Old leatherworking machines - Show and tell

[tat2]

recently bought a Pearson 6 harness stitcher and a leather creaser both for 700.00CAD indeed a deal of a century. I dought the son really knew the true value of the machines, merely wanted to clean up the garage and make some money! The ad was on www.kijiji.ca. the fellow selling it was the son of a harness maker who past away. The machine was excellent running condition but in poor condition and required extensive cleaning and painting in order to bring it back to its splendour and operational. Someone posted an ad here stating the pearson will sew up to 1/2 of leather. To clarify It WILL sew up to 1 1/4 thickness. This machine was intended to sew heavy duty horse tugs and such. The stitch is in a class of its own! Its a fantastic machine and at a price I could buy it at.

The other is what im told possibly to be a Randall lether creaser. only has the DBL lined creaser. alot of surface rust but was cleaned up very very nicely. I'm also told the date is around 1880's give or take... It's truely amazing what treasures are out there. All you need to do is put it out to the universe as to what you want and alloy everything to come together for you!

[notie]

recently bought a Pearson 6 harness stitcher and a leather creaser both for 700.00CAD indeed a deal of a century. I dought the son really knew the true value of the machines, merely wanted to clean up the garage and make some money! The ad was on www.kijiji.ca. the fellow selling it was the son of a harness maker who past away. The machine was excellent running condition but in poor condition and required extensive cleaning and painting in order to bring it back to its splendour and operational. Someone posted an ad here stating the pearson will sew up to 1/2 of leather. To clarify It WILL sew up to 1 1/4 thickness. This machine was intended to sew heavy duty horse tugs and such. The stitch is in a class of its own! Its a fantastic machine and at a price I could buy it at.

The other is what im told possibly to be a Randall lether creaser. only has the DBL lined creaser. alot of surface rust but was cleaned up very very nicely. I'm also told the date is around 1880's give or take... It's truely amazing what treasures are out there. All you need to do is put it out to the universe as to what you want and alloy everything to come together for you!

I guess you have braging rights!! But you don't have to crow so loud !! You are talking about age is it a Pearson & Bennion or a B U S M #6 ??

And to set the reads strate you can only get ( 1 inch under the needle bar ) and that going to be tight

would you post the ser # good luck notie

[manfrommuc]

This are very old Sewing machines from the founder of the Adler Dürkopp company called Koch & Co Bielefeld (1860)

how old this beauties are I dont know ..... but i like it looks great in my shop

Greetings Johann

[Lindsay John Ross]

UKRay, old machinery an tools. This is a great topic to start.

This ole stitcher is a Landis 16, it added to the shop late last year. It's been such a nice addition, we decided to add another one like it while in Sheridan last May.

Around here, if we had more room for machinery. The place would be full. What can I say, I love the way these machines sew, built like a tank. Just as heavy..... But it pulls the tightest stitch, hard to beat.

Aaaaah a man after our own hearts!

[cdthayer]

I acquired this old Landis machine recently, but I don't know anything about it. It has a needle, and is so heavy duty, it must be a leather stitcher. I don't know what kind of stitch that it makes, or what it may have been used to sew. It has "Landis - St. Louis, MO" on the hand wheel, but I can't see any model or serial numbers on it. Anyone know what model this could be?

It was part of a sewing machine collection that I bought, and the collector passed on over 4 years ago, so I don't know where he got it or anything about its history. It operates (I have to tip it to one side to allow the machinery to clear the floor), but I don't know if it sews. It's a heavy rascal, and needs a sturdy stand for it to operate properly.

I'll try to find a new home for it, as soon as I can find out what it is.

CD in Oklahoma

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[bruce johnson]

CD,

That is a Landis 1. I'll leave to those more knowledgable about how it performs.

[Lindsay John Ross]

Hi. It looks just like a British United Number 6 ( if my memory is well) harness stitcher that I once owned. A needle feed machine that did work reasonably well until I discovered needle awl machines. One thing I did like was the feeding mechanism which did not have a regular feed dog but was fed from the top . A needle feed machine.. That made the underside look similar to the top side in my opinion. I would say to resurrect it would be a good thing, if it is at all similar to what I had. Take care Lindsay

[cgleather]

That is a Landis #1. I sewed on one for about 10 years and loved mine. I found a landis #3 about 4 years ago and that is what I use now. They do use a feed dog on the bottom and the foot feeds as well. You can still buy needles for them, parts are a little tough to find and they will be used when you find them. One nice thing about the 1 is it is simple with some basic shop know how you can work on it your self. Mine would not even turn due to rust when I got it I worked on it for a week or so and had it making stitches. They are not a fancy as the new machines of today but they will out last them by far. They are not made to sew fast so use a speed reducer if you choose to put a motor on it. Mine was hand powered and still is a friend of mine uses it daily now with no trouble. (Great for holsters, sheaths, belts and many other uses in stitching leather, they don't like nylon though, just my exp though.)

[cdthayer]

Thanks for bringing me up to speed on the model of my Landis. I did a search for the Landis 1 here, found Kate's post about hers, and then photos of hers on her site. I see what is broken off of my machine (tension bracket), and that makes mine probably just a parts machine. Now I know what the stand looks like too, if I ever see one. Hopefully, I'll find a new home for my Landis 1 before that happens though....

Thanks everyone!

CD in Oklahoma

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[Moore Leather]

Just posted a new sub-topic in the "Leather History" section - quite a lot of images of BUSM Co products from an old company catalogue.

I also have a couple of BUSM Co. No.6 Machine manuals, a 5th ed. & a 21st ed.

I have LOTS of manuals from other makers - will get around to scanning them as soon as I get time (Adamson, Adler, Dearborn, Pfaff, etc.) plus a Japanese text brochure for a wide range of makes/machines

Hope the BUSM Co. stuff I have put on is of interest/use