Well, my mom had a crinkle finish Singer 66 electric that I used as a 10 year old child. I continued to "borrow" that machine into my early 20's. She sold it in the mid 1990's when she downsized from my childhood 5 bedroom home into a townhouse. I now wish I was the one who bought it for the $30 bucks but I just didn't value it at the time. I am a female but have a real affection for the crinkle finish machines. That texture doesn't bother me at all. I like it because because it brings back all of the memories of sewing on that machine and how much I liked sewing.