Completing the Flexible Binding in Full Leather Part 8 // Adventures in Bookbinding

This video is part 8 in a series demonstrating how to make a flexible binding with a tight-back in full #leather, which was common in England in the 17th and 18th centuries. In this video I will finish the book by correcting board warping, filling-in between turn-ins and putting down the endpaper (the pastedown). I will give a brief overview of the Cambridge panel style finishing, but will cover this in detail in a stand-alone video.

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00:00 Flexible Binding in Full Leather
00:43 Trim turn-ins
02:26 Fix outward board warping with draw sheets
04:57 Fill-in between the turn-ins
07:20 Cambridge panel style finishing
10:55 Putting down endpapers; the pastedowns
16:05 Opening for the first time
16:24 Shameless Patreon plug

The leather I'm using is fair natural veg tanned goat from Steve Siegel
https://siegelleather.com/product/fai...

Methyl cellulose adhesive
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JHS Leather Dressing
https://www.hewitonline.com/JHS_Leath...

Cardstock for filling-in
https://www.talasonline.com/Heritage-...

The paper I use is Mohawk Superfine white eggshell 118gms 70T (which mean 70lbs text weight)
https://www.mohawkconnects.com/produc...
Available in US letter short grain from
https://hollanders.com/products/mohaw...
Or in Australia from me (see DAS Bookbinding store)

A good book for more information about binding from this period is A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique by Bernard Middleton

This structure is well described by Arthur Johnson in The Thames and Hudson Manual of Book Binding

Another good reference for this structure is Bookbinding A Manual for those Interested in the Craft of Bookbinding by William F. Matthews, 1929

The tools and materials I use can be purchased from specialist suppliers and manufacturers in my suppliers list. If you are in Australia I have a limited range of items I supply by mail or by pickup from the bindery in Brisbane.
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The #DASBookbinding Channel is the perfect starting point for learning #bookbinding. It covers foundation skills, simple projects, technical methods, materials and more advanced bookbinding projects. The videos are presented in a tutorial or lesson fashion, which I hope are easy to follow. The knowledge presented is based on traditional techniques which can be used to create traditional books or as a foundation to quality journalling or creative artists' books. The best way to find what you are looking for is the DAS Bookbinding YouTube Channel guide.
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English Closed Caption titles by Carrie Snyder. Thank you!!

The music used in this video is performed by Jon Sayles. Jon has some great classical guitar music on his website, which he shares freely.