The guy at the library bindery in Salem told me he sews his signatures with a curved needle, and I felt dumb for never trying it | Bookbinders - The Community Guide
The guy at the library bindery in Salem told me he sews his signatures with a curved needle, and I felt dumb for never trying it
He said a curved needle lets him sew into a signature that's already folded and pressed without fighting the paper, and after trying it on a 200-page text block last weekend I'm never going back, so what other small tool swaps am I missing out on?