@@justbecause9049 And they could add in their own creativity! Because it's not mass produced, each copy is made with an imperfection, it leaves a unique print of the artist. Not this mass production bullshit. These people would probably pay 2x more for an iPhone made using the 2002 production method or whatever.
Lead doesn't just directly absorb into skin like that though. He had proper PPE when he was handling the molten lead though, and i'm sure he isn't sniffing or eating lead bits so he'll be far more fine that the people who trusted the water in Flint michigan lmao.
@@ogspermcell i mean didn't the guy who poked a whole in the ozone layer through fridge fune also poisoned every sea creatures with lead making humanity less smart over all?
@@04cassiusphanthanhbinhjakedawg I’m pretty sure there was a point when like most of the earth had lead poisoning because it was so widespread and in our gasoline
Ephesians 6:10-18 says, Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. The bible is no old book. You have to really let Christ open your eyes; to see the world in shambles. Many people say it's a religion to lock up people in chains, and say it's a rule book.. why? Because people hate hearing the truth, it hurts their flesh, it's hurts their pride, it's exposes on what things have they done..people love this world so much, s*x, money, power, women, supercars.. things of this world. Still trying to find something that can fill that emptiness in your heart. You can't find that in this world.. only in Christ, the bible is no chains, it's a chainbreaker. Breaking your sins into pieces... Repent now, and turn back to the true Lord only.. God bless. 😊😊😊
@@spider_png lead poisoning will kill anyone... They only talk about women and children because of fish... I'm pretty sure anyone who has excessive exposure to lead is risking death
Found book in my late Dad's library which had 17 illustrations done as steel engravings: you could actually FEEL the raised lines created by the steel print. Not a $10k book ($400 only), but I can see how being able to see & feel the craftsmanship in a book really does add something special.
It does. It's truly a dying art form. Printing in general is dying at a quick pace sadly. It was a culmination of a number of things (I. e. The Internet, digital photography, etc) that has all but made extinct a once booming and thriving industry.
There's a lot to be said about craftsmanship, but it's an outdated process. I can't see the novelty or feel making the price worth it, when paperback books exist
I worked in a print shop like this for years. We set type using a Monotype caster that reads a punched paper tape. Then the type was printed on either a Washington handpress, a Vandercook proof press or a Heidelberg cylinder press. Sometimes we set type by hand using a type stick. We sent the printed sheets to a hand binder to be bound and often boxed. These books are bought by individual and institutional collectors who appreciate the hand work that goes into them. These books are considered art objects. Asking why they cost so much is like asking why a painting costs so much.
The only reason its so expensive is because they only sell a few and handbind them. In a manufacture setting these will be MUCH cheaper. This process was an innovation and replaced handwriting books, and is the only reason books are available today as it made it accessible enough for reading to become common.
@@melody3741and soon we'll have the new slave run printers the great AI. That will in turn enslave us in its programing and thus the singularity is made. A book bound into time.
@@taewchung5074 Have you ever made something an idol, used God’s name as a cuss word, dishonor your parents, murder (God views hate as murder), lusting, stealing, lying, wanting something another has that isn’t rightfully yours? Doing so we violating the law, which is sin, and because of sin there is a punishment…If a serial killer like Ted Bundy tells a judge of all the good things he’s done for society do you think the judge would let the serial killer off free? The same is with us; we’ve committed such crimes against God that we are separated from God forever; we are punished by suffering Hell for eternity, a place with no hope for us. But God loves us so much and with all his heart that he gave his only Son, Jesus Christ, to this cursed world to be crucified on the cross. (John 3:16-17) Now anyone who accepts Jesus Christ, God’s Son, as their Lord and Savior and believes he rose from the dead the third day will be saved from eternal damnation in Hell and live in Heaven in paradise with him forever. Many will choose to follow Satan, whether it be because they think they won’t succeed otherwise or won’t have any joy or friendships, but he will soon reveal himself as a murderer and a liar as he was since the beginning and he will curse all his followers as he cursed God and all of Satan’s followers will be cased into ever burning Hell. Don’t believe this lie I too believed in! Our God is a loving God full of compassion, yet he is a righteous God with righteous judgment. (Matthew 13:41-42)
It is like a rare painting. That’s what makes it so valuable. It’s not just the book. It’s the fact there was many many hours put into making the final product. Like a Picasso. So I think we can appreciate the fact that there’s very few things that are made that kind of way nowadays. It seems as though everything nowadays is mass produced. Kind of refreshing to see people still using the old ways to do things.
@@Dwitiya_Nasti_OMthis was how books were made back in the day. Was it a waste of time then? Was it a waste of time for Steve Jobs and the research team at Apple to invent the phone you’re probably holding right now
@@russiancommy as opposed to having to write every copy by hand? Yes it was. The process takes longer to start producing, but a lot of copies can be made with it.
I literally printed a book on my cheap $49 Brother printer and made the cover out off bass wood and fine mesh fabric. Total cost $67.99 I ran out of printer ink, so I included the $64.99 to the $3 bucks it actually costs. I put a price tag on it for $8,555. I had two book experts explaining how exquisite and masterful it was. 🤭
@hoshi64 I actually had a guy come up to me, and he accused me of forgery in front of everyone. The funny thing is, he came up to me at the end and offered me $1,500. Wth! My karma is bad enough, so I didn't take his money. I lied and told him a college offered me $9,000 and other perks for it. I just did it as an experiment of my talents. I don't think I'd do too well in prison.
If it was an English Monk who dedicated his life to hand-making beautiful, leatherbound books with handwritten calligraphy I'd think that was cool af too. But this is just using a worse machine to do the same job. It's not so much artistry as it is just extra steps. All just a matter of opinion though.
@@hooliganbubsy7298 Why does it matter who does it? I'm sure there are people who appreciate the art of making books like this...and that's this kind of place exists.
So true. You watch japanese do the simplest thing like even some simple street food its all "these master artisan have been doing this for 30 years" and its few guys just smacking stuff making funny noises
@@hooliganbubsy7298how do u know it’s not about the artistry. I doubt they’re going through all the risks and challenges just cuz. It is very much likely cuz of the artistry of it - as the video says it’s a work of art.
@@earthdyradthe reason is supply and demand, that is why these books are expensive and take soo long is how its made and the time with effort it took to make it. Because of todays innovations on printing, books have become much cheaper, and heck one day in the future books may become even a rarity wince everything is online without needing physical paper. Thus making it this way, selling it, and becoming an owner of this type of book is much more of an honor and prestige mark than the selling of multitudes of reprinted books. Also, in an era of history, this method you might turn up your nose at, was THE way to print multitude more books in a shorter period of time, which writing by hand to make books became the second fastest.
@stavtri987 ehh, actually, writing books by hand was actually the earliest method for books and will always be much more respected than this. However I know one day there will be barely anyone reading physical books which is sad to think about considering the history. I know I will always gladly read a physical book, but if I ever bought a book made using this print method I'd be too scared to mess it up and never open it, so I feel like this type of book making is a bit pointless since now the books will be super fragile.
@@earthdyrad Commenting on the first portion, let me clarify as there seems to have been a miscommunication. Cuneiform was technically the earliest, since stone tablets were books for that period of time. But, yes indeed writing books is an early method, and can be respected as a conservation of history and thought (such as writings of Galileo, Da Vinci, and others that wrote their work down for preserving their thoughts). However, in terms of proliferation, the innovation of the printing press further helped to expand the progress of thought and learning to the masses, which back then the only way to disseminate news and information was word of mouth (which we all know what happens when we play telephone) or by someone who owns a written copy of a book (which could have been 1 of 50 or even 5 copies written by the author and those that made it their job to copy those books, which then they could tamper if their heart so wished). In addition, without the printing press, we would not have what we enjoy today, as the printing press gave way to type writers which gave way to keyboards and other technology that helped disseminate information we have now. It is fine to let those that wish to buy such things buy such things, it is on their wallet and choice, and I don't mock you for not wanting to buy such things, as you perceive it as a type of waste, better to use on things that can improve your life and other choices. I just want to give you the opportunity to learn that the "eye sore" you see was such an important invention and that at the least, please, give it an honor that it deserves, as it did change human history in a way, like that of fire and the wheel. Writing is important, I understand, but so can the ways that writing can be spread, so that a conversation can still be had hundreds of years apart from another.
@@earthdyrad mate there's a reason why the invention of the printing press was so revolutionary. yeah, a traditionally written book by hand is maybe cooler but thats just one book, its gonna be expensive and it probably has mutliple font changes due to different scribes being employed. A printing press can produce the same book in higher quantity in a rapid pace. There is a good reason why many attribute the rise of the enlightenment and the spread of knowledge to these bad boys. I mean.... also... where tf do you buy books written by hand nowadays?
@@StinkyPoopyMcFartFace Just because you aren't into something and can't afford it, doesn't mean others aren't or can't. You must not be familiar with collectors either.
Yes I worked in lead type wood block lithographic dark room and final print on heidelberg solna and other press machines. Pay was terrible but I really enjoyed it as I could see my work from design on the drawing board to final print of poster or text. Also “Compugraphic” was entering the trade than. Single line text floating across a small matrix window. No big pc screens like today. It all had to be done with lots of manual work Pasteup Proof reading etc. no auto correct
I hear you on that. To me there is nothing better than the smell of a library. The library is losing that smell as the books are made different now. Most books are new now and the libraries are losing the smell. It was so wonderful walking into a library many years ago. I am missing that smell as it is so very faint. I need to go a library that carries many old books to enjoy that fragrance again. I live in Arizona perhaps I may have to go East.
I did as well in the 1960s, and I thought it would be my life's employment. My best friend and I were tasked with printing everything for our school, the school newspaper, programs for concerts, and tickets for events. I tried to continue in this field, when Off-Set lithography was invented, and setting type was phased out.
I handbind bind paper into notebooks as gifts for my friends' birthdays. I found that spelling their initials in the spine makes for a lovely reaction on their part❤
I toured that place on a school trip. Their books truly are works of art, often including exclusive artwork and neat features. When I was there a book about a shipwreck was on display, which came in a box made from wood taken from the wrecked ship. I also got to hold some unbound pages for a version of Moby Dick that had a hidden watermark of the white whale, that could only be seen when holding a page up to a light. One day if I have the extra money I hope to buy their version of Frankenstein, which has amazing artwork that they had to make the printing press blocks for.
Everyone has sinned and we all fall short of God’s moral standard. And so the payment for our sins is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. So declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, and you will be saved.
Don’t get me wrong, I love that there are people out there so committed to preserving these techniques of making art…but also there’s a reason we don’t do it like this anymore, and the cost says it all. I want for us to find ways to make our mass-produced books more sturdy and beautiful
I think a problem is that these books do not seem to be mass-produced. If they sold even just 5000 copies at $20 a copy, they would make $100,000 off that book. That can pay the printer and the author. If it was a successful book, then it should pay for itself. But the demand is probably not there. If they’re selling them for $10,000 you could imagine not that many are being sold. If they struck a deal with a popular author to be the exclusive publisher of a book, they could probably generate enough demand to sell the books for a reasonable price. It sounds like they are going the novelty/art route, and are not targeting the same market that normal book publishers target. That’s fair given that other publishers may have a competitive advantage with their margins, but it’s probably not something that will prolong the craft.
@@nickpatella1525Yeah, the single or linited production really limits the point of a printer in the first place. If they make very few copies and sell very few, then the time it takes to make and arrange all the letters for printing is less valuable.
Totally agreed. Just because something is mass produced, doesn’t mean it can’t be artistic and well made. If a company only uses the cheapest processes or pays workers as low as possible, something is being missed.
I mean we've already lost a lot of the ancient books. The library of Alexandria alone is said to have lost a fraction of humanities culture in that one fire
@@THE_MOONMAN and now imagine the knowledge that went only from mouth to ear for centuries only to be forgotten. Or the many millions of texts which were discarded or written on material that simply withered away. The printing press is such a crazy invention. I mean here it looks tedious but comparing it to having to employ a thousand scribes who all have their own handwriting ... oof!
My grandmother worked putting letters in the print set. Tedious work. She had OCD it was the perfect job for her. The company also made colored prints on silk that were just beautiful.❤
This used to be how Gutenberg MASS PRODUCED books so that they'd be accessible to regular people, and now we have hipsters who want $10k for a single book? That's overvalued.
@@shell6467 Yeah, I'm aware of that. I've done some booking making in the past, of course only on a 'hobby level'; very time consuming. Modern machinery can do it faster of course.
We must never lose, or forget this technology of how to make a book. No matter how digital our world gets. The old-time tested technologies should never go away just more appreciated.
And then theres a printer lol But lead type printing is very cool indeed, just inaccessible to most people. I'm particularly fond of the style the old 62-2 Chinese Lead Song type brings with all of its imperfections and old character forms. Even if traditional printing is inaccessible actually sewing and binding the books can be done fairly well without too much in terms of equipment, and its very fun to do
Yup. Its fine to do it as a hobby, but as a business, come on. But then again there ARE people with money to burn who would buy this just because they can. So long as those people exist, these people will stay in business lol
@@Ace_of_Hornsif it's only one place I say keep it, it doesn't hurt progress and it is a practical reminder of how this itself used to be the most advanced way to write books. Just reading about it a history book doesn't do it justice.
This is no different than any other "expensive luxury product"... people just buy it because its handmade and feels exlusive so they can show off... just like a sports car
While studying for a degree in computer science I took all there was to learn about printmaking bookbinding and letterpress simultaneously and I don’t regret it. I loved binding books as a way to break away from a computer screen
I agree, Even with today technology it's still a lot of process! From the idea, the design, you need to choose type of papers, type of ink, way of binding, check first results... It's really is a lot ^^
why is that impressive though ? we can do better in 1/100th the time. it's like praising someone to teach a monkey to write and cause it's a monkey we throw away 50% of drafts because it messes up but that 1 monkey written book is special so we can ask 100.00 euro for it. even though a printer can do exactly the same perfectly for a fraction of the caust
What are you talking about? They wouldnt smell old bc they are literally new. You don understand that the old smell comes from being old right? Also even if it was an old book made with this method it wouldnt even be close to old scribe books, there is literally NOTHING special about this method at all
mad for no reason. its an old machine that makes the pages, it isn't some new age machine that just came out making books. old book smell great but this machines would give an incredible smell because of the machine itself being ancient
@@justbronson7570 everything you said should be applied to even older methods, there is no way shape or form this is "on another level". This isnt new or old, just mediocre middle.
@@RaGiAn87exactly, real hand made books aren’t made like this at all. Way too much machinery and tech to be considered an “old” method. They make these books this way for rich nobs who could afford such stupidity.
@@Hiro39367 if the printing press isn't "old" enough for you then tf are you talking about? what is old enough? clergy parchment? Papyrus? clay tablets?
When I was in high school, I had the pleasure of taking a print shop course. Our teacher managed to get his hands on one of the first Gutenberg printing presses ever made and we learned everything there was to know about how printed materials were produced. We wound up producing a monthly newsletter for the school printed solely with that machine. It was one of the coolest courses I ever took in high school.
@@indigosetiSo if you were forced to stand in a white room and push a button for the rest of your life you wouldnt get bored? Because if yes you are boring by your own weird Dogma
I loved playing with individual type as a child!! My father was a typesetter/stripper (try explaining that to your class🤣😞) and we ALWAYS had presses big and small. My father had lots of side hustles and I got to play with it all!!😍😍
my dad holds his lead pellets in his mouth inbetween shots at the soda cans. lead pipes for water have been standard for a long, long time. I'm not saying it won't hurt you, I am say don't worry about it unless you do some REALLY stupid like swallow some, take a big whiff of fumes, or are bad at Chemistry.
My town has a one of these operations but it's in a museum. Yes they do print for special occasions but for the most part it's just for living museum demonstrations.
Notice that the speaker said "the last printing press where books are made start to finish." Where, not 'on which'. Once the ink is on the paper, the machine's portion of the bookmaking process would be over. After the proof press, then one of the larger presses, the proper collating of pages, folding, preliminary cutting, binding by handstitching, applicable gluing, flush cutting of edges, & cover attachment have nothing to do with the printing press machine, yet are different room in the printing press building. Thus, when the video said printing press as in a full-functuoning business that prints books for profit. This video wasn't referring to the individual printing press, that is a machine which is used to print. Again, the use of the 'where'. Sacramento has several old functioning presses which are used daily to print things for local schools, the city, charitable events, etc. But they definitely are not printing books. The main function there being education & preservation of printing history. The folks in Sacramento have a very successful channel here on RUclips. This printing press is a business. Freedom of the Press, one of the Bill of Rights isn't referring to a machine having freedom, but book, short story authors & poets, journalists, reporters, photographers, music recording artists, & even in the case of newspapers, civilians of the average citizenry to submit letters to an editor for publication. Not a printing press or a record press, screen printing press, or even an unchanging stationary stamp (ie: return to sender) or easily changeable rubber date stamp used to date or mark papers. But I digress, not speaking of the machine or machinism. Especially recently, people are revisiting focus on the 'Freedom of the Press' as being an extension of the 1st Amendment, the Freedom of Speech. People understand that the freedom of speech is necessary for a healthy society. And things & thoughts shared means little to nothing in the greater world if one can only use one's own mouth, time-consuming handwritten letters, & one's voice at limited or forbidden public meetings, hence the Freedom of Assembly The Press, however, with wide spread publication of thoughts, opinions, facts, & even propaganda, can drastically change society within a short amount of time. Radio, Television, The Internet & the World Wide Web are all part of the Press, even if not printing. Before the Gütenberg printing press, the first with metal moveable type, the bibles were priced similarly to the cost from the featured publishing company. The Gütenberg press wasn't the first printing press or even the first with metal. Prior plates were tediously handcarved in reverse by artisans in wood or metal. Mistakes were more or less unchangeable as there was not much to be done. Wood plates were easily damaged during press runs, & even metal letters got blurry during long runs. Metal movable type, meaning the individual letters as shown in this video, can be proofed, proofread, & if needed, replaced. The effects of Johanne's innovation was earth changing in its time. Now it's a remnant of history. No huge, flat job cases with different type sets. These people actually forge their own fresh type for each new book as there are no foundries making type sets, as newspapers & all of the other publishers use computer & digital technology which is easily editable, sometimes in realtime, with delete & edit being modern-day manifestation of Orwell's memory hole. I thought it was odd that he uses strong to hold the type together. In Graphics at my highschool, we used a metal tray with clamps, so that once the type was set, even if dropped, the tiny letters, characters, numbers, punctuation, en quads, em quads, illustrative blocks, & borders were "set", barring a editable mistake. A dented piece of type, a wrong letter, or improper page number could be replaced by temporarily loosening the clamps. I am so glad they featured Arion Press of San Francisco, California. There are other Presses, businesses, Outskirts Press, Penny Press, the Detroit Free Press, Minuteman Press, Colonial Press, U.S. Press, Czar Press, Rapid Press, Press Miami, yet none use of these Presses use presses like the one in the video, or at least, not for large run or intricate projects. Blessings!
It's so expensive because no one else is doing it anymore. It used to be the way all books were made. It's a lost art so they can charge whatever the market will bear. Thankfully there are similarly made books that are reasonable priced like Easton, Franklin and Folio, but because they outsource some processes, some consider them inferior. The prices these guys charge are absolutely insane. It keeps them afloat but is still crazy and beyond most peoples reach. I'll keep collecting easton press and wish these guys all the best.
this looks like more work than actually writing them. but once the typesetting is done, if they make 100 copies or so before using those letters for other set of pages, then time & cost will be reduced a lot and way faster than hand writing.
@@suryatejach007 They make the letters fresh, I believe, either for each book or each page. That's what was implied in video and someone else verified the same in a comment. They become deformed/worn over time of used a lot, so I'm assuming if they're charging such a premium, they'll make sure every single letter is crisp and perfect.
@@ElysetheEevee that's what the narrator of the video implied. But narrators of such videos usually just steal a video somewhere and make up nonsense about it.
@@inkenhafner7187yep, and you know he has no idea what he's talking about because he calls the alloy a solution, it's such a stupid mistake and shows they're not serious in their reporting
@@inkenhafner7187he also not only claims it's the last printing press- when it most certainly is not, but that it can cost $10,000 to MAKE a book. But it's $10,000 to purchase. Not make. I don't trust this channel anymore. They used to be a legit journalist platform, but now it's a content farm.
The whole point of printing press is to make books faster than the old wood block method, which is carving a whole page. All the letters can be premade, arranging them don’t take a whole year
I'm all for the quality and beauty of a custom-bound book, but I'm not sure I could get on-board with the enormously inflated cost of a custom-printed book when it looks virtually indistinguishable from one made on a modern printer.
I can't comment on someone else's art. This is truly exquisite. ...and will be missed when it's gone. I am sure of this. Teaching this method would be time well spent. It should be a part of a course, I believe it would be the best way to keep the art alive as long as possible. This was such a great RUclips piece for me. I live for knowledge of this type found here. Would be grand if a longer piece, with more details on the work, and backgrounds of the individuals dedicating their time here.❤
That page is from the Gogol's "Nose". Strangely the top line is in russian and the rest is in English. Obviously a custom order from some lover of the russian prose.
Hier in Deutschland gibt es in der Stadt Mainz das "Gutenberg Museum". Dort wird der Apparat des Erfinders des Buchdrucks (in Europa), ausgestellt = das ist echt einen Besuch wert! Grüße Grim Reaper
There's no need to keep it alive when you have more efficient ways. It's just for the people who can buy it at unbelievable prices and boast it as luxury.
It’s a waste of time and money. It’s not like other other crafts where using an older technique produces a higher quality product this is just doing something old to say it’s handmade so they can charge 10k
@@benpinder889 Huh? So, your're saying that they arr doing this only because people pay for it and that's why it has no value? Five years to make one book, mate.
They won't read it because they'll put it in a collection, ready to gain value. Otherwise, those are the same people who will read a lot more books than you and me.
“Why is this book so expensive?”
“I chose the hardest way possible to make it”
That would be a scribe, using a press is easy and fast by comparison.
@@orbatos I believe a scribe could put a book together faster. Unless, they are talking about producing several copies of a book.
@@justbecause9049depends on the type of Scribner work and if they're also doing calligraphy and it can take a lot of time to do a single page.
@@justbecause9049correct, a scribe can make maybe two copies faster than using a press. A press can make more copies much much faster.
@@justbecause9049 And they could add in their own creativity! Because it's not mass produced, each copy is made with an imperfection, it leaves a unique print of the artist. Not this mass production bullshit. These people would probably pay 2x more for an iPhone made using the 2002 production method or whatever.
“Lead, tin, antimony solution”
The cost of the book is to fund Brian’s life insurance
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And he brushed it barehanded
Yet he’s wearing a covid mask
Lead doesn't just directly absorb into skin like that though. He had proper PPE when he was handling the molten lead though, and i'm sure he isn't sniffing or eating lead bits so he'll be far more fine that the people who trusted the water in Flint michigan lmao.
If you show that guy a typewriter he’ll just hiss at you and crawl into some dark corner.
Hahaha
I mean really what is the point
@@mostazezo"authenticity" is often for sale at a high price in today's world. Even if its pointless like this lol
Reccollecting the days when a page inker or a candle maker could support a family
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I'll wait for it'''''s PDF version, thanks
Correct
I’m sure the PDF has been out for years before the book.
Digital versions can be altered or deleted. This can't. Also real books still work during a power cut.
@@colinstewart1432They can also burn
@@colinstewart1432the last thing you'd be doing during a power cut is reading a book 😂
that damn book better give me wizardry abilities for a price like that
The poisoning from the lead might make you feel like a wizard lol
@@ogspermcell i mean didn't the guy who poked a whole in the ozone layer through fridge fune also poisoned every sea creatures with lead making humanity less smart over all?
@@04cassiusphanthanhbinhjakeif we’re using you as an example, yes.
@@04cassiusphanthanhbinhjakedawg I’m pretty sure there was a point when like most of the earth had lead poisoning because it was so widespread and in our gasoline
@@04cassiusphanthanhbinhjakeWhat in the world did you even try to say?
Meanwhile, Brian has lead poisoning
Worth it.
Ephesians 6:10-18 says, Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. The bible is no old book. You have to really let Christ open your eyes; to see the world in shambles. Many people say it's a religion to lock up people in chains, and say it's a rule book.. why? Because people hate hearing the truth, it hurts their flesh, it's hurts their pride, it's exposes on what things have they done..people love this world so much, s*x, money, power, women, supercars.. things of this world. Still trying to find something that can fill that emptiness in your heart. You can't find that in this world.. only in Christ, the bible is no chains, it's a chainbreaker. Breaking your sins into pieces... Repent now, and turn back to the true Lord only.. God bless.
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@@PraiseTheLordyourGodJesusYou have lead poisoning as well? lmao
And antimony posioning
@@spider_png lead poisoning will kill anyone... They only talk about women and children because of fish... I'm pretty sure anyone who has excessive exposure to lead is risking death
Found book in my late Dad's library which had 17 illustrations done as steel engravings: you could actually FEEL the raised lines created by the steel print. Not a $10k book ($400 only), but I can see how being able to see & feel the craftsmanship in a book really does add something special.
It does. It's truly a dying art form. Printing in general is dying at a quick pace sadly. It was a culmination of a number of things (I. e. The Internet, digital photography, etc) that has all but made extinct a once booming and thriving industry.
There's a lot to be said about craftsmanship, but it's an outdated process. I can't see the novelty or feel making the price worth it, when paperback books exist
Love how you said 400$ only like if it’s not a lot 😂😂
@@jaisonthomas8958right lol
Oh wow, only 400$ for something I can get on the internet free?!
Lmao, no longer it’s a dying ‘art’, same way that blockbuster was a dying art
I worked in a print shop like this for years. We set type using a Monotype caster that reads a punched paper tape. Then the type was printed on either a Washington handpress, a Vandercook proof press or a Heidelberg cylinder press. Sometimes we set type by hand using a type stick. We sent the printed sheets to a hand binder to be bound and often boxed. These books are bought by individual and institutional collectors who appreciate the hand work that goes into them. These books are considered art objects. Asking why they cost so much is like asking why a painting costs so much.
I think I'm going to wait 'til it comes out in paperback.
I can use a Hardcover too just printed by a normal printer
The only reason its so expensive is because they only sell a few and handbind them. In a manufacture setting these will be MUCH cheaper. This process was an innovation and replaced handwriting books, and is the only reason books are available today as it made it accessible enough for reading to become common.
Boy do I got news for you
@@melody3741and soon we'll have the new slave run printers the great AI.
That will in turn enslave us in its programing and thus the singularity is made. A book bound into time.
I’m a Kindle guy myself.
College textbooks be like:
Woah there!
These things can become inheritance pieces.
That college textbook loses 90% value in 2 years.
@@taewchung5074 Have you ever made something an idol, used God’s name as a cuss word, dishonor your parents, murder (God views hate as murder), lusting, stealing, lying, wanting something another has that isn’t rightfully yours?
Doing so we violating the law, which is sin, and because of sin there is a punishment…If a serial killer like Ted Bundy tells a judge of all the good things he’s done for society do you think the judge would let the serial killer off free? The same is with us; we’ve committed such crimes against God that we are separated from God forever; we are punished by suffering Hell for eternity, a place with no hope for us.
But God loves us so much and with all his heart that he gave his only Son, Jesus Christ, to this cursed world to be crucified on the cross. (John 3:16-17)
Now anyone who accepts Jesus Christ, God’s Son, as their Lord and Savior and believes he rose from the dead the third day will be saved from eternal damnation in Hell and live in Heaven in paradise with him forever.
Many will choose to follow Satan, whether it be because they think they won’t succeed otherwise or won’t have any joy or friendships, but he will soon reveal himself as a murderer and a liar as he was since the beginning and he will curse all his followers as he cursed God and all of Satan’s followers will be cased into ever burning Hell. Don’t believe this lie I too believed in! Our God is a loving God full of compassion, yet he is a righteous God with righteous judgment. (Matthew 13:41-42)
Winner winner 😂
@@taewchung5074but college textbook dont just because they say they do i did all my classes with old books not all but you get it
LOL 2 years try 6 months
I started in the printing industry in 1977. I'm lucky I was taught the old ways.
It is like a rare painting. That’s what makes it so valuable. It’s not just the book. It’s the fact there was many many hours put into making the final product. Like a Picasso. So I think we can appreciate the fact that there’s very few things that are made that kind of way nowadays. It seems as though everything nowadays is mass produced. Kind of refreshing to see people still using the old ways to do things.
Maybe there's a reason we don't make books this way anymore 👀
That isn't apt because Picasso didn't attemp to mass produce his artworks.
Picasso was a degenerate freak who painted in the nude.
I'll be back in 10 years when my custom copy of House of Leaves is done
Its been 10 days, whats the progress.
I'll take a copy of War and Peace... Won't pay a penny over $80
Produced with dread, suffering, and inevitable madness. Truly the most authentic of copies.
If it didnt take blood, sweat, and tears to make my copy of Blood Meridian, I ain't buying it
@@dakujuubi5855the metal finished heating up
The literal representation of _Novelty._
Old-eltry
Ahaaa I see what ya did there
@@Dwitiya_Nasti_OMyour mom's a waste of time and money OHHHH LMAO
@@Dwitiya_Nasti_OMSo are expensive cars and houses, smartphones, or whatever else it is you no doubt waste money on
@@Dwitiya_Nasti_OMthis was how books were made back in the day. Was it a waste of time then? Was it a waste of time for Steve Jobs and the research team at Apple to invent the phone you’re probably holding right now
That's insanely cool that someone still does this, but I gotta tell ya, it's better be a damned good book.
Nice to see fellow bookbinders & printers in action.
i wish these stubborn but tenacious people nothing but healthy longevity, good ergonomics.
the crazy part is that when the printing press was invented, it made books WAY cheaper amd faster to produce
it makes books faster huh? yea no...gtfo
@@russiancommy as opposed to having to write every copy by hand? Yes it was. The process takes longer to start producing, but a lot of copies can be made with it.
stfu who are you @@russiancommy
@@brandondenny226 misread original comment and thought op was talking about current times.
cheaper isn't necessarily cheaper. people got paid a lot less back then. inflation
As someone who has bound their own books, she is rocking that stitching
Indeed, she’s making those stitches feel like AC/DC
😂😂yes
his*
@@abel6298no
Looks gay
I literally printed a book on my cheap $49 Brother printer and made the cover out off bass wood and fine mesh fabric. Total cost $67.99 I ran out of printer ink, so I included the $64.99 to the $3 bucks it actually costs. I put a price tag on it for $8,555. I had two book experts explaining how exquisite and masterful it was. 🤭
did you get to sell it?
@hoshi64 I actually had a guy come up to me, and he accused me of forgery in front of everyone. The funny thing is, he came up to me at the end and offered me $1,500. Wth! My karma is bad enough, so I didn't take his money. I lied and told him a college offered me $9,000 and other perks for it. I just did it as an experiment of my talents. I don't think I'd do too well in prison.
@@Herbie11Ha... HAHAHAHA!!
@@Herbie11 What did you present it as to be accused of forgery ?
Also, why would a University have bought it ?
Lmao gave me a good laugh
Im reall gonna miss the days were true craftsmanship was called art, instead of history. 😢
I love the bit where they show us the finished product
😂
Looked like a cheap child book from Publishers Clearinghouse
@@Herbie11*cheap* 💀
Probably cause the finished product is just a regular book 😂
They showed it at the end, it didn't look special at all
People when it's other countries: That so unnecessary and expensive!
People when it's Japan: Now that's dedication to art! Truly remarkable.
😂😂😂
If it was an English Monk who dedicated his life to hand-making beautiful, leatherbound books with handwritten calligraphy I'd think that was cool af too.
But this is just using a worse machine to do the same job. It's not so much artistry as it is just extra steps.
All just a matter of opinion though.
@@hooliganbubsy7298 Why does it matter who does it? I'm sure there are people who appreciate the art of making books like this...and that's this kind of place exists.
So true. You watch japanese do the simplest thing like even some simple street food its all "these master artisan have been doing this for 30 years" and its few guys just smacking stuff making funny noises
@@hooliganbubsy7298how do u know it’s not about the artistry. I doubt they’re going through all the risks and challenges just cuz. It is very much likely cuz of the artistry of it - as the video says it’s a work of art.
That's so beautiful 🎨
Old fashioned books are works of art on their own. Also the stories they tell if read old books.
It’s wonderful to know that someone is still making books by hand, just because they can
You can make books by hand without this eye sore that they're doing. I say eye sore because that's too much time and shouldn't cost that much.
@@earthdyradthe reason is supply and demand, that is why these books are expensive and take soo long is how its made and the time with effort it took to make it.
Because of todays innovations on printing, books have become much cheaper, and heck one day in the future books may become even a rarity wince everything is online without needing physical paper. Thus making it this way, selling it, and becoming an owner of this type of book is much more of an honor and prestige mark than the selling of multitudes of reprinted books.
Also, in an era of history, this method you might turn up your nose at, was THE way to print multitude more books in a shorter period of time, which writing by hand to make books became the second fastest.
@stavtri987 ehh, actually, writing books by hand was actually the earliest method for books and will always be much more respected than this.
However I know one day there will be barely anyone reading physical books which is sad to think about considering the history. I know I will always gladly read a physical book, but if I ever bought a book made using this print method I'd be too scared to mess it up and never open it, so I feel like this type of book making is a bit pointless since now the books will be super fragile.
@@earthdyrad Commenting on the first portion, let me clarify as there seems to have been a miscommunication. Cuneiform was technically the earliest, since stone tablets were books for that period of time. But, yes indeed writing books is an early method, and can be respected as a conservation of history and thought (such as writings of Galileo, Da Vinci, and others that wrote their work down for preserving their thoughts).
However, in terms of proliferation, the innovation of the printing press further helped to expand the progress of thought and learning to the masses, which back then the only way to disseminate news and information was word of mouth (which we all know what happens when we play telephone) or by someone who owns a written copy of a book (which could have been 1 of 50 or even 5 copies written by the author and those that made it their job to copy those books, which then they could tamper if their heart so wished).
In addition, without the printing press, we would not have what we enjoy today, as the printing press gave way to type writers which gave way to keyboards and other technology that helped disseminate information we have now.
It is fine to let those that wish to buy such things buy such things, it is on their wallet and choice, and I don't mock you for not wanting to buy such things, as you perceive it as a type of waste, better to use on things that can improve your life and other choices. I just want to give you the opportunity to learn that the "eye sore" you see was such an important invention and that at the least, please, give it an honor that it deserves, as it did change human history in a way, like that of fire and the wheel.
Writing is important, I understand, but so can the ways that writing can be spread, so that a conversation can still be had hundreds of years apart from another.
@@earthdyrad mate there's a reason why the invention of the printing press was so revolutionary. yeah, a traditionally written book by hand is maybe cooler but thats just one book, its gonna be expensive and it probably has mutliple font changes due to different scribes being employed.
A printing press can produce the same book in higher quantity in a rapid pace.
There is a good reason why many attribute the rise of the enlightenment and the spread of knowledge to these bad boys.
I mean.... also... where tf do you buy books written by hand nowadays?
The printing press company needs its own channel
The only revenue they'd get LMFAO
@@StinkyPoopyMcFartFace Just because you aren't into something and can't afford it, doesn't mean others aren't or can't. You must not be familiar with collectors either.
Ok make it for them. You’re wonderful at suggestions
@aleyorch44 the hypocrisy
that's exactly what i thought
This is the ultimate proof that people will buy anything that's made with a special process, no matter how useless that process is
This is a beautiful art form.
book binding is an art. it’s so tedious and so rewarding and frankly i could never sell my handmade journals, no matter the price. this is awesome
It's only tedious when you decide to go the hardest path lol... just get a machine
@@terrificm6569right because everyone has money for a machine? Smh
Ill buy them from you for 10 k
Neeeeerds!
@@Jeauxnirprinter is cheap lol
I worked in a print shop such as this when I was in high-school. There's nothing like the smell of printers ink😊
Yes I worked in lead type wood block lithographic dark room and final print on heidelberg solna and other press machines. Pay was terrible but I really enjoyed it as I could see my work from design on the drawing board to final print of poster or text. Also “Compugraphic” was entering the trade than. Single line text floating across a small matrix window. No big pc screens like today. It all had to be done with lots of manual work Pasteup Proof reading etc. no auto correct
I hear you on that. To me there is nothing better than the smell of a library. The library is losing that smell as the books are made different now. Most books are new now and the libraries are losing the smell. It was so wonderful walking into a library many years ago. I am missing that smell as it is so very faint. I need to go a library that carries many old books to enjoy that fragrance again. I live in Arizona perhaps I may have to go East.
Do they print any good books?
I did as well in the 1960s, and I thought it would be my life's employment. My best friend and I were tasked with printing everything for our school, the school newspaper, programs for concerts, and tickets for events. I tried to continue in this field, when Off-Set lithography was invented, and setting type was phased out.
Me too... I volunteered in one my uncle's printing press... Still remember all the steps of printing a page...
Donate $10,000 could help a lot of students!
Work of art in a most efficient way
Someone get this dude a laser printer
Exactly
Even better: Give them a Heidelberg speedmaster XL 106 Litho Printer.
The book shown was "The Log from the Sea of Cortez". Steinbeck's log from his 1940 scientific exploration of the Gulf of California. Great read!
I got so excited when I saw that in the video. Steinbeck is my all time favorite author. Sea of Cortez is a really gorgeous read.
Николай Гоголь : «Нос»
i once took a log in the sea too. but i didn't write about it until now 😢
Weird flex but ok
@@thestinkiestpp1894 What!? The sea didnt push it back up inside? :P
When your motto is "Work hard, not smart"
It’s incredible how cheap and common books are today.
I handbind bind paper into notebooks as gifts for my friends' birthdays. I found that spelling their initials in the spine makes for a lovely reaction on their part❤
Nice! Make a video.
thats so lovely!
Get a life
Tutorials on this?
I toured that place on a school trip. Their books truly are works of art, often including exclusive artwork and neat features. When I was there a book about a shipwreck was on display, which came in a box made from wood taken from the wrecked ship. I also got to hold some unbound pages for a version of Moby Dick that had a hidden watermark of the white whale, that could only be seen when holding a page up to a light. One day if I have the extra money I hope to buy their version of Frankenstein, which has amazing artwork that they had to make the printing press blocks for.
Wow! That sounds fantastic!
Do they have a webpage?
@@alfaalfa99probably requires you to code your own web browser to access it
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@@andrewogilvie9051Dude, there are places to say that, don't do it randomly hoping changing someone's life in the comments of RUclips
doing prints like this is gorgeous and i love how precise everything is. if only i could afford it 😔
The good ol days surely is dying by the seconds.....nothing will beat the genuine book thats been done like these
Don’t get me wrong, I love that there are people out there so committed to preserving these techniques of making art…but also there’s a reason we don’t do it like this anymore, and the cost says it all. I want for us to find ways to make our mass-produced books more sturdy and beautiful
I think a problem is that these books do not seem to be mass-produced.
If they sold even just 5000 copies at $20 a copy, they would make $100,000 off that book. That can pay the printer and the author. If it was a successful book, then it should pay for itself.
But the demand is probably not there. If they’re selling them for $10,000 you could imagine not that many are being sold.
If they struck a deal with a popular author to be the exclusive publisher of a book, they could probably generate enough demand to sell the books for a reasonable price.
It sounds like they are going the novelty/art route, and are not targeting the same market that normal book publishers target. That’s fair given that other publishers may have a competitive advantage with their margins, but it’s probably not something that will prolong the craft.
@@nickpatella1525Yeah, the single or linited production really limits the point of a printer in the first place. If they make very few copies and sell very few, then the time it takes to make and arrange all the letters for printing is less valuable.
Totally agreed. Just because something is mass produced, doesn’t mean it can’t be artistic and well made. If a company only uses the cheapest processes or pays workers as low as possible, something is being missed.
We also don't melt and work led indoors without a gas mask and gloves...
Dudes asking to die like an old school printer too. 😂
"Good, fast, cheap. Pick two."
Now I know why libraries are so important
I mean we've already lost a lot of the ancient books. The library of Alexandria alone is said to have lost a fraction of humanities culture in that one fire
@@THE_MOONMAN and now imagine the knowledge that went only from mouth to ear for centuries only to be forgotten.
Or the many millions of texts which were discarded or written on material that simply withered away.
The printing press is such a crazy invention. I mean here it looks tedious but comparing it to having to employ a thousand scribes who all have their own handwriting ... oof!
Where else would homeless people poop and bathe
I mean yes but libraries sure af not buying 10k books. They better not be wasting that much money.
💓
I found this satisfying!😌
That better have all enchantments on it for that price
My grandmother worked putting letters in the print set. Tedious work. She had OCD it was the perfect job for her. The company also made colored prints on silk that were just beautiful.❤
Nice
This used to be how Gutenberg MASS PRODUCED books so that they'd be accessible to regular people, and now we have hipsters who want $10k for a single book? That's overvalued.
Very overpriced, $400 to $500 would be a more reasonable price
They’re worth whatever someone will pay for them
Literally my thoughts while watching this lmaoooo
Books were expensive
That's how technological advancement works. If this were still the fastest and cheapest way to make books, books made this way would still be cheap.
WHY CANT WE HAVE MORE OF THESE 😢
I came to something like this on a school trip to Pensilvania I think; saw it in person and it’s amazing
“Work smarter, not harder” comes to mind
Strange to think that at one point, this was working 'smarter'
@@doloresparlatobecause in that one point this is the best method for producing huge numbers of book. Now it’s no longer “work smarter”
@@shell6467 Yeah, I'm aware of that. I've done some booking making in the past, of course only on a 'hobby level'; very time consuming. Modern machinery can do it faster of course.
@@shell6467isn’t that literally what they were saying?
Beats hand writing it
as someone in printing, its really neat to be reminded why the formatting of text is called "type-setting"
We must never lose, or forget this technology of how to make a book. No matter how digital our world gets. The old-time tested technologies should never go away just more appreciated.
Lead poisoning is a plague on the mental state of society. We shouldn't forget but we shouldn't replicate either.
Use of lead should be banned
And then theres a printer lol
But lead type printing is very cool indeed, just inaccessible to most people. I'm particularly fond of the style the old 62-2 Chinese Lead Song type brings with all of its imperfections and old character forms.
Even if traditional printing is inaccessible actually sewing and binding the books can be done fairly well without too much in terms of equipment, and its very fun to do
"Why did it take so long to get this book?"
"I chose the *classic* way to make it"
I gotta say this is one of those things we no longer need
Yup. Its fine to do it as a hobby, but as a business, come on. But then again there ARE people with money to burn who would buy this just because they can. So long as those people exist, these people will stay in business lol
@enriqueamaya3883Sorry, my heart is pumping blood. I don't think I can put Jesus there.
@@Ace_of_Hornsif it's only one place I say keep it, it doesn't hurt progress and it is a practical reminder of how this itself used to be the most advanced way to write books. Just reading about it a history book doesn't do it justice.
Thats why theres only one location left, its historiacal preservation at thos point.
This is no different than any other "expensive luxury product"... people just buy it because its handmade and feels exlusive so they can show off... just like a sports car
A work of art indeed :)
I love old books!!! Anything pre 1902 is preferred. The history in those books actually make sense. Worth every penny.
While studying for a degree in computer science I took all there was to learn about printmaking bookbinding and letterpress simultaneously and I don’t regret it. I loved binding books as a way to break away from a computer screen
Cool
Worked in a book bindery years ago and it is amazing how many steps it takes to make a book. People have no idea.
If you choose to do it in the stupidest and most primitive way you can, yeah. I see how that happens.
I agree, Even with today technology it's still a lot of process! From the idea, the design, you need to choose type of papers, type of ink, way of binding, check first results... It's really is a lot ^^
why is that impressive though ? we can do better in 1/100th the time. it's like praising someone to teach a monkey to write and cause it's a monkey we throw away 50% of drafts because it messes up but that 1 monkey written book is special so we can ask 100.00 euro for it. even though a printer can do exactly the same perfectly for a fraction of the caust
Wow they look so happy
Held out on progress like a true champion
ah I bet these books smell amazing. Love the smell of old books. this would be on another level
What are you talking about? They wouldnt smell old bc they are literally new. You don understand that the old smell comes from being old right? Also even if it was an old book made with this method it wouldnt even be close to old scribe books, there is literally NOTHING special about this method at all
mad for no reason. its an old machine that makes the pages, it isn't some new age machine that just came out making books. old book smell great but this machines would give an incredible smell because of the machine itself being ancient
@@justbronson7570 everything you said should be applied to even older methods, there is no way shape or form this is "on another level". This isnt new or old, just mediocre middle.
@@RaGiAn87exactly, real hand made books aren’t made like this at all. Way too much machinery and tech to be considered an “old” method. They make these books this way for rich nobs who could afford such stupidity.
@@Hiro39367 if the printing press isn't "old" enough for you then tf are you talking about?
what is old enough? clergy parchment? Papyrus? clay tablets?
Think back to the time when this was the most efficient way to produce literature. It gives a wholly different world view.
Yes. And it also illustrates † why most of the population remained illiterate for centuries.
† no pun intended
This is the technology that brought print to the masses. Before the printing press books were copied by hand.
When I was in high school, I had the pleasure of taking a print shop course. Our teacher managed to get his hands on one of the first Gutenberg printing presses ever made and we learned everything there was to know about how printed materials were produced. We wound up producing a monthly newsletter for the school printed solely with that machine. It was one of the coolest courses I ever took in high school.
Except that back then they didn’t create every singe letter for each book individually but used the same letters for every book.
My patience could never.
I work in print, but having everything so digital and easy to use makes me appreciate everything these guys do
That work seems so meticulous, so calm, & so zen.
So boring
@@Wcduc only the boring get bored
Hes so slow cus he uses lead ink all day
@@indigosetiSo if you were forced to stand in a white room and push a button for the rest of your life you wouldnt get bored? Because if yes you are boring by your own weird Dogma
And so pointless
I loved playing with individual type as a child!! My father was a typesetter/stripper (try explaining that to your class🤣😞) and we ALWAYS had presses big and small. My father had lots of side hustles and I got to play with it all!!😍😍
So your father had no real skill. Got it. I bet you have a liberal arts degree as well.. 😂
Not 22 old me getting jealous of your childhood 😭 this sounded great ngl
I'm jealous. Can your family adopt me
Stripper?!?!?!
hopefully not lead...
Printing press was for sure one of the biggest advancements in human history
So awesome I really love books so much❤
I remember print shop back in the 7th grade. Memorizing the "job case", type setting, and finally printing.
This was back in 1974.
Wow and i was born in 2003
Comparing today, making books back then would have been really a piece of art
@@Ryuma-gaminator It was one of the three mandatory shop classes in the seventh grade, Print, Metal, and Wood shops.
@@alanrobinson4318 really sir wow great
@@alanrobinson4318where did you go to school?
@@user-vc4dn4tj8l South Pasadena, CA.
I'm surprised they don't wear masks or gloves to protect themselves from the lead that may be in the air.
They probably do but not when theres a chance to show off
my dad holds his lead pellets in his mouth inbetween shots at the soda cans.
lead pipes for water have been standard for a long, long time.
I'm not saying it won't hurt you, I am say don't worry about it unless you do some REALLY stupid like swallow some, take a big whiff of fumes, or are bad at Chemistry.
The foundry guy is wearing a mask
@@EchoLogif you do it every day it’ll kill you slowly like diabetes
@@EchoLog spoken like a true lead head
When our digital world collapses soon, these people will be even more needed.
When the book is more important than the knowledge in it.
If there's knowledge in it to begin with
Literally that's what i thought at first
People who buy these book never actually read them. Just a gimmick and show off
Definitely not the last printing press in the US, my university had one that was in operation
Where is your university?
The 🌎 wants to know.
My town has a one of these operations but it's in a museum. Yes they do print for special occasions but for the most part it's just for living museum demonstrations.
I had a printing class in college and we used a hand printing press.
@@RabbitsInBlackmy town too, Guthrie, Oklahoma
Notice that the speaker said "the last printing press where books are made start to finish." Where, not 'on which'. Once the ink is on the paper, the machine's portion of the bookmaking process would be over. After the proof press, then one of the larger presses, the proper collating of pages, folding, preliminary cutting, binding by handstitching, applicable gluing, flush cutting of edges, & cover attachment have nothing to do with the printing press machine, yet are different room in the printing press building.
Thus, when the video said printing press as in a full-functuoning business that prints books for profit.
This video wasn't referring to the individual printing press, that is a machine which is used to print. Again, the use of the 'where'.
Sacramento has several old functioning presses which are used daily to print things for local schools, the city, charitable events, etc. But they definitely are not printing books. The main function there being education & preservation of printing history. The folks in Sacramento have a very successful channel here on RUclips.
This printing press is a business. Freedom of the Press, one of the Bill of Rights isn't referring to a machine having freedom, but book, short story authors & poets, journalists, reporters, photographers, music recording artists, & even in the case of newspapers, civilians of the average citizenry to submit letters to an editor for publication. Not a printing press or a record press, screen printing press, or even an unchanging stationary stamp (ie: return to sender) or easily changeable rubber date stamp used to date or mark papers. But I digress, not speaking of the machine or machinism.
Especially recently, people are revisiting focus on the 'Freedom of the Press' as being an extension of the 1st Amendment, the Freedom of Speech. People understand that the freedom of speech is necessary for a healthy society. And things & thoughts shared means little to nothing in the greater world if one can only use one's own mouth, time-consuming handwritten letters, & one's voice at limited or forbidden public meetings, hence the Freedom of Assembly The Press, however, with wide spread publication of thoughts, opinions, facts, & even propaganda, can drastically change society within a short amount of time. Radio, Television, The Internet & the World Wide Web are all part of the Press, even if not printing.
Before the Gütenberg printing press, the first with metal moveable type, the bibles were priced similarly to the cost from the featured publishing company. The Gütenberg press wasn't the first printing press or even the first with metal. Prior plates were tediously handcarved in reverse by artisans in wood or metal. Mistakes were more or less unchangeable as there was not much to be done. Wood plates were easily damaged during press runs, & even metal letters got blurry during long runs. Metal movable type, meaning the individual letters as shown in this video, can be proofed, proofread, & if needed, replaced. The effects of Johanne's innovation was earth changing in its time.
Now it's a remnant of history. No huge, flat job cases with different type sets. These people actually forge their own fresh type for each new book as there are no foundries making type sets, as newspapers & all of the other publishers use computer & digital technology which is easily editable, sometimes in realtime, with delete & edit being modern-day manifestation of Orwell's memory hole.
I thought it was odd that he uses strong to hold the type together. In Graphics at my highschool, we used a metal tray with clamps, so that once the type was set, even if dropped, the tiny letters, characters, numbers, punctuation, en quads, em quads, illustrative blocks, & borders were "set", barring a editable mistake. A dented piece of type, a wrong letter, or improper page number could be replaced by temporarily loosening the clamps.
I am so glad they featured Arion Press of San Francisco, California. There are other Presses, businesses, Outskirts Press, Penny Press, the Detroit Free Press, Minuteman Press, Colonial Press, U.S. Press, Czar Press, Rapid Press, Press Miami, yet none use of these Presses use presses like the one in the video, or at least, not for large run or intricate projects.
Blessings!
It's so expensive because no one else is doing it anymore. It used to be the way all books were made. It's a lost art so they can charge whatever the market will bear. Thankfully there are similarly made books that are reasonable priced like Easton, Franklin and Folio, but because they outsource some processes, some consider them inferior. The prices these guys charge are absolutely insane. It keeps them afloat but is still crazy and beyond most peoples reach. I'll keep collecting easton press and wish these guys all the best.
They have so much free time in their life
I love that crafts like these still exists, I'm sure to them in the video it's literally an art form ❤
I'm sure to them it's an art form, but to people who don't have more money than sense it's awfully silly at best
Something about a book that costs $10,000 seems wrong
You are wrong.
💋s to you.
like most of an average years salary for an average person. But somebody is buying 🤷♂️
you say that as if people arent already selling doodles for millions of dollars. at least these books have effort put into it
It's a piece of art. The value isn't just from the content and material, it's the years of skilled labor that goes into creating them.
i mean its just the average cost of a colledge textbook
Wow! Where to watch the whole video?
It's more fascinating than visiting a museum! Truly!
I'll wait for it's audio book version, thanks
still cheaper than college textbooks lmao
for 10k? you’re trolling. That’s how much my program costs, tuition books and all for 2yrs
@@Sffkerhe was joking
@@Sffkercollege ain’t doing nothing for you if you still can’t get sarcasm
@@diegogarcia8086 isn’t doin much for you either if you think this is an example of sarcasm
@@Sffker Well, more like some general uni jokes than sarcasm I would say (just like how your father always goes to the milk store 🗿)
if these cost that much then imagine a truly handwritten book
this looks like more work than actually writing them. but once the typesetting is done, if they make 100 copies or so before using those letters for other set of pages, then time & cost will be reduced a lot and way faster than hand writing.
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They make the letters fresh, I believe, either for each book or each page. That's what was implied in video and someone else verified the same in a comment. They become deformed/worn over time of used a lot, so I'm assuming if they're charging such a premium, they'll make sure every single letter is crisp and perfect.
@@ElysetheEevee that's what the narrator of the video implied. But narrators of such videos usually just steal a video somewhere and make up nonsense about it.
@@inkenhafner7187yep, and you know he has no idea what he's talking about because he calls the alloy a solution, it's such a stupid mistake and shows they're not serious in their reporting
@@inkenhafner7187he also not only claims it's the last printing press- when it most certainly is not, but that it can cost $10,000 to MAKE a book. But it's $10,000 to purchase. Not make. I don't trust this channel anymore. They used to be a legit journalist platform, but now it's a content farm.
The whole point of printing press is to make books faster than the old wood block method, which is carving a whole page.
All the letters can be premade, arranging them don’t take a whole year
Me laughing maniacally while printing the entire bee movie script on one page
I'm all for the quality and beauty of a custom-bound book, but I'm not sure I could get on-board with the enormously inflated cost of a custom-printed book when it looks virtually indistinguishable from one made on a modern printer.
You forgot to show us the final product😅
Because you would be disappointed, it is ordinary looking book
I can't comment on someone else's art.
This is truly exquisite.
...and will be missed when it's gone. I am sure of this.
Teaching this method would be time well spent. It should be a part of a course, I believe it would be the best way to keep the art alive as long as possible.
This was such a great RUclips piece for me.
I live for knowledge of this type found here.
Would be grand if a longer piece, with more details on the work, and backgrounds of the individuals dedicating their time here.❤
Wow! So impressive so antique
That page is from the Gogol's "Nose". Strangely the top line is in russian and the rest is in English. Obviously a custom order from some lover of the russian prose.
definitely not the worst prose to love lol
@@dazenguile4215 well, I suggest switching to the Ukrainian one. To be on a safe side 😜
A labor of love and appreciation for quality books!
Being on older technology is what so great thing...
Hier in Deutschland gibt es in der Stadt Mainz das "Gutenberg Museum". Dort wird der Apparat des Erfinders des Buchdrucks (in Europa), ausgestellt = das ist echt einen Besuch wert! Grüße Grim Reaper
This was beautiful to watch. So grateful people keep these techniques alive. AMAZING!
There's no need to keep it alive when you have more efficient ways. It's just for the people who can buy it at unbelievable prices and boast it as luxury.
@@zaid8957loose electricy.. lose you whole library. History won't know our knowledge left on and found via electronics.
@@zaid8957"why do anything at all?" I hate people like you
It’s a waste of time and money. It’s not like other other crafts where using an older technique produces a higher quality product this is just doing something old to say it’s handmade so they can charge 10k
Why? You can buy the same exact thing factory made with a fraction of the cost.
If i ever write a book and it makes money then I'd definitely get one made like this.
One for myself and one for a lucky fan as collectibles. If they ever need to sell it it would be worth thousands to other collectors.
Such a historic and aesthetic value, I'd deffinitely buy from them if I could afford it.
It has no value. Interesting and simple there because people will pay. It's not done like this for a reason.
@@benpinder889 Huh? So, your're saying that they arr doing this only because people pay for it and that's why it has no value? Five years to make one book, mate.
My grandfather used to work the printing press. I used to love watching him work.
That must have been a real treat💜
People who are most likely to buy this book for 10000 $ are also the ones who are least likely to read it.
They won't read it because they'll put it in a collection, ready to gain value.
Otherwise, those are the same people who will read a lot more books than you and me.
@@PeterBee911the book will only depreciate in value. It's the new car of books
I wasn’t aware they still crafted books this way. Wow would I love to own one!
ok pay 10k Now you realize why this is archaic
They don't. If the sell one book every six months I'd be amazed. It probably takes more than a month to make each one.
That's fabulous
So beautiful
Absolutely beautiful art.... Thanks