Fine Line Ribbon also has some excellent bulk offerings and an almost non-existent website. I thought I’d make a similar post with their current offerings so that those who have typewriter collections that go past 5 machines or who are scaffolding their way to opening typewriter repair shops might have an easier time of selecting and ordering the appropriate ribbon. 12-15 cents per yard of ribbon in bulk is so much better than paying almost a dollar per yard otherwise. It pays for itself pretty quickly.
They offer ribbon in both nylon and silk in partial and full reels. (Sorry, no cotton ribbon offerings at the moment.)
Silk Typewriter Ribbon
For silk, Fine Line Ribbon only offers black/red or black ribbon color options at $0.33 per yard. A full reel of silk is 545 yards.
Nylon Typewriter Ribbon
For nylon, whose full reels are 660 yards, Fine Line Ribbon can ink in any of the following single color options or your choice of any two colors as a bichrome option:
- Black
- Blue
- Brown
- Green
- Orange
- Pink†
- Purple
- Red
They often have partial reels of most colors available. Black or Black/Red nylon is $0.12 per yard and other colors or color combinations are $0.15 per yard.
Contact information
2405 N. Preston Street
Ennis, TX 75119 United States
theresa@finelineribbon.net
+1 (972) 875-8681
+1 (800) 527-0354
† At present, Fine Line Ribbon only offers pink as a standalone color and not as a bichrome option with other colors.
Had a brief conversation with Theresa today. They’re not carrying silk at the moment because of the upfront cost of purchasing it in bulk.
I take it you use silk ribbons? Are they the best?
Depends on the imprints you want. Silk is fabulous, but sometimes you want something “grainier” and the only way to go is cotton. Most of my machines have nylon, but I do have some spools of cotton and silk for those special occasions. Because of the expense, it’s getting harder to get silk in bulk reels in the US. Charlene Oesch at Baco died in May and Theresa at Fine Line has quit carrying silk because of the expense.