Brother Deluxe / Webster / Valiant Guide

Your new writing machine is on the way! This is one of the quintessential writing machines from the 60's!

These are some of my favorites from typewriter history! They include some of the best features of some of history's classic machines, including the Lettera 32, Olympia SF, and the Hermes Baby. I think the Japanese engineers got together to create a world-class writing machine.

These are fairly straightforward to use, so hopefully you'll get up and running quickly. There is a carriage-lock mechanism that it ships with, so you release that with a switch under the right carriage knob. Or else the carriage won't move.

The rest is fairly straight forward.

These came in a few versions, but mostly the branding changed. The interiors and the cosmetics are the same, except for the logos.

The case zipper often falls out. Those can be replaced, however that is not my area of expertise.

I've seen them in blue and gray; both lovely, understated colors.

The branding changes quite a bit, so it may vary. Brother, Webster, Valiant, Deluxe, XL-500, and a few others. All the same beautiful Japan-made machine (back when that was a country of origin associated with technical quality and precision).  They usually say 'Brother Industries' on the nameplate at the rear. All pretty identical.

It has been fitted with a new ribbon and is ready to go. It can take any universal size typewriter ribbon, which you can find online pretty easily. You can either use 2-tone (black / red) or just black. (This is nice because most 'ultraportables' need a rare small ribbon spool size, which are harder to find).

As for paper, any computer paper will work, and you can experiment with thicker papers as well. Typewriter paper was traditionally quite thin, so that usually works best.

Here is a manual.

The universal ribbon will work, which we sell here.

That paper that the note was typed on we sell here.