Wednesday 29 June 2011

Ribbontop's-a- gobo


Bobbin lid, reel shield, spool cowl ...ink-cap? Take your pick.

Here's all that's left of the branding on the Underwood Portable Typewriter. I'll try to polish some of those abrasion marks but steel's so much harder than alloy. Getting there...

4 comments:

  1. Quite a project. You're doing well (:

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  2. It's strange, so old and yet so new. Beautiful.

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  3. @Richard P: The last person who saw this bare metal is now 100 years old.

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  4. PS: Wait 'til yo get a load of tomorrow's post!

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