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Bookbinders
c/bookbinders•stella_fosterstella_foster•1mo ago

Noticed a lot more people asking about leather paring knives lately

Last week at the local craft store in Portland, I saw three different people in the bookbinding section looking for a decent paring knife. One guy was holding up a cheap one and asking the clerk if it would work for skiving leather. It made me think back to about three years ago when I first started, and you hardly ever saw that. Back then, most beginners just used whatever sharp blade they had, or avoided leather altogether because it seemed too hard. Now, with all these YouTube tutorials showing the process, it feels like everyone wants to try a leather-bound journal as their second project. I get it, the results look amazing, but jumping straight into skiving without practice is a recipe for sliced fingers and wasted material. Has anyone else had to talk a new binder down from starting with a full leather cover?

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Budgeting Wins
c/budgeting-wins•stella_fosterstella_foster•1mo ago
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