sewing machines

I seem to have started collecting hand powered sewing machines






This is a frister rossmann made in germany machine I bought this morning sews great trying to find out date it was made, but victorian or edwardian I would think.
It can be used by turning the hand crank or treadled if put on a treadle table

 

That's a fine machine indeed....

 

Beautiful!

My friend picked up an old Singer for a fiver during the xmas period. Well worth a fiver I'd say. It is beautiful.

 

loads of them are still ending in landfill they are undervalued for what they are, Ive picked up 5 for about a £5 each in the last two weeks all working fine and I know people who have got lots of them from tips .

Back in the 1960s people used to collect brass astronomical telescopes for the brass scrap weight same with brass beds , thats why they are rare now because most went for scrap ,imagine how little brass is in a brass telescope so they got very little money for them

I think the sames happening now to hand powered sewing machines in the uk
that one was £15 but its the best make of sewing machine ever made, if that was a clock or a watch or anything except a sewing machine from the same period it would be worth far more .

 

lovely machines

 

That's a beautiful sewing machine, thanks for sharing.

 

Moominmama! Wow! How's it going? Like time no speako!

 

Sadly I didn't understand any of that ....Have you got that first I always thought you'd get yet ????

 

I did last year, yep, just have to do it again in my finals :&

 

ohhh Johnny.... I keep coming back to look at your machine, it's just so pretty

 

Thank you its from 1915 its also on
http://www.needlebar.org/cm/displayimage.php?album=206&pos=26

a online gallery of old sewing machines.
I will take photos of some of the other ones I got , and these sewing machines are still being dumped by idiots some of the 1870s singers are very pretty as are a lot of british machines of the period .
I think they are massively undervalued and if a person has space it might be a good idea to get a victorian sewing machine and oil it and put it away and just save it for future generations.
For most sewing their perfectly good , my grandmother made most of her familys clothes on one like the one in my picture, you may have trouble finding needles for that one ( although they are still around ) but most singers you can still get needles and if you put them somewhere where they wont go rusty or too dusty and use them every so often they will last centurys .

 

That's disgusting! Wash your dirty mouth with soap and water!

 

*cowers*