tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195869989354907758.post3453387232938797035..comments2024-03-01T15:21:50.710-08:00Comments on Davis Typewriter Works: Royal Quiet De Luxe ramblingsWill Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04371377137844175320noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195869989354907758.post-83713550947890702972012-12-19T08:42:41.553-08:002012-12-19T08:42:41.553-08:00I've found two post-Dreyfuss Quiet Deluxe mode...I've found two post-Dreyfuss Quiet Deluxe models at my local Goodwill. All they needed was a little bit of oil.Nick Bodemerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12298328355143940707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195869989354907758.post-58188610192445905822012-11-04T21:38:09.045-08:002012-11-04T21:38:09.045-08:00I picked one up recently for my son as a Christmas...I picked one up recently for my son as a Christmas gift. He used a typewriter recently at my grandmas house and loves the nostalgia of the thing. Even wants to yank the paper out and yell out "COPY" I found it at a second hand store. We both wrote our price on a paper and I got it for 20 bucks, sans ribbon spools. The case was in very good condition and the back panel is bowed and two of the keys have spilled ink in them. Ours is a 1948 model and hopefully we can figure out how to take care of it so it will last.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08557148177308829278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195869989354907758.post-31377329970329773422010-07-21T15:21:58.606-07:002010-07-21T15:21:58.606-07:00As long as the price is good, and the machine is n...As long as the price is good, and the machine is nice looking, why not give it a try?! They are very distinctive aesthetically, designed by a very well known industrial designer, and aren't bad to type on at all either. Of course, one's personal preferences for "feel" on a machine come into play here, but I'm sure that if it was the only machine I had, and had to use it regularly, that I could get by just fine. if you do get it, let us know what you think of it!David A. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07739013554786284703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195869989354907758.post-81787190870349452792010-07-20T13:01:43.954-07:002010-07-20T13:01:43.954-07:00Dang. So that two-tone, glass-key QDL I just pass...Dang. So that two-tone, glass-key QDL I just passed over in the Goodwill store today should have come home with me, after all. <br /><br />I just haven't had good experience with the few Royals I've had (except for the HH, which is a fine machine). The Speed King has a feel I just don't care for, although admittedly it had been abused prior to my adoption of it. Ditto the Futura.<br /><br />Well, if that QDL is still there tomorrow, I'll consider it a sign from the gods.Duffy Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105074089216551597noreply@blogger.com