I have been looking for an antique Singer treadle for a while. Most of the treadles available here are vintage, made about 1926 and later. I thought I will never come across a machine that would be older than this. After an exhausting battle of bidding I won this beauty in an auction.
Singer 27K with "La Vencendora" decals. I named her Dora.
Dora was made in Great Britain in 1910 and after that she spent whole her life in Helsinki. She had two owners in the same family before she was sold to me. The previous owner took a great care of her, there wasn´t much dust to clean and after oiling her properly she runs splendidly!
Dora has a beautiful grapevine face-plate. 27K has a low shank so it will be easy to attach various presser feet on her.
Singer 27K is one of the "Vibrating Shuttle" models, Vibrating Shuttle No.2. Dora had her original shuttle and one bobbin with her. If you are buying an antique treadle machine, it is always good to check that it has the shuttle with it. There have been four shuttle models (VS-1, VS-2 & VS-3, 27 & 28, 127 & 128), each had a small change added. I have 27 type shuttle that had added wasp waist.
One bobbin wasn´t going to be enough and luckily I found the exact bobbin type on the internet and ordered 20 of them from America. They came in two weeks, quite fast!
New bobbin next to the original one and the "bullet shuttle" with wasp waist.
Wooden cover was in a good condition. It misses one hinge and the lock doesn´t have a key, but those are minor defects.
Beautiful ornamented cast iron legs and treadle.
