you certainly have a right to be curious but it seems i'm not the only one to find the way youve put your curiosity across as fairly.....erm....whatever....
in answer to your question.....i dont want an industrial sewing machine really....because i hand stitch the items i make that would otherwise require an industrial machine. customers are not really bothered whether a possibles pouch is hand stitched or not at a tenner but they are bothered if a 100quid sheath is....
most of my customers dont want to buy things made by machine....they want them hand-made.....in every way decently possible.
in the same way they want a hand carved spoon rather than one from ikea....or a hand-made knife rather than a gerber.....and so on....
also....most of us lot get into our hobbies deeply....i for instance have learned TONS about these wonderful machines because of the very fact i own lots of them....i'm constantly comparing and finding differences....swapping parts.....learning.....i've 14 201's and theyre all different....not only in design (colour, balance wheel, cases, decorative plates etc) but each one has its own character and behaves differently.....strange but true. because of my collection i'm now in a very comfortable position regarding spare parts.....and knowlege.
why collect loads of different stamps.....why collect loads of different guns......why collect loads of different anything?.....because thats what collectors do when they fall in love with something they feel is important.
but then i wouldve thought this was all obvious to a bushcrafter?....and if it isnt then as the man said, jog on.
regards
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So you mean I have no right to be curious?