what year is my singer sewing machine model 9015

I don't personally own a shuttle bobbin sewing machine. The only thing that gave me pause was that your bobbin case seems to be split open or in half, and I'm just not used to seeing them like that. See your 'coffin top' portable case (scroll down):Īs to the bobbin and bobbin case, the Singer model 28 definitely uses the shuttle style (scroll down):

Your machine has the decal on top indicating that it indeed was made in Great Britain.įurther, the trapezoidal access panel on the front, and the split slide plates on the machine bed are characteristic of the model 28. The 'K' in the model number simply means that it was manufactured at Singer's Kilbowie, Scotland factory. See the machine that stamped the serial numbers into the machine beds at around the 14:17 mark in this circa 1934 documentary:

That translates to: a block of 275,000 serial numbers ranging from 887210 through 1162209 was allotted July through December 1906, and destined to be stamped on model 28K machines. That is to say, what I read as serial number 'S916378' fits into the below range, per the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society (ISMACS) serial number tables (which ISMACS got directly from Singer who endorses them via linkage): :-)Īlmost everything seems to check out visually on your machine.

The shuttle is called a torpedo shuttle based on its shape.

What year is my singer sewing machine model 9015