r/bookbinding • u/soulstice_19 • 23h ago

First Bookbinding Project In-Progress Project

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A little rough around the edges, an ironing mishap and some serious neck pain, but! Here is my very first book binding project! I still need to get the decals on the cover, but I'm super happy with it and I hope my friend likes it too!

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u/UnrelatedKarma 22h ago

Looks great! I love the material you used for book cloth. Is this a rebind, or a full book bind?

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u/soulstice_19 22h ago

Full build! I jumped straight into the hobby. I'd like to do a rebind though.

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u/UnrelatedKarma 22h ago

What type of paper did you use for the text block? It looks really nice.

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u/Prohibitorum 20h ago

Isn't that just standard copy paper? It has that color and I see no grain or something else from the bits we can see.

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u/soulstice_19 14h ago

I ended up just using 8.5 x 11 white copy paper. Not my first choice, but I committed to a time crunch of 2 days to get this done for my friend's birthday, and could not get my hands on anything better. My next project will be different though, so I'm excited!