Originally Posted by
Cari-in-Oly
Janey, Singer went to the striated face plate right around 1950 or a little later. Most of the reproduction machines I've seen have the fancy face plates. There were repros of other models besides the 15.
Cari
I have a black cast iron 201K with "pin striped" chromed plates, the serial number dates it to 1950 spot on. Apparently Singer made an effort to keep a high standard over the years, both to build and material. It's unfortunate the newer ones hasn't kept the same. Even so, I lean towards the older machines for various reasons, I like that they are old and have a history :- )