Tom Hanks doesn’t cast away a promise.

The two-time Oscar winner sent a “much anticipated” vintage German typewriter to a small business owner in Portland, Ore., years after initially pledging to do so.

“Two years ago, Tom Hanks told me he’d send me a typewriter,” Type Space owner Antony Valoppi wrote in an Instagram post on Sept. 12. “Today, that promise finally clattered its way onto my desk—an autographed personal machine straight from Mr. Hanks himself.” 4

Valoppi posted an image of him unboxing the unique gift and shared a photo with the “Big” actor, which was taken when they first met in 2023.

“We had such a great time when he visited the shop, geeking out over platen knobs, escapements, and all the glorious quirks of these machines,” Valoppi wrote on Instagram. “And true

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