The Flying Oliver

This is the Oliver typewriter that I got from a really cool antique store in Cambridge about 3 years ago. I love the way that it looks. It's very unique (notice the placement of the striking bars) and when you type really fast it looks like it's going to fly off of the table. When I got it, it was so dirty that I didn't even know it was green. It doesn't work as well as my Royal or Corona but I got it for it's aesthetic quality. It's a bit rusty. I couldn't polish it up to complete perfection but it makes for a great conversation piece and it puts me in the writing mood. It took me about a month to clean it up.....best month I'd spent in years!