Fully Restored Brother 100 Portable Typewriter | Crisp Elite Font (11 CPI) & Fresh Purple Ribbon

📖 Product Overview: Sleek Mid-Century Design & Everyday Usability The Brother 100 is consistently one of our most requested and best-selling Japanese-engineered portable typewriters. Renowned for its eye-catching mid-century styling, ultra-slim profile, and exceptionally smooth action, this compact classic is a favorite among novelists, poets, and first-time typewriter enthusiasts alike.

Meticulously overhauled in our specialized UK workshop by Walid & Joujou (featured restoration experts on BBC’s The Repair Shop), every Brother machine we prepare undergoes a thorough mechanical service—including a deep chemical flush of internal components to ensure keys never stick. Pre-installed with a brand-new 10-meter purple ink ribbon on correct spools and supplied with its original carrying case lid, this handsome machine is ready to type right out of the box.  

📊 Technical Specifications & Restoration Details

• Brand & Model: Brother 100 Portable Typewriter.

 • Origin: Made in Japan (renowned for light touch and reliable alignment).

• Keyboard Layout: Standard QWERTY Layout.

 • Mechanical Condition: 100% Fully Functional. Deep-cleaned, chemically flushed, lubricated, and precision-tested for smooth, long-session typing.

• Fresh Purple Ribbon Fitted: Pre-installed with a brand-new 10-meter purple ink ribbon, delivering vibrant, distinctively styled purple print on the page.

🎨 Cosmetic Condition & Original Case Included

• Cosmetic Presentation: Very good vintage condition. The original outer metal frame is remarkably clean, showing minor age-appropriate marks on the side casing that speak to its genuine vintage history. The marls are on the left side. 

 • Keytop Presentation: Individual keys are thoroughly sanitized, polished, and crisp to the touch, with minor age and usage marks on some keys.

• Carrying Case Lid: Includes its original matching snap-on carrying lid in functional condition with light exterior storage marks.

✍️ Typeface & Font Details

• Typeface Style: Clean, highly legible Elite Typeface. (Note: Test page sample shows 12 CPI as a typo; the correct font pitch is 11 CPI).

• Font Pitch: 11 Characters Per Inch (11 CPI / Elite size), offering crisp clarity and ideal page density for manuscripts, daily journaling, letters, and creative prose.

📋 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 ensure a classic machine survives international air travel safely, 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 Brother 100 arrives pre-installed with its fresh ink 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 prepare a video on how to use this Typewriter on YouTube.

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