I discovered this Colorado antique store last year. The place is massive and has substantial collections for just about any kind of collector. I bought an Underwood 5 last year. This year I picked up an Olympia SM5 (yellow) for $40 and an Olivetti 32 for $30. The Olympia is in pristine condition.  I took…

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I bought this for my girlfriend for Valentine’s Day but was not able to give it to her until now. This machine took a little work. Some strange goop covered the carriage lever bar. It was missing a shift key, and the vibrator needed some loosening up. The case was missing its rubber latches, so…

I was on the hunt this afternoon. Nothing too dangerous. Just a stop at the antique mall. I found a beat up but functioning Royal Safari, a 1970s standard Royal with a missing carriage return lever, a bent Olivetti Studio 44, and this Olympia Traveller. I would have bought the Traveller if it were in…

I’m familiarizing myself with my Nikon D5300 before going hiking in a couple of weeks. I doubt these are the kinds of photos I’ll be taking, but you never know what I might find in the wild. Those are hands typing on the Underwood 6.