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![Swingline Speed Stapler #3](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3483/4033216892_b733242f3f.jpg)
My own humble contribution to the photoset. Found (of course) while thrifting. This is a #3 Swingline, a shorter, stubbier version of the desk-sized #4. It's in amazingly good shape, and I use it at work regularly.
![Swingline Speed Stapler #3](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2691/4032463667_7afd4f8142.jpg)
I love that even something as mundane as an office stapler appeared to require aerodynamic styling, possibly to coordinate with the other things on the desk...
!["Sadie" Underwood De Luxe Quiet Tab c. 1954](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8243/8474090610_a7ae6d241a.jpg)
Some of that design aesthetic lingered on long after staplers and typewriters became angular metal and plastic:
![When was the last time?](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3291/2924667055_c380865746_z.jpg)
![The best thing about standards...](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3055/2925519192_3d3f5b3e5c.jpg)
![Brand identity](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2231/2925517606_215624401b.jpg)
5 comments:
You did not miss Stapler Week - a fine entry to the cause! :D
A classic. It definitely shares an aesthetic with that Underwood.
It is a very handsome trio!
Isn't it wonderful how things used to be made to work and LAST?
Nice stapler. I need to find an old one to add. Mine is from the 1980s.
Great pairing of the stapler with the Underwood and pencil sharpener.
Now that is what I call a stapler! Great pencil sharpener too.
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