Straight to the point, clear descriptions and even gives tips? What is this, an awesome tutorial??? Thank you for sharing your knowledge, as a total beginner I appreciate it so so much ♡
This made me think I for the first time made an adult decision and when I thought about learning bookbinding at 2am, I saved this to watch over coffee in the morning. 2am is when the creative lightning strikes, sometimes you have to go with it.
From someone who is starting with crafting aswell, I really want to thank you for sharing your knowledge. Bookbinding is such an art that needs to be discovered by more artisans around the world. Thanks for creating this series and for keeping bookbinding in the radar!!
I would definitely add a cutting board to the list. Sure a simple table does the job, but I don't want to damage the one I have since I use it for other things. I use my cutting board to fold paper, cut paper, pierce the sewing holes, cut the leather, and pretty much every step where I want to work on my book on a clean surface. I even glue things on top of my cutting board so I can move the whole work by moving my board without manipulating the book directly and risking screwing up the glueing. It's also a flat surface so when I need to press something I can put it on the board, add a second flat board above it, and then add a lot of weights (I do not own a bookbinding press)
Very basic sewing kits sometimes come with thimbles, which aside from their intended use could also be used to push the needle in the cork. Something else that could be useful is simply something heavy to keep things flat, but I imagine that will be covered in the next video.
OH! So that's what the funny end bit is for on my knife. I mean...uh... oh, who am I kidding, I hadn't a clue. I'm not the sort of person who always remembers to read up on a tool, haha! The bone folder I have wasn't super expensive but I got it a really long time ago. It's really interesting to know you can make one from wood too - I honestly thought the bone material was a vital part of the function, though I couldn't have told why that would be. Really looking forward to this series!!! Thank you so much for taking some time to help out us beginners!
It's like you read my mind about what I would like to see next. I think this will be an amazing series, thank you for taking the time to make it and for sharing your skill.
So easy to listen to that I just know I'm going to watch the rest of the series. Thanks for providing creative DIY ideas for making our own tools. It's encouraging that I already have most of these items, since I use them in leathercraft.
extremely informative, thank you! i've hit a wall with finding the "ideal" journal for me, and think i'm gonna have to resort to book binding. i will most definitely be saving your playlist to refer back to as i learn!
Just found your channel and thought it was so cool but I couldn’t try it because of all the tools I’d need. Based on this, all I need to buy is a bottle of wine! (For drinking, I already have an awl)
Can you give us some good websites for where to buy tools from? Anything from basic tools to more advanced? Like a sewing frame? Press? The box that was in this video that held the papers when you punched the holes?
I'll be honest, I've never had a desire to get into bookbinding personally, even though you make it look really easy and enjoyable in your videos. -- *And yet* I watched this video from start to finish, because it just tickles the right part in my brain and lowers my blood pressure. As always, expertly put together. I absolutely adore your attention to detail, like exactly what to look for in a good utility knife - something anyone can make use of no matter if they bind books or not.
Thanks for the options that you have shown and how to make them if you are on a budget, I was thinking of buying my kit from Amazon but making most of them will give me a better appreciation of the end product. I am looking forward to the other chapters. Again Thank you for them.
Here’s how to make an awl. If you don’t have a cork Supplies: 1)needle ( a long one ) 2)tape 3)paper 4)decorative paper (optional) Steps: 1)Take the paper and fold it around the needle and tape it from the centre 2)make the top secure by the tape 3)make the bottom secure by taping it Optional step:glue or tape the decorative paper onto the awl CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE MADE AN AWL!!!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank You! Love Love Love. Well done video! You are a natural. Future Topics... 1) What tools would you buy NEW vs USED? For example, an older used cast iron nipping press is probably preferred over a NEW one, while something else you should buy brand new. Your insight would be valuable. Luckily I have some nice "leather crafting" tools to help get this newly discovered passion ignited. Example: Talas wants $100 for a cobbler hammer while you can get a "collector quality" one, vintage Sears and Roebuck, for less than $30 delivered. 2) If one was willing to invest in a few QUALITY tools, "which ones" and "in what order" would you invest the money. As we know, NICE tools can "dramatically increase" the pleasure of any craft - it is true in photography, oil painting, wood working, ... Quality tools also decrease the "frustration level" for certain tasks. What ORDER would you buy those nice tools that makes the craft more enjoyable? For example: Would buying a nice finishing press from a fine woodworker from UK be a great first "big dollar" tool to buy or a skiving knife from a blacksmith hand-forged in a small town from Ukraine or would it be something else? The art of building your QUALITY tool collection. :) Tip: Sand the logo off the marker. Works like a charm. Cheap Awl: Ice pick from dollar store. Check out the "dissecting needles" on ebay. P.S. Your tools are super sharp. I'd love to discover HOW you sharpen your tools, as a future video.
Thank you for making this video. I love how you not only explain consequences, but include footage to show what that looks like. I really appreciate how you’ve included DIY options and shared how to make them. I’ll be making a trip to my local paint store!
Since you all are watching a bookbinding tutorial, may I also suggest reading the Bibliophile Mystery series by Kate Carlisle? The audio version of these books, narrated by Susie Berneis is also a very pleasant way to devour her works. Also, Dennis, FANTASTIC tutorial series!!! Thank you for your clear, descriptive, and demonstrated instructions. And thank you for the helpful hints you provided about each of the tools! 👏
I was using a corkboard tack to pierce my signatures. I only recently decided to get myself a carpenters awl. I have been using and old mousemat to place under my paper to protect my table. I was thinking of making myself a DIY cradle first but I decided an awl was the better first choice. 😊
@@3Artive No worries. It's one of the many reasons I come and watch these videos, and read the comments. Some one will always have thought of something that I hadn't. It's great. 😊
I recently found this channel by accident and am absolutely mesmerized by what I see here! Everything is wonderfully explained and shown exactly, for which I am very grateful! I have also found that watching the videos calms me down incredibly without getting tired. It's almost like ASMR! Thank you very much for these videos! I'm looking forward to the other films! Best regards from Germany!
Because I am a paper crafter I have most of the tools you have shown with the addition of needles and waxed thread. I have problems cutting away the excess paper evenly. I am new to book binding but get in a knot so to speak actually sewing the pages together. Thank you for this excellent informative video I look forward to watching your next one.
Hi! I'm a huge fan of the cannel and have been wanting to try this!! This is an awesome video! I'm in the military and overseas and I wanted to make a book for my girl back home with entries written in it about the things I did and times I was thinkingbof her during my time away from home! There are currently 1000 days until I come home and wanted to make something about how I spent each one! I'd love suggestions from the community on supplies for a beginner and tips on where to get things if I'm overseas, (okinawa)
I've done bookbinding in elementary school..totally different..but it turned put horrible..and it was basically just glue....im now pushing 80 and wanting to make junk journals...who knew
Only thing I'd add is a thimble or pliers for pushing thru stubborn materials. Some folks can't be having with them tho, which is cool but I find one handy to have around
Great suggestion! Personally I've never found a thimble that fits my fingers, but I can see the use of one. Usually I'll use my folder to push a stubborn needle instead.
such a flex to make a quick video about basic tools and, from a hardware store paint stirrer, put together a beautiful folder that could easily go on Etsy. Great stuff.
All I want to do is to be able to make myself my own sketchbooks…in coming across your channel I believe that I have found the information I need…but oh, it makes me want to take up bookbinding as a hobby but I have too many hobbies as is 😂. I’m looking forward to seeing more of these videos. Thank-you for your clear instructions and for making these videos. 64 and still learning… 😊
This is such a great video! Thank you so much! I'm working on binding some greeting cards from a lifetime of collecting them and was following a written tutorial but this has made a huge difference! You're amazing, Dennis! ♥
This is such an amazing video!! I've been trying to find a decent watercolor notebook so I decided to find a tut, I'm glad I encountered your channel!! (人 •͈ᴗ•͈)
Such a beautiful and inviting craft! You sure have a great way of teaching.. Just recently found you through my son and watched several of your videos. Your Dune and Dungeons and Dragons videos are truly amazing pieces of works!! I have made a couple of beginner watercolour sketchbooks a few years back.. It's one of of a few things I would like to delve more in to. I am a bit of a sewer and use a cutting mat with plastic rulers and cutting wheel.. but, was wondering where to buy your ruler @ 3:21. please. :) Thanks, Paula.
I did my bachelor thesis in history on the rituals and practices of the printing trades and how these helped shape the culture of print-workers. One thing I learned about was initiatory practices - mostly in the printing and composition workers, but one interesting ritual of the bookbinders called "kissing the bookbinder's daughter" always stuck with me. This involved submersing the newly fledged journeyman bookbinder into a vat or box of paper trimmings after slathering them with glue - this would create a faux 'beard' of wood/paper shavings. I probably missed something in the translation though.
What a breathe of fresh air. Thank you for this informative tutorial , in which you didnt spend the majority talking about your cats digestive issues. Subscribed!
I use Saddler's Harness Needles, in sizes 0/1 & 004. They are for all intents the exact same as rounded off needles made for book binding, but cheeper from what I've seen. Personally I use gov't 3 cord and gov't 8 cord is what the 0/1 size is for.
Is that black folder ebony? Kind of breaks the too hard rule but easy enough to work with sandpaper. Do you buy your bone folders or make them yourself? Would be fun to try working with bone.
I've made all my own bone and wooden folders, and yes, the black one is ebony. My comment about wood hardness was more in regard to easy of carving with basic hand tools. Harder woods can most certainly be used as folders, if you've the tools and skills to make them.
@@FourKeysBookArts I'm super curious now to see how bone works with tools. I apologize for going outside the scope of the video, I was more thinking out loud, mulling over the easiest way to work ebony without tools. The folder looks very useful even outside of bookmaking. This would be helpful at my work where I repair cabinetry, it would be good for getting into tight corners and burnishing some fray or laying down a split piece of wood while gluing. Thank-you for sharing so much knowledge, I've been wanting to make books for years, and have made some, but not nearly as nice.
3:30 Be careful with a steel ruler though, use a flat one. If you use a triangular one, and it gets dropped, it might dent and then you have to replace it. Otherwise it can tear the paper. (Ask me how I found this out.) -Architecture Student.
I’m trying to learn how to bind a book and by far your channel is everything I need! Great video, very informative (everything I need to know about bookbinding) and I love the humor too! ❤
Questions about cutting text block. In some of your videos I’ve seen you use what looks like a wood chisel to trim the ends of your text block…kind of like a plough. Is this in fact a wood chisel?
I wish my comment gets to you! I have a few questions to ask. What's the approximate minimum of wood thickness needed in order to make a folder? And is a wood folder better than a real bone or those that are usually made out of plastic? Teflone is a very expensive choice but it seems like a nice investment. Other than that, I wish you make a full video about all the tools you have for bookbinding! That is if you haven't yet done one.
Can you please show us exactly how you bind a more “complex” book against linnen ribbon (thick cord) like the medieval book and all the knots that go with it and where to make the knots front or back ?
I have an old copy of Frankenstein with art by Bernie Wrightesen art that is falling apart. I may attempt to rebind it someday with your videos as a guide.
What brand of ruler do you use with the ingrained ticks and where the measurement starts at the very edge of the ruler? Additionally, does this brand also sell where it doesn't start at the end of the ruler? I ask the second question as well, since I do have a need such a ruler for different crafts I do as well.
Bonjour, Merci pour ce partage de connaissance sur les différents outils. J'ai découvert votre chaîne il y a peu et je la trouve très intéressante. Merci infiniment. Belle journée, à bientôt
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I don't need another hobby I don't need another hobby I don't need another hobby I don't need another hobby I don't need another hobby ... XD
I feel you, dear. 😂
Repeat after me, says my hubby…”No more hobbies!”
The ad is still playing, the video hasn’t started yet and I’m already wondering how much it will cost to start a new hobby 😂
You need another hobby 😊 your welcome 😂
😂😂😂😂😂❤
You know the tutorial is good when there are diy options instead of a bunch of plastic-store-bought utilities
Straight to the point, clear descriptions and even gives tips? What is this, an awesome tutorial???
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, as a total beginner I appreciate it so so much ♡
Awesome tutorials? In this day and age?!
Can't have that, can we? XD
@@talscorner3696 in this economy?? Nah I don't think we can 🤣
I've always thought that of all common tools, the 'Bone Folder' is one that sounds the most horrifying if you don't know what it does.
It folds the bone! As hand cranck cranks the hand
I dont understand myself. 1-2am and i watching book binding wtf
Creativity is actually your prime past time, indulge! Give less energy to other's happiness and more to your own😊
This made me think I for the first time made an adult decision and when I thought about learning bookbinding at 2am, I saved this to watch over coffee in the morning. 2am is when the creative lightning strikes, sometimes you have to go with it.
3am after a girls night lol
Another alternative for an awl: a dart from a darts set. You can leave the flights off, though.
Ohh I like that one! Now I need a dart board in the bindery!
The best tutorial or guide ever. to the point, no distracting music. precise explanation. A million thanks, Dennis.
From someone who is starting with crafting aswell, I really want to thank you for sharing your knowledge. Bookbinding is such an art that needs to be discovered by more artisans around the world. Thanks for creating this series and for keeping bookbinding in the radar!!
We agree with you.
It is a art to all.
@@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 Indeed it is pal. Have a great weekend c:
I would definitely add a cutting board to the list. Sure a simple table does the job, but I don't want to damage the one I have since I use it for other things.
I use my cutting board to fold paper, cut paper, pierce the sewing holes, cut the leather, and pretty much every step where I want to work on my book on a clean surface.
I even glue things on top of my cutting board so I can move the whole work by moving my board without manipulating the book directly and risking screwing up the glueing.
It's also a flat surface so when I need to press something I can put it on the board, add a second flat board above it, and then add a lot of weights (I do not own a bookbinding press)
My thoughts exactly
Good idea, i have a few cutting boards just for art stuff.
Very basic sewing kits sometimes come with thimbles, which aside from their intended use could also be used to push the needle in the cork.
Something else that could be useful is simply something heavy to keep things flat, but I imagine that will be covered in the next video.
I'm only here because I want a physical copy of Manacled 🤣
LMAO I JUST CAME HERE FOR THAT TOO
OH! So that's what the funny end bit is for on my knife.
I mean...uh... oh, who am I kidding, I hadn't a clue. I'm not the sort of person who always remembers to read up on a tool, haha!
The bone folder I have wasn't super expensive but I got it a really long time ago. It's really interesting to know you can make one from wood too - I honestly thought the bone material was a vital part of the function, though I couldn't have told why that would be. Really looking forward to this series!!! Thank you so much for taking some time to help out us beginners!
It's like you read my mind about what I would like to see next.
I think this will be an amazing series, thank you for taking the time to make it and for sharing your skill.
So easy to listen to that I just know I'm going to watch the rest of the series. Thanks for providing creative DIY ideas for making our own tools. It's encouraging that I already have most of these items, since I use them in leathercraft.
Thank you for such a clear explanation of basic tools - and that skilled making of the wooden bone folder. Everything you do is satisfying to watch!
extremely informative, thank you! i've hit a wall with finding the "ideal" journal for me, and think i'm gonna have to resort to book binding. i will most definitely be saving your playlist to refer back to as i learn!
Just found your channel and thought it was so cool but I couldn’t try it because of all the tools I’d need. Based on this, all I need to buy is a bottle of wine! (For drinking, I already have an awl)
Can you give us some good websites for where to buy tools from? Anything from basic tools to more advanced? Like a sewing frame? Press? The box that was in this video that held the papers when you punched the holes?
I'll be honest, I've never had a desire to get into bookbinding personally, even though you make it look really easy and enjoyable in your videos. -- *And yet* I watched this video from start to finish, because it just tickles the right part in my brain and lowers my blood pressure. As always, expertly put together. I absolutely adore your attention to detail, like exactly what to look for in a good utility knife - something anyone can make use of no matter if they bind books or not.
Thanks for the options that you have shown and how to make them if you are on a budget, I was thinking of buying my kit from Amazon but making most of them will give me a better appreciation of the end product. I am looking forward to the other chapters. Again Thank you for them.
Here’s how to make an awl. If you don’t have a cork
Supplies:
1)needle ( a long one )
2)tape
3)paper
4)decorative paper (optional)
Steps:
1)Take the paper and fold it around the needle and tape it from the centre
2)make the top secure by the tape
3)make the bottom secure by taping it
Optional step:glue or tape the decorative paper onto the awl
CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE MADE AN AWL!!!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you! Can you recommend a nice paper that is affordable? Something a little better than printer paper?
It is by no means essential but I'd say one tool I can't live without is a micro spatula.
Thank You! Love Love Love. Well done video! You are a natural.
Future Topics...
1) What tools would you buy NEW vs USED? For example, an older used cast iron nipping press is probably preferred over a NEW one, while something else you should buy brand new. Your insight would be valuable. Luckily I have some nice "leather crafting" tools to help get this newly discovered passion ignited. Example: Talas wants $100 for a cobbler hammer while you can get a "collector quality" one, vintage Sears and Roebuck, for less than $30 delivered.
2) If one was willing to invest in a few QUALITY tools, "which ones" and "in what order" would you invest the money. As we know, NICE tools can "dramatically increase" the pleasure of any craft - it is true in photography, oil painting, wood working, ... Quality tools also decrease the "frustration level" for certain tasks. What ORDER would you buy those nice tools that makes the craft more enjoyable? For example: Would buying a nice finishing press from a fine woodworker from UK be a great first "big dollar" tool to buy or a skiving knife from a blacksmith hand-forged in a small town from Ukraine or would it be something else? The art of building your QUALITY tool collection. :)
Tip: Sand the logo off the marker. Works like a charm.
Cheap Awl: Ice pick from dollar store. Check out the "dissecting needles" on ebay.
P.S. Your tools are super sharp. I'd love to discover HOW you sharpen your tools, as a future video.
Beautiful video, i like the handmade "bone folder" idea! Can't wait for the next one!
Lovely cat by the way!
Awesome video! I’ve always wanted to get into this hobby but it’s always seemed very intimidating.
I think the same.
Must gave secrets too.
This was the most relaxing craft tutorial I’ve ever seen! following this series because I’ve been wanting to get into book binding :)
Thank you for making this video. I love how you not only explain consequences, but include footage to show what that looks like. I really appreciate how you’ve included DIY options and shared how to make them. I’ll be making a trip to my local paint store!
There is even a cute cat in the tutorial, what a perfect video ! 😻
Thanks a lot for sharing your very valuable experience !
Since you all are watching a bookbinding tutorial, may I also suggest reading the Bibliophile Mystery series by Kate Carlisle? The audio version of these books, narrated by Susie Berneis is also a very pleasant way to devour her works.
Also, Dennis, FANTASTIC tutorial series!!! Thank you for your clear, descriptive, and demonstrated instructions. And thank you for the helpful hints you provided about each of the tools! 👏
I was using a corkboard tack to pierce my signatures. I only recently decided to get myself a carpenters awl. I have been using and old mousemat to place under my paper to protect my table.
I was thinking of making myself a DIY cradle first but I decided an awl was the better first choice. 😊
Mousepad!!! Yes! Why didn’t I think of that!? 🙄 Thank you! 🙏
@@3Artive No worries. It's one of the many reasons I come and watch these videos, and read the comments. Some one will always have thought of something that I hadn't. It's great. 😊
For a long time I didn’t start book binding because of the elebaorate tools used
Thank you!!
I recently found this channel by accident and am absolutely mesmerized by what I see here! Everything is wonderfully explained and shown exactly, for which I am very grateful! I have also found that watching the videos calms me down incredibly without getting tired. It's almost like ASMR! Thank you very much for these videos! I'm looking forward to the other films! Best regards from Germany!
Because I am a paper crafter I have most of the tools you have shown with the addition of needles and waxed thread.
I have problems cutting away the excess paper evenly. I am new to book binding but get in a knot so to speak actually sewing the pages together. Thank you for this excellent informative video I look forward to watching your next one.
You can use a small file (but not for nails because sometimes the color bleeds through).
Love the deserted island footage. LOL Can't wait to learn more about bookbinding!
Yes. You can.
Bookbinding is wonderful.
I've watched your videos before but for some reason I haven't subscribed yet. just fixed that problem and subscribed 👍
Awesome, thank you!
Thank you for the cat tax. Great first video for the series
How awesome. Such a great work 👍👍
Hi! I'm a huge fan of the cannel and have been wanting to try this!! This is an awesome video! I'm in the military and overseas and I wanted to make a book for my girl back home with entries written in it about the things I did and times I was thinkingbof her during my time away from home! There are currently 1000 days until I come home and wanted to make something about how I spent each one! I'd love suggestions from the community on supplies for a beginner and tips on where to get things if I'm overseas, (okinawa)
I found a bible, over 200 years old, all is in tack except for the cover. I'd like to have it leather bound, any ideas?
free palestine
This is exactly what I've been looking for! I'll enjoy watching the rest of these.👍
great video! many thanks!
Excellent, informative and concise. Bravo!
This video is everything I've ever wished for. Thank you so much!!!
I've done bookbinding in elementary school..totally different..but it turned put horrible..and it was basically just glue....im now pushing 80 and wanting to make junk journals...who knew
Hey, Dennis & Cat!
Thanks for an awesome beginner video! I can't wait to learn more, this is terrific.🧙🔥🙌
Thanks Denis! Looking forward to the next ones so I can get started!
Only thing I'd add is a thimble or pliers for pushing thru stubborn materials. Some folks can't be having with them tho, which is cool but I find one handy to have around
Great suggestion! Personally I've never found a thimble that fits my fingers, but I can see the use of one. Usually I'll use my folder to push a stubborn needle instead.
Another option is to make a leather thimble from some scraps. I'm planning on having a go at wet moulding one later.
such a flex to make a quick video about basic tools and, from a hardware store paint stirrer, put together a beautiful folder that could easily go on Etsy. Great stuff.
All I want to do is to be able to make myself my own sketchbooks…in coming across your channel I believe that I have found the information I need…but oh, it makes me want to take up bookbinding as a hobby but I have too many hobbies as is 😂. I’m looking forward to seeing more of these videos. Thank-you for your clear instructions and for making these videos. 64 and still learning… 😊
This is such a great video! Thank you so much! I'm working on binding some greeting cards from a lifetime of collecting them and was following a written tutorial but this has made a huge difference! You're amazing, Dennis! ♥
Love the feline observer at the end! 😊
Your videos are amazing, so happy to have found you in the beginning of my bookbinding journey! Thanks for all of your hard work and knowledge.
Great start of a series and I am looking very forward about the next episodes!
The 🌎 👍 your channel.
We ❤ books (in paper). Old or new ones.
Nice gold ring.
Thank you so much for sharing.
This is such an amazing video!! I've been trying to find a decent watercolor notebook so I decided to find a tut, I'm glad I encountered your channel!! (人 •͈ᴗ•͈)
I need this in my life
Hope you keep going with this series! I’ve subscribed!
I herd thread type is important too in book binding, like you can't just use any regular thread. Can you clarify?
Folders are extremely cheap and can be bought at Buckleguy or Rocky Mountain Leather Supply. Used the same one for three years that I got for $5
Plastic cutting board from kitchen might be good alternative for makin folder?
Such a beautiful and inviting craft!
You sure have a great way of teaching..
Just recently found you through my son and watched several of your videos. Your Dune and Dungeons and Dragons videos are truly amazing pieces of works!! I have made a couple of beginner watercolour sketchbooks a few years back.. It's one of of a few things I would like to delve more in to.
I am a bit of a sewer and use a cutting mat with plastic rulers and cutting wheel.. but, was wondering where to buy your ruler @ 3:21. please. :)
Thanks, Paula.
WOW. amazing job!
Thank you very much Dennis. Watching you work is very therapeutic. I actually fixed the spine of my work diary thanks to you and your videos.
Que casualidad, te he visto trabajar con mis herramientas, desde las agujas, lesnas, plegador y sepillo para madera con los mismos accidentes
I did my bachelor thesis in history on the rituals and practices of the printing trades and how these helped shape the culture of print-workers. One thing I learned about was initiatory practices - mostly in the printing and composition workers, but one interesting ritual of the bookbinders called "kissing the bookbinder's daughter" always stuck with me. This involved submersing the newly fledged journeyman bookbinder into a vat or box of paper trimmings after slathering them with glue - this would create a faux 'beard' of wood/paper shavings. I probably missed something in the translation though.
I wanna make books for my DnD campaigns, I think it would make the world more immersive and fun
Wth? Just those 5 tools. This is awesome news to me. Solutions on the wide. Ty Guardian Angel Team🙌🏽
What a breathe of fresh air. Thank you for this informative tutorial , in which you didnt spend the majority talking about your cats digestive issues. Subscribed!
I use Saddler's Harness Needles, in sizes 0/1 & 004. They are for all intents the exact same as rounded off needles made for book binding, but cheeper from what I've seen. Personally I use gov't 3 cord and gov't 8 cord is what the 0/1 size is for.
Is that black folder ebony? Kind of breaks the too hard rule but easy enough to work with sandpaper. Do you buy your bone folders or make them yourself? Would be fun to try working with bone.
I've made all my own bone and wooden folders, and yes, the black one is ebony. My comment about wood hardness was more in regard to easy of carving with basic hand tools. Harder woods can most certainly be used as folders, if you've the tools and skills to make them.
@@FourKeysBookArts I'm super curious now to see how bone works with tools.
I apologize for going outside the scope of the video, I was more thinking out loud, mulling over the easiest way to work ebony without tools.
The folder looks very useful even outside of bookmaking.
This would be helpful at my work where I repair cabinetry, it would be good for getting into tight corners and burnishing some fray or laying down a split piece of wood while gluing.
Thank-you for sharing so much knowledge, I've been wanting to make books for years, and have made some, but not nearly as nice.
3:30
Be careful with a steel ruler though, use a flat one. If you use a triangular one, and it gets dropped, it might dent and then you have to replace it. Otherwise it can tear the paper. (Ask me how I found this out.)
-Architecture Student.
This is very interesting
I don't need a new hobby... but does it really count if I'm just tidying up my existing knitting patterns into booklets...
watching this because the closest store in my country that has a vampire lestat book in english is about 50k kilometers away
I tag you're you tube channel in on Adam Savages test channel. He did a book and was looking for info. Hope everything is well with you.
I’m trying to learn how to bind a book and by far your channel is everything I need! Great video, very informative (everything I need to know about bookbinding) and I love the humor too! ❤
The first time I watched this video I heard "olm" instead of "awl" and I was like "aren't those the blind salamanders that live in caves???"
Only thing that comes to mind is adequate space for your endeavors.
Your woodworking advice is spot on. Is it part of bookbinding or an unrelated skill?
SPLENDID MAESTRO THANKS FOR THE INSTRUCTION APPRECIATED
This is fascinating! I have a bunch of art supplies and scraps, so I'll give this a try.
Questions about cutting text block. In some of your videos I’ve seen you use what looks like a wood chisel to trim the ends of your text block…kind of like a plough. Is this in fact a wood chisel?
I wish my comment gets to you! I have a few questions to ask.
What's the approximate minimum of wood thickness needed in order to make a folder? And is a wood folder better than a real bone or those that are usually made out of plastic? Teflone is a very expensive choice but it seems like a nice investment.
Other than that, I wish you make a full video about all the tools you have for bookbinding! That is if you haven't yet done one.
Do you suggest any specific vendors to purchase tools from?
This is the perfect video series. Thank you Dennis.
Can you please show us exactly how you bind a more “complex” book against linnen ribbon (thick cord) like the medieval book and all the knots that go with it and where to make the knots front or back ?
I'm looking forward to the next video about making this little notebook! :D
I made my own book it’s called Julie’s story 😊
Dennis will you make me a Skyrim one I don't care what it costs I'll buy it 🐦🙏❤so much love
I have an old copy of Frankenstein with art by Bernie Wrightesen art that is falling apart. I may attempt to rebind it someday with your videos as a guide.
What brand of ruler do you use with the ingrained ticks and where the measurement starts at the very edge of the ruler?
Additionally, does this brand also sell where it doesn't start at the end of the ruler?
I ask the second question as well, since I do have a need such a ruler for different crafts I do as well.
If I have woodworking tools can I use hardwoods for the folder or is there any problem working with hardwood folders?
Hello, could you make a video with alternative materials? I am searching for it cause i dont want leather
I'm curious about alternatives for a plough. I've been looking but they are so pricey and u can't seem to get a smooth cut on my book ends.
Bonjour,
Merci pour ce partage de connaissance sur les différents outils.
J'ai découvert votre chaîne il y a peu et je la trouve très intéressante.
Merci infiniment.
Belle journée, à bientôt
Wonderful!!!
Wait, you can snap those blades when they get dull? 😮
I think another essential is a cutting mat. Not just for cutting but folding etc