![]() The hand stitcher had two needles, one eye-pointed and the other barbed, allowing the thread to pass from one to the other, revolutionised the hat-making industry. It was completely different from the visible stitch - yet another variant of the domestic machine. Within a decade Willcox and Gibbs had proved them wrong with the visible-stitch straw-hat machine which dominated the Luton-based hat trade until 1887 when the company, working closely with the Luton factory owner Edmund Wiseman, produced the Hand-Stitch Straw Hat machine. From the web, I believe this is a description of the machine: "The Hand Stitch Straw Hat Machine Even as late as 1865 pundits declared that there would never be a sewing machine that could sew a straw hat. ![]() ![]() I don't know a thing about sewing machines, but it looks like it's in very good condition. An unusual antique specialty sewing machine that made strawhats with a faux hand stitch.
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