tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post9142738067740500561..comments2024-01-26T05:15:24.177-05:00Comments on Fountain Pens & Typewriters: Fantastic Underwood StandardBill Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-31988820646195535602017-12-09T21:53:57.490-05:002017-12-09T21:53:57.490-05:00Congratulations Jon. I hope you enjoy your typewr...Congratulations Jon. I hope you enjoy your typewriter as much as I do mine. I use mine daily. Tt's a superb typewriter.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-32121271558473453142017-12-09T17:12:51.142-05:002017-12-09T17:12:51.142-05:00I have acquired a nearly identical machine. Seria...I have acquired a nearly identical machine. Serial number 11-6157528. Research shows that it was made in January 1947. Great machine.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05245121727568637318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-25939687793208492942016-03-17T18:06:17.076-04:002016-03-17T18:06:17.076-04:00I read somewhere it was about May, 1946. I read somewhere it was about May, 1946. Typewriter Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078601548340469955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-11276511743760309682016-01-31T15:52:08.449-05:002016-01-31T15:52:08.449-05:00Best wishes for you and your son on the treasure. ...Best wishes for you and your son on the treasure. Check out Ricard Polts Classic Typewriter Page (http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/) for all kinds of information on typewriters.<br />BTW, Neat name, same as my sister's.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-26343850203042489892016-01-31T01:07:27.145-05:002016-01-31T01:07:27.145-05:00Enjoyed this blog! I was out treasure shipping wit...Enjoyed this blog! I was out treasure shipping with my 16 year old Son today. He absolutely fell in love with this treasure! He is so proud of it! :) Can't wait to get it all clean and the ribbon in the mail! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10845235860827934198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-55979604926775050512015-09-06T08:23:35.015-04:002015-09-06T08:23:35.015-04:00Ashley,
Sounds like you do not have the ribbon thr...Ashley,<br />Sounds like you do not have the ribbon threaded correctly.<br /><a href="http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/UnderwoodRhythmTouch.pdf" rel="nofollow">Here is an Underwood instruction manual</a> it"s the manual of a very similar machine. Scroll down to I think the last page and it shows the ribbon path. The ribbon path is identical to the one I have and many other Underwood office size machines.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-84943187777370623912015-09-05T23:50:23.674-04:002015-09-05T23:50:23.674-04:00I just bought one!!! How do you get the tape to st...I just bought one!!! How do you get the tape to stay in? Keeps sliding out of the guides...Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15067980384779822078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-91888711244012106892013-11-11T14:08:14.041-05:002013-11-11T14:08:14.041-05:00It's actually interesting to note how *few* th...It's actually interesting to note how *few* things changed between say my 1920 Underwood #5 and your 1947 model. Sure, new body plates and segment-shifter, but looking at your photos, everything else looks awfully familiar (:Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-25979258042201788642013-11-11T07:29:22.871-05:002013-11-11T07:29:22.871-05:00Once typewriters start breeding there's no sto...Once typewriters start breeding there's no stopping them :)PerthDailyPhotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14077053209100022305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-8370429744178097052013-11-10T18:24:11.783-05:002013-11-10T18:24:11.783-05:00Yes. I think that is how many of us end-up with s...Yes. I think that is how many of us end-up with so many typewriters by searching for the very best. I like the Royals and I thought my HH was great. This Underwood has it beat by a mile and it is 6 years older than the HH. I would really like a KHM too. Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-58752478006405451662013-11-10T18:20:54.504-05:002013-11-10T18:20:54.504-05:00If he were around in the late 40s on it is quite p...If he were around in the late 40s on it is quite possible. There were plenty of these made and they are great well built machines.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-71666367948546071872013-11-10T17:04:12.803-05:002013-11-10T17:04:12.803-05:00Isn't it great when you think you already own ...Isn't it great when you think you already own the best machine ever, and then get a better one? It happens a lot to me since I started getting post-war typewriters so it is great to know that there's a Royal KHM-beating contender out there. I never tried an Underwood standard machine. Have fun with it!Rob Bowkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065940710708289511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-82092808184271226722013-11-10T12:35:50.595-05:002013-11-10T12:35:50.595-05:00Great machine. It looks very similar to the one my...Great machine. It looks very similar to the one my grandfather owned.Dana@Mid2Modhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03055460107477850683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-22410289262250949442013-11-10T11:07:43.743-05:002013-11-10T11:07:43.743-05:00I've always wanted an Underwood 5. I wonder w...I've always wanted an Underwood 5. I wonder what the details were as the company changed from carriage shift to the basket shift. I do not recall if the first Underwood basket shift machines were made in 1946 or 47. This one being fully enclosed and a basket shift is why I knew when I looked at serial numbers this was not a 1920s or 30s machine.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-88372558323375194232013-11-10T10:36:17.698-05:002013-11-10T10:36:17.698-05:00Thanks for the link to that great book. And for ma...Thanks for the link to that great book. And for making me aware of the explanation for the sudden increase in our household's typewriter population since the beginning of this year. That was when I dug through our storage bins to extract my 1957 SM3 and a 1920's Royal No. 10. Kind of a May-December relationship, but obviously quite deep and intense and showing no sign of abating.<br /> The offspring now include a couple of Underwood Standards - a 4 and a 5. Very well thought-out and solid machines. Both have that left-hand margin release. I use it when typing the return address on an envelop. Other than the body style, it seems that the 1947 machine is still essentially the same as those pre-1920's machines. That the mechanical design was solid enough to survive at least 30 years makes me respect them even more.TonysVisionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16035849049327300498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-78607095146903985712013-11-10T10:27:23.230-05:002013-11-10T10:27:23.230-05:00It was offered in the group and since I was not fa...It was offered in the group and since I was not far from its owner we were finally able to meet. The only cost was some time and gasoline. That made this typewriter even better.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-60150588933101391652013-11-10T10:21:13.966-05:002013-11-10T10:21:13.966-05:00Congratulations for the new Underwood, Bill. Where...Congratulations for the new Underwood, Bill. Where did you find it?Ton S. https://www.blogger.com/profile/10691201724230891974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-62531641353837459412013-11-10T07:28:56.226-05:002013-11-10T07:28:56.226-05:00It just happened. In 2011 I found my old fountain...It just happened. In 2011 I found my old fountain pens. I decided to check my typewriter and searched on line and found the typosphere. I decided to get a neater typewriter, a Hermes 3000. From the time I found the pens and started typing regularly I broke my hand.<br /><br />The therapy was quite a bit like playing the piano or typing. I did not have a piano. I did have a typewriter. I started typing my journal. <br /><br />After the Hermes arrived I started the blog. Then I guess because I would store the 3000 beside the Classic 12 they got together and started multiplying. <br /><br />Some of their offspring needed help and I found I enjoyed cleaning and repairing typewriters and then being able to use different ones.<br />Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-82147220514095542112013-11-10T07:18:51.083-05:002013-11-10T07:18:51.083-05:00Thanks Richard. It would be nice to have an instr...Thanks Richard. It would be nice to have an instruction book from one of these to get an idea of Underwood's thinking on some of the features. Playing around with it I keep discovering new things (you probably already know) like the tab beside the hook. It seems like when this model was built they did not yet know how to implement the margin release key into both margins. The M/R key only releases the right margin and the bab beside the hook releases the left margin.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-30083877143526718532013-11-10T04:30:42.606-05:002013-11-10T04:30:42.606-05:00Very nice addition to your collection Bill..when d...Very nice addition to your collection Bill..when did you start collecting typewriters and what peaked your interest?PerthDailyPhotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14077053209100022305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-44352744520881645042013-11-09T22:52:54.664-05:002013-11-09T22:52:54.664-05:00I guess it's a model SS according to the info ...I guess it's a model SS according to the info on the database. But I find these late Underwood model designations confusing. They are great typewriters, no doubt.<br /><br />That hook on the right end of the carriage was there as early as the model 1 -- but without the chrome under it, which I think it just cosmetic or perhaps to prevent the paint from wearing off.Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-31997448713435723162013-11-09T20:57:00.500-05:002013-11-09T20:57:00.500-05:00Thank you. 1947 seems to match everything I found...Thank you. 1947 seems to match everything I found so far on this typewriterBill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-71846816802744831442013-11-09T20:46:38.252-05:002013-11-09T20:46:38.252-05:00@Miguel, I have been working every little lever, b...@Miguel, I have been working every little lever, button and hook on this typewriter. What I found is that the hook is used with the little piece protruding up through the chrome piece. Pressing the tab raises a lever under the index scale. This lever has a tab on front of it that hits the left margin stop. Pressing the tab and using the hook one can than over ride the left hand margin and move the carriage to the extreme left edge of the paper. I have not gotten a good idea of what advantage that would have since the machine has a tabulator.<br /><br />@Little Flower Petals, Thanks. I wish my ACE typed as clearly. Both have hard platens. Goes to show the better quality of an office typewriter over a portable.<br />A local NPR station has a German program on on Saturday afternoons. Polkas and some traditional German music as well as more modern party and dance music. All in German obviously. There was an a.m. in VA that had an entire Sunday afternoon programmed in German with a variety of German music. I generally play marches when I play CDs since marches are never played on the radio.<br />Then depending on my mood I move to Scottland and listen to pipes.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-53793238311686066002013-11-09T20:43:14.594-05:002013-11-09T20:43:14.594-05:00This is the model typewriter my father owned... th...This is the model typewriter my father owned... the typewriter I learned to type on. I would say this is 1947.geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12841042632318150613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8558523755501505700.post-80671046168272091372013-11-09T20:19:06.237-05:002013-11-09T20:19:06.237-05:00Sharp looking typewriter! Produces really clean c...Sharp looking typewriter! Produces really clean copy, too, from what I can see.<br /><br />Out of curiosity, what German music were you listening to?Elizabeth H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09161162407130146871noreply@blogger.com