Felt replica of a vintage Underwood Noiseless typewriter

Posted by Cory Doctorow, August 28, 2007 5:15 PM |
Craftster user Blueblythe created this incredible felt replica of a vintage Underwood Noiseless typewriter. This was the first typewriter I ever owned -- I got a 1920s-vintage model from my Dad, who'd rescued it from the offices of the Communist group he belonged to, where it had been used to publish a Trotskyist news-sheet -- and I never forgot the incredible heft and solidity, and the industrial gravitas of the machine. I also loved the hubris of calling a machine that loud a "noiseless" typewriter.

Blueblythe notes: "It took me several weeks of non stop sewing to finish. The felt is hand dyed and the details are embroidered. I added some real screws that I tarnished in vinegar. The roller rotates so that a piece of paper can be added with some typed words on it." Link (via Craft)

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#1 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 9:35 PM

your dad published a trotsky news sheet? I, for one, am shocked!

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#2 posted by Anonymous , August 28, 2007 10:16 PM

Amazing - just amazing.

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#4 posted by Anonymous , August 29, 2007 10:41 AM

Is there a Naked Lunch version of this that will a bug-powder

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#6 posted by erindipity , August 30, 2007 11:36 PM

Is this Feltpunk?

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