Is my 401A vintage?
My newest machine is a 401A, given to me a couple of years ago from a friend when my 500 model went kaput. It's been the only machine I sew with until I got the White treadle.
I started a sampler quilt with the White and I must say, she sews so smooth I couldn't believe it. I should have wonderful leg muscles by the time I''m done. I just won a 99K crank machine yesterday. Can't wait till it comes in. I can start working on the arm muscles. Too bad they don't come left handed. And last but not least I bought a Featherweight last week but still waiting for it to come in. So am I actually starting vintage and moving backwards? |
:D Yep! You're starting vintage and moving back!! NOT a bad thing, not bad at all!! :)
And yes. Your 401A is vintage...and I want to see pics of that handcrank when you get it, and of your sampler when you get it pieced! :) |
Just for the fun of it, just where is the cut off for a machine to be considered "vintage" for this forum?
Joe |
Joe, it depends on who you ask! For me? Anything before 1990.... doesn't make it a GOOD machine, as many of those have the nylon "innards", but I still consider them vintage.
Technically, the word "vintage" should be accompanied by a year...as in "Vintage 1950" or "Vintage 1986".... just as technically, it's not an antique until it's 100 years old... |
Joe, I think pre 1975 and with all metal interior parts.
The 401 is vintage, for sure. |
People sure abuse both the words "vintage" and "antique" don't they?
Sigh, I'm not near a hundred yet, so why do I feel so much like an antique? Joe |
Originally Posted by J Miller
(Post 5086193)
People sure abuse both the words "vintage" and "antique" don't they?
Sigh, I'm not near a hundred yet, so why do I feel so much like an antique? Joe |
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