Fully Restored Brother 100 Portable Typewriter | Crisp Elite Font (11 CPI) & Fresh Blue 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, every Brother Deluxe 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 10m with eyelets  blue ink ribbon 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)

• 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 Blue Ribbon Fitted: Pre-installed with a brand-new 10-meter blue ink ribbon on correct spools, delivering vibrant, distinctively styled blue print on the page.

🎨 Cosmetic Condition & Original Case Included

• Cosmetic Presentation: Very good to excellent vintage condition. The original outer metal frame is remarkably clean, showing only minor authentic age marks  that speak to its genuine vintage history.

• Keytop Presentation: Individual keys are thoroughly sanitized, polished, and crisp to the touch, with only minimal age marks on select key legends.

• 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. ( sorry test page shows 12 - Typo)

• 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

Why The Brother Deluxe Shines

The Brother 100 combines eye-catching vintage aesthetics with bulletproof mechanical reliability. Effortless to operate, lightweight to transport, and pre-fitted with a striking blue ribbon, it’s a trusted daily companion for creative minds and collectors around the world.

🌍 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. We offer flexible, fully tracked premium shipping options calculated at checkout:

• Standard International Delivery: Safely delivered via premium air courier directly to your doorstep in 3 to 7 working days (with prompt EU dispatch and highly competitive rates to Australia and remote destinations).

• Express International Delivery Upgrade: Arrives at your door in just 1 to 3 working days for a small additional fee.

Proprietary Global Packaging Protocol: To ensure a 1930s classic survives international air travel perfectly, 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 Imperial Good Companion arrives pre-installed with a fresh ink ribbon and our primary step-by-step startup instructions designed by our workshop team. 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 Imperial Model 1 typewriter.

• Lifetime Technical Partnership: Your relationship with our workshop does not end at delivery. 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 the BBC's The Repair Shop and major Netflix productions.

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