Jenny at Sew-Classic.com, selected the hand crank she sent me and made sure it was well lubricated and functioning properly. We had recently spoken by phone when they were out of stock. I appreciate the care and diligence she used. My "cheap Chinese crank" was plenty nice and worked very well. It wasn't all that cheap, although not as "exclusive" as the overpriced vintage ones on Ebay. It was well finished, prettily decorated with gold decals and very functional. I see them on Ebay, all the time, attached to vintage machines. People try to pass them off as originals, because, lets face it, there aren't all that may old ones floating around anymore. I have no regrets from purchasing the two(2) I bought from Sew-Classic.com. Having a good relationship with your parts supplier never hurt either. What goes around comes around it seems.