Originally Posted by
notsureif
I often wonder how many of these 221 around now days are clones, There are just to many showing up and they all look toooo good,
I think it's probably pretty easy to tell the difference. I haven't seen them side by side but from what I've read you can tell. Plus the foot control is different.
There were hundreds of thousands of featherweights made. They are showing up because people are looking for them. They show up as the original owners pass or move or stop sewing and they are given to family or sold at estate sales. They bring a pretty penny for someone who has no interest using one themselves.