I can add two more reasons. First, those who enjoy restoring machines by cleaning and repairing them. Second, you can make a small profit buying low, fixing, selling high. A Hermes 3000 on the side of the road is an extreme example. Otherwise, I felt you captured the majority of the reasons I collect! Regards.
I bought my first manual typewriter when I was headed to a place with no electricity. Some people still use typewriters because they can't be hacked like your computer can.
Great video. I am a fountain pen writer with good handwriting. I like being away from digital devices. I also like the f l o w of handwriting, the involvement that goes so deep that I feel connected to the formation of the words so much so that I feel like the creative process is different. An overlap between typwriter users and hand writers is that you must think more before you start putting down words. In a word processor you write knowing that you can rearrange infinitely and I personally get trapped slamming incomplete thoughts into the machine at light speed and then spending more time sharpening the text in an editing process rather than THINKING before I press keys and that trap results in something that is different in the end and not as good. With a pen I will think exponentially longer before I put down words and it's often perfect and done right there in that first draft. If writing is creative, word processors can turn your brain into DATA INPUT mode instead of a creative process. I see the appeal of typewriters for sure and that's why I am here. I am thinking about it, but I am not sure how to start yet.
Thanks for another cool video. You’ve been one of my typewriter heroes since 2017 when I caught the bug (after reading R. Polt’s _The Typewriter Revolution_) and discovered your channel. I love manual typewriters for many of the reasons you detailed. And I really dig that they are little personal printing presses. I would also add: freedom, specifically freedom from the need for electricity and freedom from the internet (& the digital realm in general). Off-grid and off-line, baby!
My Dad got a Selectric 2 when it was first released. I was in eighth grade and allowed to use the machine when Dad wasn't working. It wasn't a typewriter, to me. It was a communications device of immense power able to tunnel through US Mail conduits, dead drops, and had the potential to drive vast publishing operations.
Joe, excellent video exploration of this topic. One thing I would add is the idea of permanence. I have lost countless digital documents I've written (and photographs I've taken) for various reasons and yet I have boxes of handwritten and typewritten documents dating back 40+ years. Even a few term papers I typed in high school.
Great video Joe. Your diagrams were right on point. One reason that I love collecting typewriters is that I actually taught typewriter many years ago. The typewriter, and of course the fountain pen, help to stimulate my creativity.
This video reminds me so much of the every day conversations mechanical keyboard enthusiasts have with people outside the community haha I know I’ve had similar conversations with people trying to convert them into mechanical keyboard fanatics. Good to know our cousins on the typewriter side of the family feel the same way. Great video!
Joe, They say Tom Hank’s is the evangelist of the typewriters, but you are the pied piper! You almost have me convinced I must have a typewriter or my life will be incomplete. 😀 Love your videos especially the way you tell a story.
I've realised that I only use one type of pen these days for writing. Black Uni Pin Fine Line 0.5 size. I do enjoy writing ideas to paper. The way my brain works I find this is the best way for things to flow. But my handwriting is terrible. So in order for other people to be able to read my stuff (and share as copies on projects) I use a typewriter. I am more and more getting into just putting some paper in a machine and typing from scratch (since watching your videos on the subject). This video has a very comprehensive list of reasons. One thing which I hadn't thought about is that I am a 'typist'. I enjoy the tactile and mechanical nature of typing and the bell ringing all of that. I have a friend who is an author and he is using an ancient word processor. He will not be parted from it
I can add two more reasons. First, those who enjoy restoring machines by cleaning and repairing them. Second, you can make a small profit buying low, fixing, selling high. A Hermes 3000 on the side of the road is an extreme example. Otherwise, I felt you captured the majority of the reasons I collect! Regards.
The SOUNDS that typewriters make 😊
I bought my first manual typewriter when I was headed to a place with no electricity. Some people still use typewriters because they can't be hacked like your computer can.
Great video. I am a fountain pen writer with good handwriting. I like being away from digital devices. I also like the f l o w of handwriting, the involvement that goes so deep that I feel connected to the formation of the words so much so that I feel like the creative process is different. An overlap between typwriter users and hand writers is that you must think more before you start putting down words. In a word processor you write knowing that you can rearrange infinitely and I personally get trapped slamming incomplete thoughts into the machine at light speed and then spending more time sharpening the text in an editing process rather than THINKING before I press keys and that trap results in something that is different in the end and not as good. With a pen I will think exponentially longer before I put down words and it's often perfect and done right there in that first draft. If writing is creative, word processors can turn your brain into DATA INPUT mode instead of a creative process. I see the appeal of typewriters for sure and that's why I am here. I am thinking about it, but I am not sure how to start yet.
I ❤ typewriters. Mechanical and portable ones. Royal.
I do like the tipewrite i relax and its nostalgica more peacefull then writing on a laptop 🌞
Thanks for another cool video. You’ve been one of my typewriter heroes since 2017 when I caught the bug (after reading R. Polt’s _The Typewriter Revolution_) and discovered your channel. I love manual typewriters for many of the reasons you detailed. And I really dig that they are little personal printing presses. I would also add: freedom, specifically freedom from the need for electricity and freedom from the internet (& the digital realm in general). Off-grid and off-line, baby!
My Dad got a Selectric 2 when it was first released. I was in eighth grade and allowed to use the machine when Dad wasn't working. It wasn't a typewriter, to me. It was a communications device of immense power able to tunnel through US Mail conduits, dead drops, and had the potential to drive vast publishing operations.
Joe, excellent video exploration of this topic. One thing I would add is the idea of permanence. I have lost countless digital documents I've written (and photographs I've taken) for various reasons and yet I have boxes of handwritten and typewritten documents dating back 40+ years. Even a few term papers I typed in high school.
Great video Joe. Your diagrams were right on point. One reason that I love collecting typewriters is that I actually taught typewriter many years ago. The typewriter, and of course the fountain pen, help to stimulate my creativity.
Never even thought that I'm a typist, It Is Simply cathartic, I feel like I'm in a state of flow of conscoiusness
Joe, as usual, a terrific video. YOU ARE HIGHLY APPRECIATED !
This video reminds me so much of the every day conversations mechanical keyboard enthusiasts have with people outside the community haha I know I’ve had similar conversations with people trying to convert them into mechanical keyboard fanatics. Good to know our cousins on the typewriter side of the family feel the same way. Great video!
Hi Joe!
Very satisfying video! Thanks Joe!
I'm SO about the sound. It's SO satisfying and cathartic than rage-typing (pounding out) an angry letter.
Another fine video 👍
Good thoughts. I use my IBM Wheelwriter to type envelopes, much easier than getting through the laser printer.
Joe, They say Tom Hank’s is the evangelist of the typewriters, but you are the pied piper! You almost have me convinced I must have a typewriter or my life will be incomplete. 😀 Love your videos especially the way you tell a story.
I've realised that I only use one type of pen these days for writing. Black Uni Pin Fine Line 0.5 size. I do enjoy writing ideas to paper. The way my brain works I find this is the best way for things to flow. But my handwriting is terrible. So in order for other people to be able to read my stuff (and share as copies on projects) I use a typewriter. I am more and more getting into just putting some paper in a machine and typing from scratch (since watching your videos on the subject). This video has a very comprehensive list of reasons. One thing which I hadn't thought about is that I am a 'typist'. I enjoy the tactile and mechanical nature of typing and the bell ringing all of that. I have a friend who is an author and he is using an ancient word processor. He will not be parted from it