a retired bilingual assistant I learnt how to type in those mechanical typewriters. Also, I know you can help me with the ink in those ribbons. Y that is stopping me from buying one. Can you help us in that department?
Hello! Ribbons are super easy and replaceable. You can get them on eBay or Amazon for less than $10. Most are standard. Just search the name of the typewriter and ribbon and you’ll be fine. Thanks for the kind words about the Channel.
Thank you for sharing this informative video. It has piqued my interest in this writing form. But…. I have a list of must have fountain pens to get through first!!!
I'm one of the few who doesn't love Vogue. It's too bad they modified Ra 280 to make Vogue. I'll take Simplicitas or Elite Correspondence Gothic over Vogue any day of the week.
You are one of the few. Still, good few you. It’s good to know what you like and those other typefaces are much easier to find. Enjoy and Happy New Year.
@HemingwayJones And I'm even a sans serif guy! Simplicitas and especially Elite Correspondence Gothic are less common than Vogue. Vogue isn't especially rare compared to some typefaces, which isn't to say it's common, but maybe 20(?) Vogue machines show up each year. If you really want to talk rare typefaces, find an Old English machine!
Neat video, but you are way off on your pricing. Royal P Vogues go for over $2,000 - there is no way you are touching one for $700 unless the seller has no idea what they have. With internet info easily accessible, most sellers know exactly what they have. In addition, there are many less rare typewriters with asking prices over $600. As this video is only a year old at the time of my comment, not sure where you are getting your pricing info. What I am sure of is that people who watch this video and think they are going to find a Royal P Vogue for less than $700 are going to be very, very disappointed.
I have a dear friend who owns a typewriter shop and a rather famous one at that. Also, this is what they were selling for on eBay at the time. Selling, not listed. I haven’t revisited this lately, but you have a good chance of scoring one for much less at estate and boot sales. That’s the root I would go. I am glad you enjoyed this.
_ I bought one of these portable typewriters (used) from Simpson's Department Store in London, Ontario, Canada in 1964. I used it for a few high school papers and then passed it on to my sister who eventually used this typewriter to write her Masters thesis in Psychology. After that there were repairs required and electric typwriters were on the rise.
_ In those days I had no special interest in keeping "antiques", neither did my mother care to see "junk" in her house, so the typewriter was disposed of in the local dump. But I still have my original Minolta SR-1 SLR camera (now an antique of sorts).
_ At the moment this body (76) is older than anything I possess,
_ I very much enjoy watching your fountain pen shows.
Thanks Walt for watching! I appreciate it. I remember Thrift stores in the 80s having a wall of manual machines! If only I could go back for a few hours. Thanks so much.
This video triggered fond old memories of my childhood. The sounds of the mechanical typewriter brought me back to when I would be falling asleep and the last sounds I would hear would be of my father typing his reports. I have not thought of this for many years and for this I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Thanks so much, Fossil! So happy to help bring back a happy memory! Thank you!
This is the first time that I have ever seen a video about a typewriter
Great fun
RS. Canada
Thanks so much, Richard! I did a few when I first started. I had meant to incorporate them more, but I am more about Fountain Pens now. It's nice as an add-on.
What a timely video! My wife and I happened to stop by an antique store. I don't care a thing about decorating - that's her area, but I found an old black Esterbrook (Bell System Property) and a Remington Rand. I about lost my mind!
Granted, since my cycling accident I can't type well - due to 3 strokes,and TBI - but I STILL love them. I just am FORCED to think, type, and write SLOWER!!! Sure, it's frustrating, but exactly what I needed! The doctors in the hospital all encouraged me to WRITE and play piano and sing. 🤷♀
Hello My Friend and Welcome to Membership!!! Send me an email if you want to exchange letters. My email is on the channel main page and in the membership posts!
I am so sorry to hear about your accident. It is heroic how you are bouncing back and taking joy in typewriters and other things. Wonderful! Writing is good for everything! Singing too.
Thanks so much for joining the channel! Welcome, welcome!
I have been in the market for a vintage typewriter and was ruminating upon it quite heavily just last night. This video is so utterly timely and as per usual, very well done. Composing meaningful poetry on an aesthetically-pleasing typewriter is a dream. 🖤
Thanks so much, Avec! Happy to help inspire. I am so glad that you enjoyed it!
This art deco font is lovely. This video is wonderful, classic, beautiful.
Thank you so much! I love this machine! It is such a great writer.
I’ve always loved the sound of a manual typewriter.
Me too! It’s a big part of the fun. For me, some clacks are better than others.
Excited to see this! The typeface definitely is evocative of the era. Back then you were stuck with only one typeface, so it's rare that people bought less universal typefaces.
I'm glad you finally did this video. Very fun to see this machine!
Thanks so much, My Friend! This was a long time coming. I love doing typewriter videos even though the are adjacent to my main channel content. Still fun and a nice change of pace. Thanks so much for watching, My Friend! You are the best!
PS- Start thinking about a good Tuesday night for us; early May is fine. Whatever works.
@@HemingwayJones Early May will be great for me! I'll be done with Science Olympiad then. Due to weather, some things may come up, so I'll get in touch with you about a date. I'll also PM you on Instagram so you have my E-mail.
I love that clean, simple typeface!
Me too! I’m obsessed.
ahhhhh, I am really loving this typeface, it is for sure, very Great Gatsby! I have many fond memories from childhood, watching and listening to my grandpa type up reports for the masonic lodge or the Legion. The clicking and clacking of the keys in this video transported me back in time, thank you for sharing this with us, Hemingway.
Thanks so much for watching! I am glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Hmmm, I may need to poke around in the antique shops near me in search of old typewriters! I wish my dad had kept the one he had back in the '50s. It weighed a ton! I loved typing on it because of the sounds.
Thanks so much, Mara! I am glad that you enjoyed it. I sometimes wish I had bought more when it was easy to go to a thrift store and get an amazing machine for $25! In the 80s, they were everywhere.
This was super fun! I love the "vogue" typeface!! It's very unique! So great to hear typing sounds ... it brings back my childhood ... Mom was always typing up her manuscripts!!! Thank you for this super fun video. Wow, you and Adventure Denali will have so much to talk about... I can't wait for that!!!!
Thanks so much, Chris! I am so glad that you enjoyed it. I love the sound of typing! So reassuring somehow. Yes, AdventureDenali and I have quite a bit in common. Thanks so much for watching! Always a pleasure to hear from you!
What an amazing type writer… I still have mine from the 70s but I really want to find a nice Royal from the 40s or 50s… thanks for the great video like the fountain pens this is also amazing.
Thank you, Terri! I am so glad that you enjoyed it.
Great video, as usual. "The whole point is to keep you interested, and to keep you inspired and writing." Mission accomplished :)
Thanks so much, Kendall! I appreciate your watching and keeping an open mind.
Portable manual typewriters, laptops for a more civilized age! My grandfather gave me his Smith Corona portable, completely by surprise since I had not been asking about typewriters, when I was about eight. That's when I began writing for the joy of writing.
Wonderful! Smith Corona makes some very nice machines.
Hi. I love portable Typewriters, learned how to type many years ago, and I still have some portables. This was a very interesting show. Do you have any machines with cursive type face?🤗 Cheers.
Hello John! I do! I have a couple with cursive. I have an Olympia from the late 50s and a Torpedo from the same era. I did a video on the Torpedo at the start of the channel, a year and a half ago. Thanks so much for the great comment!
What a beautiful font. I love typewriters and own several from 1920 to 1980. But I have never seen one with this cool font. You are right, it looks like this might have been used by Scott and Zelda. My favourite one is my red Olivetti "Dora". It is such a beauty (designed by Ettore Sottsass in the 1970s).
The Dora is classic. Great taste. Thanks for the kind words.
The red typewriter is very pretty, Thanks for a fun video, I think my father had a Royal electric typewriter ca. early 1950s that had that same typeface.
Thanks so much, Barbara! I am glad that you enjoyed it and that it brought back some nice memories.
That is an amazing font! I have my mom’s Smith Corona from the late 30’s early 40’s.
Hi Debby! That is an amazing machine. Smith Corona made excellent ones that were easily serviceable. I am so glad you enjoyed this!
Good video HJ. I really like your review of the older typewriters. It brings back distant memories of my grandfathers study. I had a manuel typewriter in 1986 for reports as Wordkprocessors were around but only just starting to come out. I just changed my keyboard for my Apple to a keyboard that keys are shaped like the keys on a Selectric electric typewriter that I learned to type on. I like the feel the keys under my fingers to type this response. I like the Vogue type face on your Royal. Once again good video! I feel very nostalgic since watching your video. Thanks, John
Thank you, John! I appreciate the kind support! You and I share many of the same passions. Thanks!!!
So interesting to watch! I’ve never before seen a typeface like the Vogue on a typewriter, and it’s absolutely beautiful! Especially the lower case e’s add flavor, as you commented. And all things Art Deco are alluring to me. Such a great period in the arts!
Thanks very much!
Hi HJ! I NEARLY bought a Model P with Vogue, but the price was a bit too high for me. So I never got it. It was the later one like you have with the "dust covers" over the ribbon spools. Luckily for me, my earlier P (with the uncovered ribbon spools) has the original case, and it is not in bad shape. Still has the leather handle intact. It came from an attic in Maine, so it was well preserved. The draw band was broken, but I got in there and fixed it back to operational shape! I used HEAVY monofilament fishing line to replace that waxed string that was usual on the early portables. I redid at least two Remington portables that way as well. Old types are fun!
Wonderful! Yes, those cases are rough, usually! I don’t have one. My machines though are pretty pristine. I have a friend who owns a typewriter shop nearby. Cambridge Typewriter. Wonderful place.
@@HemingwayJones It's SO nice you have a local shop! Some forty odd years ago when we moved here, there was an office supply store that had a typewriter man to service machines. He went through an IBM Selectric that I bought, and it was premo when he had finished with it. Even though the focus of my collection is manual portables, that Selectric was a BEAUTIFUL machine! Wish I still had it!
nostalgic clatter, reminds me of the old days on my olympia typewriter... nice video again HJ
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much, Patric! Always a pleasure!
Hello Hemingway! I was curious to see why you said no one watched typewriter video. Made me remember my Dad’s big clunky typewriter. And I helped him type his resume on thick paper with large watermark. Ninth grade typing class with tiny typewriters…😅then we had an electric typewriter. But of course we already had an Apple computer in the 80s but I preferred to type out my reports on typewriter. This was us interesting video because once again you transport back us into a time where they had pens, pencils, paper and a typewriter. We should all be curious about the evolution of writing and handwriting. That’s why someone made a comment on why I still use a paper planner last month. And I said what do you do when you can’t access wifi at hospital when you need it? Or what do you do when their is a power outage? It does happen. You become powerless! I will never go 100% digital for planning. And I find it quite sad that people do not know how to communicate with each other anymore and rely too much on cell phone, texting, and email. There is something unique about that experience when you get happy mail and receive an envelope with a handwritten letter. My aunt who is almost 80 send me a birthday card and a Christmas card each year handwritten while others send the usual text greeting which I find impersonal but that’s just my own opinion. Now I this year I find a world of fountain pens and fancy inks and that motivates me to journal even if not everyday and to pen a special letter. My Mom made a comment a couple of weeks ago and said that I really write a lot. When I was younger my handwriting used to be super fancy and not to brag get compliments on it. But, it was only my Mom who could not never read my handwriting…lol! Now she just asks what are you writing about? And just comments on the length of my entry. Shortly, I should be receiving my first order of ink bottles (14) not big ones though so I am curious to see how long those will last me in my ink exploration. Now I may look for these typewriters to have in my future library. As you can see by now I am one of the ones who comments alot…I like to write! Thanks for this informative video!
I appreciate all of your comments and I appreciate your enthusiasm! Thanks so much. I am glad that you watched this. These videos just get fewer views, which is a shame because there isn’t a lot typewriter content out there. Thanks so much!
I like the new intro with the line about making videos for curious people!
Thank you! It's brief! I have been using that a lot.
I enjoy all your videos! There is always something to learn and enjoy! Thank you.
Thank you, Judy! I appreciate it so much! Thanks for being here.
Hello HJ. Pretty cool machine with unique typeface. Listening to the clacking sound of an old, manual typewriter is soothing to my ear. It's like you can hear the thoughts streaming out of a person's head, imagining what they are conveying. Interesting video. Nice Wooly Pulley sweater. I've owned several in my lifetime. Great job.
Thanks very much, My Friend! I am glad that you are always with me. I am glad that you enjoyed it! All the best!
Again, HJ, a wonderful, informatic video. I had never seen the Vogye typeface, so thanks. I own a Royal Quite Deluxw machine from the 1940s or the early 1950s that was owned by the writer Eudora Welty. I usually type on my Olympia SM-9 or my Olympia SF. I also have an Olivetti Lettera 32 plus the Royal that I mentioned previously. Thanks for sharing your machine with us.
Nide wooly pully you have on. I have a British Army one in green and a RAF one in blue!!!!:):):)
Thanks so much! I am glad that you liked it. I have a couple of Royal QDLs. I love those machines. Very nice indeed! Thanks for the kind words on the Commando Sweater. I love these. All the best!
Very interesting, Hemingway . Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks so much!
What a nice typewriter and what a great font! How could I not like it as an Art Deco lover? 😁
Thanks so much! Art Deco is such a great style. Thanks for watching.
Very nice! But you (and Alicia) have me sighing for my erstwhile, albeit modest, typewriter collection. I had an Imperial, an Underwood No.6, and a No.5 for restoration, as well as a portable vintage Remington, which let me fantasise I was Kerouac! 😄 When I went to University, I couldn't take them with me, but used an electronic Smith-Corona.
Hello archivist! I have two models like Kerouac's in the later years. Hermes 3000. Amazing machine. Thanks so much for watching!
Alicia is coming on the show on April 11th, so mark your calendar. We can chat about typewriters as well! All the best!
I also collect typewriters as well as fountain pens they are Wonderful. My oldest is a 1924 Corona Four with glass keys. A wee beauty and called Agatha after the great Agatha Christie. I love the typeface you have on your Royal.
Thank you so much! Your machine sounds wonderful! I would love to do some more typewriter videos, but people don’t seem to like them, sadly. I am so glad that you enjoy them.
What a beautiful typeface !
Thank you!
Fancy typeface or not, there's something romantic about mechanical type writers, especially from that era 🙂
Agreed! They don’t have to be rare to be fun and romantic to use! You type a letter to someone, they save it.
Thanks for this! I remember my mom having a manual typewriter, but it disappeared at some point. I hope it survives with someone who appreciates it rather than going to the dump. I know the prices for them went way up when they began to be seen as retro and trendy. Where would you shop for the less pricy ones?
Thanks so much for watching and the kind words! I find that estate sales are gold for all sorts of typewriters. Facebook Marketplace gets some of the nicer less flashy ones as does Craigslist. It’s still out there and still has some great ones!
Antique shops often offer typewriters at affordable prices, but remember that the affordable ones need cleaning or more serious repair - I have a local typewriter repair shop in my city, but I prefer paying $$ to a seller who has pre-performed the refurbishment/cleaning work. It was still necessary for me to learn basic cleaning and maintenance, but it’s a great experience to be able to type right away as soon as the machine is home.
It’s a beautiful machine. Very inspiring.
Thank you!
Glad I found your typewriter videos. Well done. The typewriter community needs to discover you. Do you know about Type Pals? You can find the website and watch on alternate Sundays and even join in. Instructions on the website. Nice typewriter! My interest in typewriters pairs with my romance with fountain pens. I’m guessing you can understand. Nice typewriter! Here’s a comment and a like to bolster the algorithm’s choices. All best.
Thanks for watching these! I don’t know Type Pals. Thanks for the kind worlds. I agree that these machines compliment fountain pens. Thanks for watching.
This was great - please post more typewriter videos!
I would love to, but no one watches them. I am glad that you did. Thank you!
@@HemingwayJones I think there's likely a fair bit of overlap between the fountain pen and typewriter communities (I only knew of Adventure Denali because her typewriter video showed up in my feed). 2 of your 3 typewriter videos were made, per YT, 2 years ago, when your channel was likely much smaller. If you post more typewriter content it will start to show up in feeds (that's my story, and I'm sticking to it - I only found your channel from Nick's Barbour video, btw).
Cool. I own two smith coronas 1 has a cursive typeface. I purchased both in
Mint condition. People are always asking me what I would sale the cursive one for. Lol.
Wonderful! I love cursive machines. I have a few myself. They are so fun. Great choices!
Great presentation!
I love the Vogue typeface, even though I do not own one. I would like to find one but I type in French and Royal did not make a typewriter in Vogue typeface with French diacritics.
There are other similar typefaces: Kabel, Gothic and Simplicitas.
The Simplicitas, found on certain Italian typewriters (e.g. Olivetti, Everest) have diacritics for typing in Italian and and French (and sometimes also with Spanish diacritics).
My quest continues. Meanwhile, I joined Type Pals to correspond typed letters with other typists.
Daniel
Thanks so much for watching. I am glad you enjoyed it. I had an Italian keyboard. It was rather fun. Thanks and all the best.
Oh, the Simplicitas!! I love mine. On and Olivetti ICO in black. An Art Deco typeface on an Art Deco machine. The lowercase f on them is fantastic. It sits next to my Royal P Vogue.
This was such a great video. Makes me want to obtain another typewriter!!! What ribbons online do you use/recommend? Take care and keep the videos coming.
Thanks so much, Brian! I get them from eBay. I look for standard with metal spools when I can find them.
You might enjoy Ribbons Unlimited. I think he’s located in your neck of the woods, Hem. 😊Sorry but UA-cam won’t let me upload the phone number or the web address. This is my third attempt! The web address is about what you’d expect.
@@christophermckellar1352 Thanks so much for the tip. I will chase it down. Thanks again!
Interesting, thank you!
Thank you!
I am a typewriter collector and I have no idea where you got these price quotes from! Royal Vogues start at $500.+ . If you can find me one I will pay you 2X-3X for what you bought it for. That said, I am excited you are getting into typewriters on your channel.
Thanks Man! I’m glad you enjoyed it! You’re right about them going for that much, but that is only if you or I sell one. Many people sell these as regular Ps or regular typewriters and don’t bother to look at the typeface. You have better luck that way on Marketplace or Craig’s, but that’s one way to get one. That was my strategy. I learned this from a friend who also goes to Cambridge Typewriter and has a few Vogue machines this way. Wish you all the best and thank you for watching! There are only a few of us typewriter aficionados out there.
Where do you purchase the cartilages - ink for the typewriter
Ribbons. They are on Amazon or eBay. Super easy to find.
In general I’m in love with sans serif typeface and the Art Deco aesthetic. I would love to have a mechanical typewriter. I was horrified to find out some thrift stores in Phoenix are instructed to toss typewriters. I was horrified! Alas I’m too far from there to rescue these pieces of utilitarian history.😢
Thanks Gretchen. Sadly, it happens a lot. People destroy them for jewelry too. Even some rare machines like this one. Thanks so much for watching.
I enjoyed this video so much I didn’t even blink. 😉
Thanks so much! I am so glad! I was worried if anyone would watch it. Thanks for the kind words.
I would love to know where you are finding Vogues for $700! Since I started hunting them I never saw one for under $1500. And that was almost three years ago. Great video about it though.
My friend owns a typewriter shop. Funny though, you can find one for $25 if the seller isn't familiar with typefaces. All the best and thanks for watching this!
I really want one
Somebody who knows that Wester Drumlins is in Newport, not London - I approve ☺♥
But you wouldn't have found Pablo Fanque's performance in Hull in the 1920s… unless he blinked of course.
Thanks so much for noticing my little references! Sometimes I am at a loss as to what to write so I go to the things that I am passionate about! It makes me happy when someone notices!
Hemingway. I’m a fun of yours. I enjoy your videos very much. I’m a retired bilingual assistant I learnt how to type in those mechanical typewriters. Also, I know you can help me with the ink in those ribbons. Y that is stopping me from buying one. Can you help us in that department?
Hello! Ribbons are super easy and replaceable. You can get them on eBay or Amazon for less than $10. Most are standard. Just search the name of the typewriter and ribbon and you’ll be fine. Thanks for the kind words about the Channel.
Thanks so much!
For the Benefit of Mr. Kite! Love Sgt. Pepper’s!
Nice catch! Thanks Simon!
Thank you for sharing this informative video. It has piqued my interest in this writing form. But…. I have a list of must have fountain pens to get through first!!!
Thanks so much for watching! I appreciate it!
Oh the lower case e is so charming… reminds me of pac-man
Love it and agree completely! Love that machine.
Big fan sir
Thank you!!!
Sir, I see you moved your Ayn Rand books. What's going on? Write on!
Thanks Man! They’re there, in fiction. All the best.
You could lose that scarf🙀
Never.
I'm one of the few who doesn't love Vogue. It's too bad they modified Ra 280 to make Vogue. I'll take Simplicitas or Elite Correspondence Gothic over Vogue any day of the week.
You are one of the few. Still, good few you. It’s good to know what you like and those other typefaces are much easier to find. Enjoy and Happy New Year.
@HemingwayJones And I'm even a sans serif guy! Simplicitas and especially Elite Correspondence Gothic are less common than Vogue. Vogue isn't especially rare compared to some typefaces, which isn't to say it's common, but maybe 20(?) Vogue machines show up each year. If you really want to talk rare typefaces, find an Old English machine!
Neat video, but you are way off on your pricing. Royal P Vogues go for over $2,000 - there is no way you are touching one for $700 unless the seller has no idea what they have. With internet info easily accessible, most sellers know exactly what they have. In addition, there are many less rare typewriters with asking prices over $600. As this video is only a year old at the time of my comment, not sure where you are getting your pricing info. What I am sure of is that people who watch this video and think they are going to find a Royal P Vogue for less than $700 are going to be very, very disappointed.
I have a dear friend who owns a typewriter shop and a rather famous one at that. Also, this is what they were selling for on eBay at the time. Selling, not listed. I haven’t revisited this lately, but you have a good chance of scoring one for much less at estate and boot sales. That’s the root I would go. I am glad you enjoyed this.
I would love to exchange letters with you. Are you typepals ? Hugs from Brazil