That Koehler is adorable! I may regret seeing that photo... ;-)

Sewmor also made a 3/4 size aluminum machine. It might be convertible.

bkay

Joe's sharing his Sewmore convert to handcrank is what started my search. The full name of mine is Belaire Bantam, there is a full size with just the Belaire name. The joy of the two is they are light weight.

I take mine when we go fishing.

It is adorable! I may regret seeing it, too!

Those are all gorgeous. I'm just the teensiest bit jealous...:p

yobrosew, I re-read your post. Sometimes a picture ( especially a fuzzy for sale add) of a machine isn't enough to show you the difference between a toy and a very small serious machine. But the weight is a huge factor. Ask if it is cast iron or pressed tin?

Found the Kohler on CL. family had had it for 20 years and never used it.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]575068[/ATTACH]Forgot this one.

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This Wilcox and Gibbs is small enough to be mistaken for a toy. It will likely end up with a custom hand crank and base on it.

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I will have to find a pix I took while I was in St Petersburg Russia. I was staying with a lady for 2 weeks. I didn't know her, she was just earning extra money.

One night she was sewing curtains on a hand crank sewing machine. She also had a new electric machine, but preferred the hand crank. It had been her mothers -- way back it was originally a treadle -- they treasured it all these years -- even during WW2 when The city was surrounded by the Nazi army for 3 years and there was no food or heat. After WW2 it was electrified and then in 1975 she had someone weld a hand crank to it.

She liked it because she said it sewed each stitch straight not at an angle like all modern machines.

It is called the Red Revolution sewing machine

Mim

I have both a Singer 28 and 128 HC. Either is certainly portable. I took the 28 on a hunting trip to repair a shirt I did not have time to mend before I left, and it did a great job.