This summer we got a gift from a friend: a portable A3 typewriter!

An Olympia typewriter machine

I say portable because it came with this good-looking travel suitcase, very practical to transport its 10.9 kilograms of pure beauty around:

We got an expert helping hand from Achille (check his blog, he writes about typewrites and other geekeries) to dust off some rust (not crab-related) and put a touch of oil at the right places.

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