Late 1940's Royal Quiet Deluxe Typewriter and Me ramblinggit.com

@bradenslen I’m loving the typewriter posts. Here’s one for you: fgte.ch/2019/02/8...

@bradenslen That’s a beautiful machine. And Kentucky Typer is legendary for their service and quality.

@fgtech Typewriter porn.

Oh, those lovely 1950's ? Smith Corona's. The curves. Ou la la!

@fgtech @bradenslen That appears to be a very nice 1955 Smith Corona Clipper.

@paulcraig901 With the Smith-Corona badge on the right, my bet is it’s a Sterling.

@petebrown @bradenslen You could be right. The later Clippers had the badge on the right but so did the Sterlings. A serial number would lead us to the answer.

@paulcraig901 Here’s the serial number. fgte.ch/2019/02/1...

At first I thought it was the paper buried in dust but it didn’t make sense for a serial number to be on the case, so I kept looking. Stamped into the frame is: 5T 528190X.

@fgtech Ah... a 5T series... that would be the Smith Corona Silent Super. It’s not one of the more popular models for enthusiasts. But I’ve always liked them because they’re tough, utilitarian and yet elegant. It’s a great great machine!

@paulcraig901 @fgtech Great investigative work.