Completely overhauled and serviced the old straight stitchers are well worth the price of the purple one. A professional repaint in itself will cost me much more around here. The factors that bringing down the prices are mostly there's always more than a few for sale and they are not new or the latest any more. The odd thing is new straight stitchers are expensive, often high speed, some kind of special edition or industrial model. I'm glad there's bargains to be found even if they need a lot of cleaning and oiling. I lean towards keeping the original finish, maybe a few touch ups, but if it's very worn down I don't mind someone redoing it in a nice color. I wonder what a 301 would cost new today, a well made straight stitcher with forged steel gears still cost a bit more than the average economy model.
Last edited by Mickey2; 07-07-2018 at 12:17 PM.