A Swiss made Elna from the 1960's that I had setup for heavy fabrics. I have had my fill of "Made in China".

Now that I learned a little about sewing machines, I am looking at machine my mother gave me for heavy work. It was built in Japan in the late 1940's, apparently in old military equipment factories. It's cast steel and must weigh a hundred pounds. I doesn't look very friendly. The needles look like miniature versions of triangular WW I French bayonets.

As a sailmaker said, "it takes a real man to sew boat gear. The sewing is easy but cutting your own hand free and then cursing for 30 mins without repeating yourself after you sew your hand to a sail, takes a real man". I saw that once, I can confirm the cursing part but, I had to cut his hand free. I sucks to sew your hand to a sail, with your shears just out of reach.