Justin B. Posted August 14, 2021 Share #1 Posted August 14, 2021 I picked this up from a local online ad. It's a Royal Arrow typewriter, marked U.S. Navy. It's a "mill" typewriter, which were used by radio operators to transcribe radio messages. Because Morse code has only one type of letter, they type only in capitals. Each type slug has two upper case letters, so the shifted character is the same. The type is large, 9 characters per inch, in a sans serif typeface. Because it's all caps, the zero has a slash. The numeral 4 is interesting, very tall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin B. Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share #2 Posted August 14, 2021 Royal shut down civilian typewriter manufacturing in 1942. I think this was the only type of Arrow model made that year. The color is pale gray. After the war, it was used by Civil Defense, and has the remains of a CD decal on one side and a CD property tag on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin B. Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted August 14, 2021 The case also has the remains of a Civil Defense decal. It types great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted August 15, 2021 Share #4 Posted August 15, 2021 Nice! And Royals are great typers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin B. Posted August 15, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted August 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, 12thengr said: Nice! And Royals are great typers! Yes! I first learned to type on my grandpa's Royal KMM. This machine was pretty dirty, I had to clean a lot of grime off the paint. The ribbon vibrator was bent and stuck so I got that moving, and there were some screws missing so I picked up a beat up old Royal for parts. The parts machine had a much softer platen so I swapped that out. And a new ribbon of course. Now it's really nice to type on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted August 16, 2021 Share #6 Posted August 16, 2021 Yes, Royal KMM, my go to typer. Pictured with some other heavy metal.😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Keith Posted February 2, 2022 Share #7 Posted February 2, 2022 Super cool typewriter find! I didn't know about this "type". Thanks for the info! BKW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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