ben206•19d ago

Caught myself pressing my spine creases with a bone folder for 3 years straight

I was watching a restoration video last week and the guy just ran his thumb along the spine to set the crease. No bone folder, no extra pressure, just a light thumb pass. Turns out I've been overworking my spines and crushing the paper fibers this whole time. Anyone else find out they were doing some basic step completely backwards?

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robertgreen19d agoMost Upvoted

Gently reminding my spine with my thumb now.

danielmason18d ago

Buddy of mine was the same way with a bone folder. Used it for everything, then one day his teacher watched him flatten a book and just said "you really hate that spine, huh." Never touched the folder again.

norag6616d ago

That line about hating the spine really stuck with me. When I was learning to bind books, I kept pressing down too hard with my folder until my teacher showed me how to let the weight of the tool do the work instead of my arm.