Typewriter Video Series -- Episode 278: Royal 10 With Silk Ribbon

Optimizing your typewriter and ribbon composition (nylon, cotton or silk) is key to getting the best quality imprint. Joe goes one more step with his heirloom Royal 10 by adding a silk ribbon. Will it be better than cotton or nylon?

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All of my machines have silk ribbons - I love that material best!

[thesurfacespins]

Great video, I just picked up an old Royal typewriter and the ribbon needed replacement. Your video really helped! Thanks.

[khaley]

That type looks very good! Thank you for sharing.

[thethriftyfawn]

I'm here from Sarah's channel "Just My Typewriter"! This was so cool! And I don't even own a typewriter yet!
😊❤👍

[Edd]

Here in Argentina is do hard to find a Royal typewriter in such good condition and full working order. I didnt knew there were better ribbons than the ordinary nylon ones. Very good work! Cheers!

[typepals]

What a difference a ribbon makes! I have a couple typers that could benefit from finding the ideal ribbon. One of my electric typebar machines has an issue with “dusting” on the page, almost like it’s slapping the ribbon so hard that ink “sprays” onto the page. I wonder if a silk ribbon would help with this issue?

[douglasjackson]

Another fine video! Aunt Pats machine is now good to go. Time to be creative. Hope it has a nice feel so you can easily transfer thoughts to paper 🙂

[doylerabjohn]

Thanks I have a Royal 10 l inherited as well. But it needs full restoration., as this is a non-operational condition. I would love to leave the original patina on it... but, it has a lot of rust spots on it & I am probably going to end up painting it in the end to stop the rust anyway.

[DavidALovingMPF]

I had no idea! Where did you find that shirt? I like it.

[copyrightfreevideobyttf]

At the 1:09 markpoint, I love how the typewriters themselves have expressed their own preferences with regards to the fiber content of their ribbons.

(I barely managed to type that while keeping a straight face... LOL)

[billogle]

Joe, you are out of your depth, as a typewriter mechanic of many years and ribbon manufacturer of 25 years let me tell you there are many factors involved in a good clean impression and it starts with the machine, anvil (ring) to platen and the platen itself . then the ribbon, the quality and viscosity of the ink, the ink being designed for the job it has to do, the amount of in applied to the fabric .Cotton was used first typewriters, long before my time then silk both of which demanded woven edges, then Mazlon, Banlon and finally the nylons we used from the 1960's which were every bit as good if not better than silk and cheaper to produce, nylon became available in a varying calipers, weaves and consistant edges regardless of width. The fabrics were specialized and became known as Impression fabric. I would be very interested to see a silk ribbon of todays manufacture because silk for typewriter became unavailable 35 years ago

[otterchen]

There are many parameters for a good imprint, ans when having several.machines, my goal is to have different kinds of imprint, very clear and thin, a bit dirty and fat, even very dirty and used fir different kind of expression in my writing, therefor the ribbon, the typingtechnique, the platen and the paper are the setscrews to get the desired result. Type to play and to experiment.

[johnc.bojemski]

y'know?. Ya gotta really BANG the keys hard... Wat too HARD if the imprinting ribbon isn't good. Bad for the machine and definitely for the joints of the fingers too!!!