Teaser - I have TWO new handcranks arriving today!
One is unusual enough we are not exactly sure WHAT model it is, but it is almost certainly an American
(it has the funky shuttle with round bobbin that the #1 and #7 share)
It looks like an American #7 but it does not have the round stitch length selector...
The other was made during the US Civil War. (Shaws Patent 1862)
And to tempt fate even more, they are both packed into the same box!!
(Luckily this was packed by the person who taught me how to pack machines)
Pic's after they arrive and I get home to unpack them