One of the questions we are increasingly asked is why we don't offer 3D printed platens. The answer is simple: after restoring and repairing well over 5,000 typewriters, we've found there is still no substitute for a properly recovered rubber platen.

I live with a typewriter habit. Some people sneak cigarettes or whiskey. I sneak Olivettis and Royals. The problem isn’t just storage space. The problem is my partner, whose memory is forensic and whose eyebrow can arch higher than a carriage return lever.