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I inherited some of both my G-pa's and my Dad's tools and it makes me smile every time I touch one of their implements.The photos of this typewriter repair kit literally brought tears to my eyes.
I am lucky enough and yet cursed enough, to have witnessed the entire changeover from mechanical devices to the packetized digital future that we live in today. As a young man I served in the U.S. Coast Guard, and used a variety of "transitional" technology. The main method of communicating was the TeleType™. We had plenty of vacuum tubes, but computers as well. Don't get me wrong, I am no codger, this was 1982.
The patina on those tools, and the machines they serviced are an anachronism now. However, they evoke the hard working romantic vision we have of that era which we have left behind for ever.

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Posted by: KentKB on August 20, 2009 at 7:56 PM

What a wonderful thing this vintage typewriter repair kit is....
"Fetishistic" indeed.

Do not give it back! As a Prop builder myself, I for one would never loan it out, so, Keep it He will learn a Lesson ;-}

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Posted by: Rachel Hobson on August 20, 2009 at 9:29 PM

Fantastic! This makes me giddy!

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I have the exact same pair of parallel jaw pliers on the top of the heap partially hidden by the brush. They were my grandfather's, who was a dentist and are sitting on my bench right now.

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Posted by: John Park on August 21, 2009 at 7:26 AM

Joseph, I wish I knew where to find one too. I like Andrew and all, but I've been kinda hoping he'd get knocked on the head and develop amnesia or something...

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I found a very similar leather case at a garage sale last year-- paid ~$8, complete with two metal trays in the base, but without the stash of old tools.

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Circa 1969 I got a job fixing typewriters & was given one of the leather bags for a while. They eventually gave me one that looked like a brief-case and weighed twice as much. Weight was a concern because the broken machines could be anywhere in a factory, from the receptionist's desk to the dusty old greasy mouse-poop filled manual that they had back on the shipping dock. I would have ben a much happier man with a Leatherman tool in my pocket, but they weren't available at the time. The 10 years I worked on typewriters was the same time that mechanical calculators died. There was no contest. In '69 a four function calculator cost $1000 and required about $50 per year in maintenance. By 1979 they had dropped to $30 to $50. I did have a year when I worked on one model almost exclusively. I got to know that machine so well that I can still operate it in my head 35 years later. Not many people get to do that in the 21st century.

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Who the hell uses a typewriter anymore?

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Looks more like a robot repair kit to me, the kind one would use on ones self...

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These bags worked great for locksmiths as well. I wish I still had mine from Clark AB the Phillippines.

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I've had one of those bags for 20 years, never knew what it was designed for, still doubt it was designed for typewriter repair, but a good guess I suppose. The little trays on mine have a leather cover, it's a good bag for a spy I think.

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