Ten Years of Typewriters

Three Metal Eating-Related Implements

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The Light My Fire Titanium spork!

Detail of the logo

Spoon depth - shallow enough for soup, deep enough for digging out yogurt

Detail of serration on fork - square edges to "chip away" at food but not break skin

Detail of spoon

The Monstrum keychain spork

Detail of tines - short, but effective still

Back of Monstrum spork

The P-51 can opener, folded

P-51 can opener, opened up

Detail of blade

How to use: hook the pointy end under the lip of the can...

...position the blade as shown, apply pressure with your thumb and fingers, pierce the can, and work your way around!

New addition: Olympia SM-8 from 1965

The machine itself!

The dust cover

Name and partial address redacted, but it looks like this machine lived on the East Coast for a while!

All the accessories that came with the machine (grubby-looking case not pictured)

Cleaning cloth

official Olympia brush

Can't forget the Ko-Rec-Type!

very slightly used

Seven Years of Typewriters / Wristwatches

Even the box/desk stand is stylish!

This is how I display the watch.

Warranty card, complete with punched-out section!

The plainest back, ever. No country of origin mentioned, though I'm guessing either Hong Kong or the Phillipines.

The watch face in all its glory.

The classic Casio CA53W, wrist shot.

The indestructible Casio G-Shock DW5600E, wrist shot.

The Casio "Duro" MDV106 dive watch, with an aftermarket NATO strap.

1973 IBM Correcting Selectric II

1923 Remington Portable No. 1!!

full view of the machine

front view

detail of keys

old decal worn out

this decal isn't worn though

typebars down

typebars raised

typebars raised

command cluster

ribbon vibrator

typebars raised

typebar control