"Cursive Script typeface" Olivetti-Underwood 315 Typewriter - New platen

$1,350.00

Fully Restored Olivetti-Underwood 315 Typewriter | Rare Cursive Script Typeface

📖 Product Overview & Historical Significance

A distillation of timeless Italian design and precision engineering: the Olivetti-Underwood 315 represents the absolute pinnacle of mid-century portable typing. Renowned in our workshop as one of the top three most reliable typewriter models ever manufactured and an unmatched travel companion, this compact workhorse is designed for dedicated writers, serious collectors, and design aesthetes. This specific machine has undergone a comprehensive 4 to 6 hours of mechanical overhaul at our specialized UK workshop, fully prepared to deliver hours of smooth, expressive, and reliable daily writing.

📊 Technical Specifications & Restoration Data

  • Brand & Model: Olivetti-Underwood 315.

  • Casing Material: Lightweight, compact portable frame.

  • Keyboard Layout: American QWERTY Layout.

  • Mechanical Condition: 100% Fully Functional. Every key strikes crisply, the carriage moves effortlessly, and all components have been rigorously stress-tested for lasting performance.

  • Our Rigorous Workshop Restoration Upgrades:

    • Precision Overhaul: Fully stripped of old residue, chemically degreased, and adjusted so that the internal linkages operate with perfect, snappy feedback.

    • Brand-New Recovered Platen Rubber: Features a freshly recovered and re-rubbered platen roller (a £150 value). This brand-new rubber layer grips paper flawlessly and cushions the impact of the type-slugs to protect your machine and deliver beautiful, whisper-quiet impressions.

    • Cosmetic Presentation: The original finish is in very good to excellent condition, displaying only minimal surface wear on the corners that tastefully highlights its historic vintage charm.

✍️ Rare Typeface & Font Details

  • Typeface Style: Rare, elegant Cursive Script Typeface. This highly sought-after cursive font elevates your personal letters, journal entries, and creative writing with a beautiful, hand-written aesthetic.

  • Font Pitch: 11 Characters Per Inch (11 CPI / Cursive Script), printing uniquely crisp, clean, and expressive cursive script on the page.

💼 Carrying Case & Premium Accessories

  • Original Carrying Case: Includes its authentic, original travel case—completely checked and functional, bearing a natural, age-appropriate patina inside and out.

  • Original Manual: Comes with the authentic,  original factory instruction manual, preserving its outstanding collectible and historical value.

  • Ready-to-Write Supplies: Pre-installed with a fresh, premium 10-meter GR4 (Group 4) black and red typewriter ink ribbon alongside our custom-designed quick-start guide.

🌍 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 (Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Europe & Rest of World): We dispatch all website orders in less than 24 hours. For all other global destinations, 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 competitive rates to Australia and remote corners of the world).

    • 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 guarantee your machine survives the vibrations of air travel, we mechanically lock the carriage, wrap the frame in multi-layered shock-absorbing cushioning, and suspend the typewriter within a heavy-duty, double-walled outer shipping carton.

🤝 The "Ready-to-Write" Package & Lifetime Support

  • Unbox & Start Writing: Your typewriter 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 Olivetti-Underwood 315 model.

  • 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.

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

 

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