
I bought this to replace the bobbin on an old Smith Corona handheld typewriter I bought just because I love those old machines and I love typing the old way when there wasn't one Internet porn was there to distract you and Yahoo yelling at you to check your sisters' messages and emails, and incoming ads encouraging you to increase the size of your privates. Ernest Hemingway never bothered with any of this, he lived next to a bar, had a fan, a bottle of liquor, a cigar and a typewriter, and the size of his genitals was his own shit thing. Typewriters sometimes need ribbons, otherwise you have to type very hard. The tape worked great, expect to get your hands dirty because that's what a real letter needs.