SharonStitcher

Thanks for all the tips and advice everyone, I love love love seeing all the different machines. Did Toyota make all the Sewmor machines?

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toyota didn't make all of those posted.

https://www.google.com/search?q=mars...sm=93&ie=UTF-8

this is a google link to the Marshall plan look that over, then add japan in there search, then add sewing machine

I hoping you'll see why I posted the pic of the occupied japan label, which kinda helps dated a machines age.

you can't judge age by the made in japan stamped on the metal badge

J Miller

Sharon,
I have a half dozen + Japanese 15 clones. I've only been able to ID a few of them.

Machine ....................... Manufacturer

HOTHER ....................... Juki
EDISON ....................... Unknown
COMMODORE ............... Unknown
DRESSMAKER ............... Koyo
CORONADO PRINCESS .. Brother
SEWMOR 202 Black ...... Unknown
SEWMOR 202 Blue ........ Toyota
MORSE 200 ................... Diamond


Wow, I didn't know I had 8 clones ...... they must be replicating themselves while I'm not looking.
There are literally hundreds of badge names with many many manufactures. Some marked their machines, some didn't. I've found those that are marked are generally of better quality than those that are unmarked.

10X,
I've got to get me a machine marked "Made in Occupied Japan". I don't have one of those yet.


Joe

Cari-in-Oly

The only one of my clones with "Made In Occupied Japan" has it on a badge on the pillar.

Cari

chris_quilts

"Occupied Japan" badge would indicate it made between 1946 and 1952 as those were the dates of the US occupation of Japan. One benefit of my history minor is I know odd facts, dates & trivia related to historical stuff. Not truly useful most of the time but I love history.

zozee

Sharon, it's a gorgeous blue! And you've cleaned it up so beautifully and taken great pictures. Thanks.

chris_quilts

He/she is a beauty. That is for sure.

I too have one made in Occupied Japan. Black in color and not a 15 clone. Sews wonderfully through thick materials such as hubby's work jeans.

SharonStitcher

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SharonStitcher

Chris_quilts, I read your comment about your history minor to my husband and he got a good chuckle out of it, he majored in History and it has made him very knowledgeable but hasn't really helped jobwise lol and when I asked him if he had heard of the Marshall Plan, well of course he had, lol and he proceeded to tell me all about it lol

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in this marshall plan it was required for import to USA these ladles, sticker ect where on 87% of any given item shipped here , pottery, basket sewing machines, anything.. from the east or west.... for a 7years.

SM starting being made in Japan in 1946 for export to eh USA , but none where shipped until 1947 ( so they say) so these labels would have dated a machine between 47 to 54. The story goes these started with made in Japan , well sale were very low no one wanted anything to do with Japanese products, so the label change about hale way into the Marshall plan to made in occupied japes in hope buyers would think this meant more on the lines, That the USA won the war and had taken over japan


If this is true, then one having occupied would be on the latter end of the plan. somewhere I also have one that is just made in japan on a sticker and is like the black one pic's has no feed dog drop ,, even not under the bed