Reviving My D&D Books - Making an Epic Dungeons & Dragons Tome - Part 2 - Prep & Re-Sewing

[@krystalmesh]

Thank you KZbin algorithm for recommending part 1!

[@hannigan9738]

100%. Luckily

[@andylimb]

Ditto!

[@aldopine]

Me also and I'm not even a book binding nor D&D fan or player but this channel is pretty cool❗👍🙂

[@zxtudio]

Sound lucky I got sent the second part instead lol

[@FourKeysBookArts]

Thanks!

[@TealCheetah]

Good news: you'll never lose one of the manuals again Bad news: you can lose all of them at once lol

[@KoTTrpg]

A true'r statement has never been said! However, we could put an airtag inside of it somewhere, somehow.

[@lester44444]

high risk high reward, hope you have decent luck saves

[@0kieD0kiee]

I love how you reused, restyled and repurposed so much of the original books! I really love the process of book binding and this makes me want to get into it again

[@FourKeysBookArts]

Thank you, I'm always looking for ways to reuse material.

[@KoTTrpg]

Do it! What are you waiting for?

[@0kieD0kiee]

@@KoTTrpg aaaaaa time??? lol im pretty busy running games and playing in games and writing for games XD but this has really inspired me! Maybe next time i have a weekend off ill start a little project :)

[@ScaryMeadow]

I may have binged this channel and now I'm caught up to newly released videos. I love the vibe of this content, it's informative and warm and calm but there's still such a fierce passion for the craft and in-between there's a few dry jokes sprinkled in for good measure. (Yes I always watch with CC on so I catch those, too!) Thank you for going through all the trouble of recording, editing and posting these.

[@FourKeysBookArts]

Thank you, I’m glad you’re enjoying the content. I must say your comment is an excellent summary of the channel!

[@nokillnina]

Great project. In book restauration my former bookbinding teacher used wider linen tapes and sew through them when holes did not match or were not usable for any reason. your approach is kinda new to me, but looks interesting

[@FourKeysBookArts]

That's an interesting approach. I've always understood that sewing through the tapes is undesirable as it restricts the signatures during the rounding process, though not all books are rounded of course. Thanks for the insight!

[@nokillnina]

​@@FourKeysBookArts With such a thick book the bending radius of the signatures is not so big, your solution might very likely work fine. The situation with not matching holes is actually always a struggle and every solution will have slight disadvantages. I really like your approach

[@jcortese3300]

This is terrifically enjoyable to watch. And I've said it before, but it gives me great satisfaction to watch a gifted left-handed craftsman. I feel like a lot of handwork is an upward climb for us lefties -- I'm not going to use woodworking power tools with my off hand, that's for sure! Bookbinding seems like something that's more accessible to us, and it's a joy to watch you work.

[@FourKeysBookArts]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@benvoliothefirst]

Hell yeah! Lefties unite!

[@thefataltortus9043]

I didn’t notice he was a leftie 😂

[@AustinKazda]

I literally just checked for this part 2 about 10 minutes ago. Classic. Edit after watching: Great video! Excited for part 3!

[@FourKeysBookArts]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@augustussohn893]

This project tickles my nostalgia button. While watching by this I am dreaming of all the other books and sets this could be done to, wondering what kind of cover you’re going to come up with and imagining what I would do if I weren’t a knuckle-dragging window licker. I’m excited for more!

[@GrayArmyGaming]

Love it! I used to work as a bookbinder in Växjö, Sweden, so this really brought back some good memories! 😊

[@FourKeysBookArts]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@GrayArmyGaming]

@@FourKeysBookArts Looking forward to Part 3!

[@laurenburnett8202]

My heart is aching watching a master craftsman show a younger apprentice his craft. I literally can't express how greatfull I am to see this. Definitely fills my heart with joy. ❤

[@KoTTrpg]

Are you going to start posting on KZbin as well one day?

[@laurenburnett8202]

@KoTTrpg I don't know. It sounds and looks like alot of hard work, and I feel like too much of a jack of some. One day but you've given me something to think about

[@cyberlolo_Fr]

Such inspiration ! I started with your videos to do it myself and I'am accumulating errors and wrong choices, but it's how experience comes ! Already 5 books done, better and better. Thanks a lot, it's absolutely passionating and gives a great reward once done.

[@FourKeysBookArts]

Mistakes are the best teachers in my opinion. They push you to change your approach, develop new techniques, hone your skills, and seek out new knowledge. And I’ve made more than a few!

[@noxiousbones]

Very jealous of your work surface. It is so beautifully characterized.

[@j.s.matlock1456]

A beautifully bound book is a work of art. I enjoy your videos very much. I find them oddly calming and restful. Books have held a strange fascination for me since I was a small child. In fact, I preferred books to most of my other toys. When I was three years old, the adults found me carrying around a small block of wood. Whey they asked me about it, I told them it was my prayer book - something in itself that defies explanation as I had never been to any church with a formal liturgy and could have had no concept of what a prayer book was. Books are a special kind of magic.

[@dirk4926]

It was really nice to see how you figured out how to deal with the curve ball you got thrown

[@lightbulbnirvana]

I'd say that you've given the books a second life. Great job working out the sewing. I'm glad to learn this technique should I ever wish to bind non-contiguous signatures together. Thanks for sharing!

[@UlrichVIII]

this one will turn out to be a masive piece of nerdness, waiting for part 3! good work!!

[@lordofgraphite]

Was absolutely frothing at the mouth for pt 2, cannot wait for pt 3. Excellent work in getting around the wonky sewing problem!

[@Nanakinsz]

Ingenious problem solving with the sewing and tapes! And you know, I'd have just photocopied those covers in color and went onwards! That was brilliant, too! See you next time for more!

[@andriyyuriv9504]

Thank you very much for the lesson. You have given me a wonderful hobby. I hope you will make many more videos 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@FourKeysBookArts]

I hope so too!

[@PeppoMusic]

Interesting how you tackled the challenge of the offset sewing holes! I think it came out beautifully all things considered. Looking forward to the next step. :)

[@FourKeysBookArts]

Thank you so much!

[@johnsikking4891]

Wow this is some next level book making. I’m a digital person, so it is a pleasure to see this craftsmanship.

[@DStrormer]

This is looking epic. Great work, thank you for sharing.

[@KoTTrpg]

First second in, seeing those dice. Your cinematic shots are always uncanny and well done!

[@Brenilla]

This is so cool!! I’m glad I caught this only 2 episodes in! I love book binding, done a lil myself but yes yes!

[@negotiableaffections]

Fantastic project, loving every minute. That beautiful marbled paper looks like an abstraction of "The Starry Night" by Vincent van Gogh, to me.

[@maxdaviid]

Been loving to see this project, cant wait to see the next video :)

[@ianpatrickclarksr4074]

Great application of old world skills on modern media. Makes me want to see a scratch build of these books in a sort of “illuminated manual” sort of production. Are you planning to include some place holder ribbons? I look forward to seeing you create the covers for this hefty tome.

[@CraftingwithLani]

Beautiful. I found myself holding my breath as you were recovering the original covers!

[@Atherax]

This is Legit awesome, tho it would have been cool to give the original covers a matt or semi gloss finish to more match the book instead of the highgloss they have, but that's just me :) I'm so keen to see how you deal with the spine and what you do for the covers😅

[@hatedcritic8066]

I have been watching your book binding videos. They are humbling. As a bibliophile and occasional book binder, I am just blown away by both your construction and deconstruction skills and your ability to explain the process. Your videos are the best ones I have seen in weeks of You Tube watching. Thank you.

[@zacharybigger4144]

As a DM, this would be the coolest thing to pull out at a session 😂 I love it

[@isacpgoncalves]

Loving this series! I’d also love to see more videos of you making marbled paper!

[@5PctJuice]

I pretty regularly watch art restoration videos so it was a bit of a trip to hear you talking about water-based adhesives, compressing wet materials so they dry flat, applying heat to remove past work, etc. At a certain point I was almost expecting "alright and when we put this back together we'll be using this solvent-activated, conservation-grade adhesive."

[@Fnordathoth]

Looking forward to part III 😊

[@marendur]

As a long term D&D player and amateur bookbinder, this has been a joy to watch.

[@Beryllahawk]

Wow! This is coming along VERY nicely! Paper is really such a magical material, there's so much you can do with it that seems unexpected or even impossible. I guess that makes you a Mythic level wizard then!!!

[@Lorddanielrushton371]

That was really good on the sewing. I saw what you were aiming for. Mainly because I've seen all your videos. But you did great.

[@theredbeardbard]

Oh man, this whole project is fascinating. I can't wait to see how you finish it.

[@BuckFu]

This is what wizards SHOULD be doing INSTEAD of a new edition. Love it!

[@yiutubil]

Your videos make me feel so good. The peace in your Voice and the way delicate that you do The things shows that you really love work in this project. I would love to see you creating a witch's grymory. Thank you to bring us your beautiful videos! Congratulations from Brazil

[@seanfsmith]

This may be the single nicest video I've seen on KZbin :))

[@smutwithplot]

I am... FASCINATED. I don't have the tools to do this myself, but HO BOY, is this now on my One Day Project list! But boy howdy, do I use mine so often, I'd probably destroy it through use, too, ha!

[@madcountofdumont7742]

Very keen for part 3 this has been excellent 👌

[@AdaSoto]

Shared this with my D&D group.

[@stealthninja9999]

The amount of secondhand joy I felt when the cover art removal worked as well as anyone could have hoped made me really appreciate both your skill with books as well as your ability to make entertaining videos. You are a joy, and I thank you!

[@aloisbrabant1409]

So fascinating to watch it almost got me late for work, excited to see the next part!

[@StaticReplication]

I always learn something new from your videos. I've never seen endpaper burnishing. I'll be stealing that.

[@samfumi9200]

Great project! I can't wait for part 3!🎉

[@Sintanity]

What a great idea to save the covers of the manuals and use them in the binding!! This is such a joy to watch. I can't wait to see what you do with the cover!!

[@MyArmHurtsBad]

Love it!

[@FourKeysBookArts]

Thanks!!

[@JvdBos]

What an awesome project! Looking forward to the next part(s)!

[@teufellhunden]

The algorithm better bring me back for part 3

[@mags8014]

Thank you another fascinating video! The project is really coming along well and, like your other “commenters”, I can’t wait for Part 3.

[@FourKeysBookArts]

Thank you!

[@StaubengeI]

I was excited all along watching the first part and now the second part of this series, but then you whipped out the "Buchbinderzwirn" and my German heart jumped even higher XD

[@aicerg]

I would love to do bookbinding for a living. Though it'd frustrate me forever to not be as good as you are. You're excellent at this; I discovered your channel with the medieval book video, and it blew my mind! I immediately watched all 5 of the more detailed videos. As a side effect, sometimes they relax me so much that they help me sleep. Thank you for sharing your amazing work ❤

[@TheGajknight]

This is fantastic, such an unique project!

[@GrinningSmile]

omg the way my cover art on my first 5e hand book years ago when it got a little splash of water makes so much since now!

[@TheGamingWard]

I could watch this for hours. Such a cool project

[@zelbarnap]

Awesome! Thank you 😊 for doing this it’s great to see

[@jawsisra]

Nice. I wish I had your skills to pull this off. I would go even more adding other core books as well but still what you have done here is Great.

[@Man-At-Arms46]

Stunning and informative to watch your craft!!

[@kirkmt]

I’m so happy you managed to use the cover artwork! I was sad in part 1 when I thought you would lose them.

[@ericheckenkamp6091]

I used to work as a printer, and spent some months at a book bindery too. In college, as an art major, I took some book making classes for an easy A. This was very interesting.

[@AllHailMeowMix]

Comment for the algorythm. You're killing it and I hope KZbin recommends your stuff to more people like me.

[@lunondisposable5382]

I took a bookmaking course in college and really miss it, this has been a delight to stumble upon!

[@Bueny96]

Again a great video. You probably already thought about it, but perhaps a ribbon/readers band/book mark (no idea what it is actually called) for each book could be useful. But you are the expert :), looking forward to part 3!

[@duanescott7426]

To be honest I wish every new edition was done this way. 1 purchase and you have everything you need.

[@gymnosophist7471]

Lovely work as usual Maestro! Can’t wait to see the finished product… and maybe a few frames of it finally in use at the gaming table?

[@FourKeysBookArts]

Thank you, I certainly hope so!

[@chezzykennedy5692]

What a great recommendation. I've subscribed as I'm excited to see the end result.

[@FourKeysBookArts]

Thanks!

[@havvik3505]

oh yay! This upload was faster than I expected!

[@Rulytasho]

this is one of the reasons why I started to get into the hobby of bookbinding, I really wanted to bookbind a huge grimoire looking book for all the RPG rule books I have. (Not like this, but more of bookbinding each book separately) Right now I'm learning how to do leather tooling, cause I also wanna make some cool designs in leather for the books.

[@Seraphina-Rose]

This is such an amazing project, thank you for sharing your craft.

[@FourKeysBookArts]

Thank you! 😊

[@majora748]

When the original book covers aren't attached yet but have the black paper it reminds me of composition notebooks, it would make a cool cover for one if they were scaled right lol.

[@rickershomesteadahobbyfarm3291]

I hit the bell icon so I see part 3! Hopefully it comes out soon! I don’t know why I’m enjoying this so much but I’m definitely invested in this project now lol😂

[@peterhowardlawson]

So fascinating and soothing to watch: thank you!

[@peterhowardlawson]

As soon as I saw Part 2, I dived on it

[@ExpendableOne23]

Fantastic work. Can't wait for part 3!

[@kitecorbin3914]

This is amazing. The sewing you do is beautiful and perfect. I usually make stuff up as I do my own bookbinding, so I was surprised to see that you use some of the methods I figured out on my own. Hey, if it works it works! This is a gorgeous project so far, I can't wait to see how you do the cover 😁 You have inspired me to work more on my own binding skills and techniques. Practice makes perfect 👍

[@redbeard365]

Really awesome process! Thank you for sharing!

[@DanielleStJohn]

Watching the deconstruction has me thinking of Julian of Baumgartner Restoration. Watching this also has me wanting to get into book binding (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 I don't nee....)

[@mtgemperor]

I have often wondered about getting my Core Books rebound in hard leather. Instead of in one large tome like your project here, I'd want each in their own respective colors; red for PHB, blue for MM, and black for DMG. Have them spine labeled like books from the late 1800s.

[@FourKeysBookArts]

That would look really good!

[@shelleycovey8437]

Wow! Fascinating from start to finish. Thank you.

[@PrimalEdge]

I Want One Groovy video. This is epic

[@xMikeDx]

Excited to see the 2nd half.

[@lilpixie25]

Wow, this looks like a proper time! I love it

[@sungone]

Honestly amazing work!

[@iwondery1725]

I’m really enjoying this, thanks for posting.

[@dconstruyendocommander]

DISFRUTE cada minuto de esta serie de 3 episodios. Es increible como el crafteo de estos videos hace que uno desee trabajar encuadernando libros.

[@ulrikekogl8760]

love your work, this is super! thank you for sharing.

[@FourKeysBookArts]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@kentgreig]

Well done. Good video and makes me appreciate the craftsmanship

[@lafrancemeyers7728]

Love it ♥️♥️

[@minnixmusic]

I love your videos. You're such a craftsman.

[@mirijam163]

This is wonderful and makes me want to bookbind again❤

[@XyerDark]

This has been a massively educating serie so far, particularly due to the disassembling part but I wonder why you didn't just punch new holes so they could all line up, was it because it would have ultimately harmed the overall structure?

[@FourKeysBookArts]

That's exactly right - with the old holes being so irregular any new ones would inevitably be much too close to some of the old ones, which would risk the thread tearing through. If it's at all possible it's best to use the existing holes.

[@carolburns8667]

This is fascinating thank you for explaining ❤️🇨🇦

[@Khether0001]

Would you imagine if, in a thousand years, someone found this book and went over their version of youtube to conserve it surprising themselves over your solutions to the problems just to find later you had your own video showing up what you did when the book was still pristine?

[@PatGilliland]

Beautiful work so far

[@Atinyshark]

So awesome ❤️

[@shadenphoenix]

So awesome! Man I wish I could have been there to do mine too like I've been wanting to for some time.

[@praisethesun7161]

Seeing the areas where it was glued on originally in this video really did it justice as to how meticulous you were about removing the glue. Time-lapse aside, how long did it really take for you to get all the glue off? The close ups of the stitches near the end was really neat to see. The cross pattern looks like it worked very well to achieve what you wanted, even with all the misalignments. Very much looking forward to part 3. Thank you for uploading, Cheers!! \[T]/

[@FourKeysBookArts]

I think picking out all the glue took a good few hours at least. Luckily I have a high tolerance for repetitive, mundane tasks! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@Keovar]

The Player’s Handbook is where most of the rules are, so you’ll want to reference it most often at first, but less frequently as you come to remember most things without reference. The Monster Manual is where your most frequent reference needs will be in the long term, because encounters with creatures and other challenges are the core game loop. The Dungeon Master’s guide has a magic item list, but not much else you’d need to reference. WotC has recognized that the DMG is rather sparse on guidance on being a dungeon master, and it should receive the most comprehensive rewrite in the 2024 revision. Personally, I would have ordered them PHB, MM, DMG, so the most frequently referenced part would be in the center, where the tome will most easily sit open. I’m not sure how you’d actually use a book that huge at the table, so it would more likely end up as an impressive-looking tome to take notes from more than a reference for use during games.