I got my featherweigt just a couple of weeks ago. I had been watching craigslist and lurking on e-bay, but I was not comfortable with bidding. I talked about wanting one and showed my husband and sons pictures. They all became interested. We happened to go to a near by town to shop and noticed the local antique shop. It wasn't open, but they had a phone number on the door to call. While I was in Walmart doing my shopping my husband call them to ask if they had a featherweight. When I returned to the car, he announced that he had found me one. There were 2 things I wanted, one was the scroll plate and the other was my birthyear. I hit the jackpot. They had just what I wanted and it took right off sewing. So in the past 2 weeks I have done several small projects on her, just to get comfortable with her. She also has silver on the balance wheel. Some of her gold is worn from the front of her bed, but I figure that means that she was loved and used alot. The case is clean and no odor, had several attachments, but no attachment box. Her instruction book was missing so I first copied off the internet, but also ordered a book. I have her oiled up and cleaned her, but the tension area is yellowish looking but so far I have been afraid of going into cleaning it. The instruction book shows how to put it back together but I am still reluctant to tackle that. I haven't named her yet but thinking about naming her after my mother who taught me to sew. Then she would be Wilma but for some reason Bertha keeps coming to my mind. Oh well, she will get a name sometime.