Fully Restored Silver Reed 100 Portable Typewriter | Crisp 12 CPI Elite Typeface, Dual-Colour Printing & Fresh Black Ribbon

📖 Product Overview: Sleek Japanese Engineering & Reliable Everyday Typing Discover the clean mid-century styling and dependable mechanical performance of the Silver Reed 100 portable typewriter. Manufactured in Japan, Silver Reed machines are globally celebrated by authors, poets, and typing enthusiasts for their lightweight portability, crisp character alignment, and exceptionally smooth touch.

Meticulously overhauled in our specialized UK workshop by Walid & Joujou (featured restoration experts on BBC’s The Repair Shop), this machine has undergone a comprehensive service—including a deep chemical flush of internal components to ensure flawless key action. Configured with a practical two-colour ribbon selector and pre-installed with a fresh black ink ribbon, this handsome typewriter is fully functional, beautifully preserved, and ready to write straight out of the box.

📊 Technical Specifications & Restoration Data

• Brand & Model: Silver Reed 100 Portable Typewriter.

 • Manufacturing Origin: Made in Japan (renowned for light touch and precise engineering).

• Keyboard Layout: Standard QWERTY Layout.

• Mechanical Condition: 100% Fully Functional & Serviced. Professionally overhauled, chemically flushed, lubricated, and precision-tested for smooth, long-session typing.

 • Ribbon System: Dual-colour ribbon capability equipped with a fresh black ink ribbon pre-installed on spools.

• Platen Roller: Thoroughly cleaned and conditioned original rubber platen ensuring clean paper grip and clear impressions.

✍️ Typeface & Font Details

• Typeface Style: Classic, highly legible Elite Typeface.

 • Font Pitch: 12 Characters Per Inch (12 CPI / Elite Scale)—offering clean spacing, exceptional clarity, and ideal page density for manuscripts, daily journaling, letters, and creative prose.

🎨 Cosmetic Presentation & Carrying Lid

• Visual Presentation: Good vintage condition. The original light grey enameled frame is remarkably clean and well-preserved, displaying only minor age-appropriate surface wear that speaks to its genuine vintage heritage. • Keytop Presentation: Individual keys are thoroughly sanitized, polished, and crisp to the touch.

 • Carrying Case Lid: Supplied with its original matching protective carrying lid for secure storage and travel. There is yellowing on the case or discolouration 

📋 Quick Specifications Overview

🛡️ Peace of Mind & Workshop Mechanical Guarantee✅ 1-Year Mechanical Guarantee | ✅ 14-Day Returns | ✅ Lifetime Aftercare | ✅ Featured on BBC's The Repair Shop

Every typewriter leaving our workshop represents the highest standard of vintage mechanical conservation. To ensure complete confidence in your investment, your typewriter is backed by our Comprehensive 1-Year Mechanical Guarantee, covering all internal mechanisms, segment linkages, and moving parts. Each machine is logged in our digital workshop registry under its unique serial number for full traceability and long-term support. Please read our dedicated workshop guarantee page on our website for complete details and peace of mind.

🌍 Global Shipping, Timelines & Tariff Information • 🇺🇸 United States & 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Shipping (100% Free & All-Inclusive): Standard local & international shipping to the US and UK is completely free and included in the listed price. Furthermore, all US import tariffs and customs duties are fully prepaid by our workshop. There are absolutely zero hidden checkout fees, surprise border holds, or cash-on-delivery demands at your door. • 🌐 International Shipping (Europe, Australia, Canada & Rest of World): We dispatch all website orders in less than 24 hours via fully tracked premium air courier directly to your door in 3 to 7 working days (with express delivery options available at checkout). • Proprietary Global Packaging Protocol: To protect this classic machine during international transit, we mechanically lock down the carriage, insulate the outer frame in multi-layered shock-absorbing cushioning, and suspend the entire unit within a heavy-duty, double-walled outer shipping carton.

🤝 The "Ready-to-Write" Package & Lifetime Support • Unbox & Start Writing: Your Silver Reed 100 arrives pre-installed with its fresh ribbon, carrying lid, and our primary step-by-step startup instructions. Simply unbox, release the carriage lock, and begin typing immediately. • Video Learning Academy: Your package includes a direct link to our dedicated YouTube video tutorial, teaching you exactly how to type on, care for, adjust the margins, and change ink ribbons on your specific typewriter model. • Lifetime Technical Partnership: Every typewriter we sell comes with lifetime technical support. You receive direct email and video-call troubleshooting access to Walid and Joujou, the celebrated restoration experts from BBC's The Repair Shop and major Netflix productions.

🎬 We prepared a video on how to use this Typewriter on YouTube.

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