Glenn,
The Davis long is a flat shank needle while the MTx190 is round. This does not seem to make much difference in the smaller sizes. With the larger sizes the needle is pushed closer to the other side of the needle hole and could rub it. The round shank will push the scarf slightly further from the hook so there is a slight chance of skipping stitches. The people over at Yahoo's WeFixIt group and Treadleon have found this needle to be an OK substitute. Joe has tried this MTx190 in a size 12 and says it works well.
Cathy
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Originally Posted by
Mizkaki
I was playing/ sorting some sewing machine needles this afternoon.
The differences are amazing. I shot a picture of a few of them.I
thought some of you might like to see the picture.
Thank you for the needle info, I did not know the the 190R could sub as a Davis long. Skip