Typecast #2: Olympia SM-3

Jul 31, 2008 by Gnorb.

Topic(s): Typecast.

So here’s the second official typecast. (The post previous this chronologically doesn’t count because it wasn’t primarily a typewritten thing.) I’ve started it with a text intro because I decided I hate having a huge image on the front page, no matter how awesome it is. However, if you’re reading this post via either RSS or directly, then this comment makes no sense to you, in which case I would tell you to move along, skip this paragraph and jump straight into the typecast because there’s nothing to see here. And if you’re reading this on the front page then click the link and do the same.

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Olympia sm-3

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pelf

Err.. Maybe paste some stickers on the corners? That way, you don’t have to paint it

Jul 31st, 2008
Mike Clemens

Paint scuffs == badges of honor. I love-love-love my SM-3, and I’ve got one side scribbled all over in magic marker. And it’s greygreenugly. And a great typer.

You won’t regret it.

Jul 31st, 2008
Gnorb

@Pelf: No stickers. If anything I may just repaint this thing. Or sell it to anyone who’d want it: $150, with free shipping. It works really, really well. (Maybe I should go on eBay to sell it…)

@Mike: You know, it’s a nice typewriter to work on, but I gotta be honest, between this and The Beast (the Smith Corona Silent Super), I think I’m liking the Smith Corona better. Probably has to do with my fingers being so fat they hit multiple keys simultaneously on the SM-3, where the keys are spaced closer together than in the Smith Corona. The fact that I don’t yet have a nickname for it, that it hasn’t seemed to give anything up to me is a bit disturbing. i keep wanting to call it “The German”, but I suppose that would only feed into the stereotype, as well as seeming unimaginative because Olympia is a German company.

Jul 31st, 2008
Gnorb

@Mike: The typewriter FINALLY told me its name: Mr. Universe. Pretentious little thing, isn’t it?

Aug 6th, 2008

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