Machine I saw today, The Phoenix
03-01-2014, 12:20 PM
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03-06-2014, 01:02 AM
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I had a really similar looking Phoenix model 250 - from 1952 I think. Had to scour the 'Bay in Germany for a manual. Took me 9 months to get it! I wish I had a bigger house, I wouldn't have sold it. Seemed like a great machine. I consider the quality would definitely have been retained comparing it to my other machines, but have never seen an earlier Phoenix to compare directly. Oh, and I've still got a Phoenix in my collection, a 283F, which I kept. Bit smaller than the 250 in the cabinet.
03-06-2014, 06:10 AM
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Rodney is correct about the Nazi connection. But ... do you remember the VW Beetle? Remember how popular it was here in the states? That car's design was commissioned by Adolph Hitler himself. The words Volks Wagon means peoples car if my memory is correct.
And ... how about the Japanese clones? During WWII the Japanese were as bad if not worse than the Germans yet many of use have them.
As far as the Chinese stuff goes I try to avoid it, but like Rodney says it's all but impossible.
Back to the original topic; I'd of bought that machine so fast the sellers head would still be spinning.
Joe
And ... how about the Japanese clones? During WWII the Japanese were as bad if not worse than the Germans yet many of use have them.
As far as the Chinese stuff goes I try to avoid it, but like Rodney says it's all but impossible.
Back to the original topic; I'd of bought that machine so fast the sellers head would still be spinning.
Joe
03-06-2014, 07:10 AM
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Amelia, you sold your Phoenix? Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!
I have an Anker Phoenix 429 ZigZag and it is amazing! SO heavy, and thus sitches soooooooo quietly. I wish I had more time to sew more on it.
Thanks for posting this photo! :-)
I have an Anker Phoenix 429 ZigZag and it is amazing! SO heavy, and thus sitches soooooooo quietly. I wish I had more time to sew more on it.
Thanks for posting this photo! :-)
03-06-2014, 01:55 PM
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Rodney is correct about the Nazi connection. But ... do you remember the VW Beetle? Remember how popular it was here in the states? That car's design was commissioned by Adolph Hitler himself. The words Volks Wagon means peoples car if my memory is correct.
And ... how about the Japanese clones? During WWII the Japanese were as bad if not worse than the Germans yet many of use have them.
As far as the Chinese stuff goes I try to avoid it, but like Rodney says it's all but impossible.
Back to the original topic; I'd of bought that machine so fast the sellers head would still be spinning.
Joe
And ... how about the Japanese clones? During WWII the Japanese were as bad if not worse than the Germans yet many of use have them.
As far as the Chinese stuff goes I try to avoid it, but like Rodney says it's all but impossible.
Back to the original topic; I'd of bought that machine so fast the sellers head would still be spinning.
Joe
I've had family killed or run out of town to escape murder in Nazi Germany so this machine hits a little too close to home for me to appreciate it. The sewing machine itself is guilty of no crime.
Jon
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