My Excelsior that I bought as a floor model was manufactured in 2016. That was the first year for the Canadian king I believe, so I assume the Chinese ex was later than that
I love his patterns, have about 20 more in a row on my cut list. The laughing Jesus was one I asked him to do. It's a favorite pic of my pastors family. It's in the new patterns here in the villiage.
They live in Wisconsin and I live outside of Toronto. We talk on the phone alot but have never met. He has done some amazing patterns for me. Without the great designers out there, we would all be cutting jigsaw patterns