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c/bookbindersamyc22amyc2220d ago

This lady at the craft fair in Boise picked up my leather-bound journal and said, "Oh, it's just glued, not sewn, so it's not real bookbinding."

I mean, I spent like 15 hours on that thing, hand-tooling the cover and everything, and she just dismissed it in a second because I used a kettle stitch instead of some fancy exposed spine.
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henry_kelly54
Yeah, read a blog post by a binder who said the "real bookbinding" debate is mostly about showing off. Like @wesleyjohnson said, it's still skill. That lady was just being a snob about a specific style. Your journal sounds solid.
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wesleyjohnson
Wow, gatekeeping bookbinding now? It still took skill to make.
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