Working portable midcentury typewriters curated with care in metro Detroit since 2021.

We’re writers first, and we turned our love of using typewriters — because they’re distraction-free, beautiful, and satisfying — into your source for working, portable manual machines made between about 1950 and 1980. We’ve proudly sold and shipped over 300 since 2021, and you can read our many glowing reviews on Etsy.

We’re also happy to add a typewriter wow-factor to your event by offering our typewriter barista packages, which include a DTW typist creating cards, guest books, or messages on your choice of beautiful typewriters and stationery.

Why are our typewriters special? Sure, they’re beautiful, they work, we go out of our way to describe their quirks if any exist, a custom how-to video comes with each, and we are experts at safely packing these fragile machines for shipping (free shipping in the US). But, as writers, we also love to preserve their history and personality by naming each typewriter after its previous owner and sharing a little bit of the back story of how that owner used it. From handy housewives to Detroit auto execs to eager high school newspaper editors or returning GIs, the people who’ve owned the machines are as fascinating as the machines themselves.

In addition to selling typewriters and offering typewriter services at events, we also do seasonal pop-ups in the Detroit-area where you can come try-out the typewriters in person, grab some typewriter ephemera, or have us type you a card or framable message. We also love to chat about typewriters with you.