Hermes Ambassador Review

After a way too long dissassembly video, I have now made a way too long review video. But this machine has a ton of features I haven't seen on other typewriters. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it nonetheless. Have fun!

Picture sources:

Ambassador commercial leaflet:
https://www.typewriters.ch/collection...

Typewriter office posters:
https://munk.org/typecast/2023/02/16/...

Darth Mother: First found it as a meme on reddit, a Google image search gave me tis result, and possible original source:
  / lasgorditassomoscomolasrosasbellaspordonde...  


Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:08 A little talk about the Hermes Ambassador
01:03 Serial number location
01:13 Wear and tear from usage
01:42 Left keyboard functions: tabulator and tab set keys
02:06 The decimal tabulator and hidden thousand separators
02:33 Right keyboard functions: return key and margin release keys
03:03 Automatic indentation with top margin release
03:18 Shift and shift lock
03:29 Color selector and typebar dejammer
03:43 Ribbon cover indentation
04:07 Inside the ribbon cover: cheat sheet, touch control and ribbon reverse lever
04:29 Card holder controls
04:54 Left side carriage controls
05:23 Paper guide, paper support and stencil support
05:46 Right side carriage controls
06:05 Easy platen removal
06:58 Lightning margin setting
07:32 Carriage nuts for wuick removal
07:45 Innovative way to keep debris out of the mechanisms
08:45 No ghosting on the Ambassador!
09:34 Incredible amount of sound insulation
09:49 My only gripe: adjusting the shift alignment
10:13 Even the dust cover is engineered
10:38 More goodies: brushes, cloth, an eraser and an oiler
11:31 Time to start typing: Injecting the paper
11:43 Actual typing: no sound dampening mat below the machine
14:26 Close up, and typing with a sound dampening mat below the typewriter