It is always satisfying to find a typewriter that has been really well cared for, a typewriter like this Olympia Splendid 66. It is hard to believe it is from 1965, having been preserved so well by its former owner. If not for a small scratch to the left edge of the ribbon cover, I would probably use the word "mint" to describe this lovely ultraportable - it looks and feels like it came off of Olympia's production lines in Western Germany only yesterday.