Be careful of the Gamboge; it is very toxic from that era.

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He is very good at explaining the whys.

There is a science to bookbinding as well.

I’d love to know more about the origins of the book being worked on, judging by the crest on the spine and back cover and the colour of the leather it started out in the House of Commons library. It would be interesting to know how it found it’s way to Canada.

Sewing signatures isn’t “tedious”, it’s relaxing!

Hi, just seing this video, nothing to say about watercolours but you use your inkstone wrong. You are supposed to put a little water on it BEFORE you rub the ink stick, to get liquid ink.

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Could you do more videos of don doing repairs and conservative repairs? I know he stated theres differences i would like to see and learn if he'd could physcial show us the differences of conservatism and other tech, also maybe if he could show the differences of difference sewing techniques for different eras that book binders did this was a great video I've watched it twice. Thank you so much for this video and having don teach us his techniques and what to look for in older books.

Don...I have a circa 1750 leather bound "Works of Shakespeare" that needs restoration. May I pay you?

so I think the difference between Bookbinding and Book Repair is that in Conservation/Repair, the "canonical" materials of the book are important, you want to add and remove as little as possible (with reversible methods, as well, preferably) to return the book to an acceptable state, maintaining the original "artwork". But in normal bookbinding, it's more like creating a NEW artwork. if you just want to rebind a book and don't care about the original binding, you can simply destroy it and make a new one, but that's unacceptable in conservation

very informative as well as inspiring…. why Japanese paper? 🧐

I keep wondering where everyone finds these mini books. Because I love mini books all about the size she has

This was wonderful!! It gave me a deeper understanding of how my antique books were made and a much deeper appreciation for hand printed books as a whole. Thank you!

Will be handy when the apocolypse comes around... Still going strong for many years.

This is amazing

You didn’t mention the imprint on the black ink stick which appears to be in Chinese character. What dies it say?

188 - what on earth is so special about that number?

Hint: the press should be inked up before you place the forme onto the press. By doing it the way shown in the video, the uneven blobbiness of the unrolled-out ink goes onto the forme and results in uneven inking.

Great video; however, at about 12.09 the case used for setting has been 'laid' with the face of the type pointing to the left - better practice is to lay the characters pointing right, so that when setting, the type goes straight into the stick the correct way round.

Years ago we found that mice love chewing the backbone of phonebooks & magazines. Any books pasted with animal glue or fish gel were particularly edible. Binding is a craft that should be respected & passed on. My total respect sir.

Beautiful watercolor box. Thank you

I'm an artist that does bookbinding, creating one-of-a-kind books. I've rebound a few and archival repairs. Patience and devotion are paramount. 😂 📚 ❤

Thank you for the explanation. I have never used a proof press, just several different letterpresses. I'm glad to see you're still teaching this technology. It's very satisfying.

Thank you for sharing this!

It's really interesting to see how pristine all the cakes look - but also kind of sad when you think about it. This box was given to someone as a special reward and then likely never used. A great find for historians though.

If the verbiage in the story you were printing required more space for type than the chase allowed, I suppose you could possibly truncate the story somewhat just to get the main points across OR…. CUT TO THE CHASE…. Oops, that term wasn’t used until silent movies in the 1900’s Probably would have more sense to most folks except…in silent movies nobody cared about the story when they could just watch the cops, robbers, cowboys, and Indians chasing each other around.

Bookbinding is an art. The person needs to be well educated in the work, have patience and a great respect for the world of books. I would like to watch this gentleman bind a needy book.

Don is very patient and generous with answering all these bookbinding a repair questions!

Does the library have a digital scan of this book? Or are you familiar with a digital scan of this book?

Small Minerva.

Very grateful for you sharing your expertise. Thank you for the great video!

I find this skill and the expertise and knowledge of this absolutely fascinating. If I could choose a skill to indulge in for life this would be it ! I so admire and envy this knowledge and skill and expertise ! Alas, I have a large library of such books which I have read and collected all of my adult life. My library is now quite enormous, but I have some old sets where the late 17th century books are in very poor condition. I wonder what the process is for assessing a book to get a basic estimate of having a rare book fixed by someone with such skill as his Gentleman has. Is it unaffordium? Asking from Australia.

Terrible print quality. This is the trouble when using loose-type; they all wear out at varying degrees.

Best video on the subject! Thank you!

This video is incredibly concice and exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much for making and sharing it.

Great video. Congratulations

Great video, most enjoyable. Thank you very much for this full break down "start to finish process".

Great to listen to such a knowledgeable person. Thank you.

thanks for sharing! I never knew how small the clay tablet were haha

A little late to the part - great video, will help me with my Adana as well. May I ask where you got that sweet small type cabinet? :) Thanks!

Super interesting thanks a lot 🙏

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Has anyone tried to activate the blocks with water? If so, are the paints still usable?

I have no idea how I ended up here with you bookreaders since i'm not one, but hey, sheers ! just some guy whose morbidly curious about everything in life. good day :)

best video on letterpress ever!!! take a bow guys, as we say here in ireland "fair playd to ye"

Amazing!

God I loved this video......

Hopefully these skills are being passed on.

Hi! I've just been given a 5x3 Adana model by my grandad and wish to get it up and running again. Is there any way of speaking to you guys about the parts I need and the sizes etc? It would be massively appreciated :) I know I need rollers and the metal rectangle which keeps all the type together... Thanks.