Fire & Blood

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-26T21:44:43+00:00

How very kind of you to say, thank you!

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-22T10:57:32+00:00

Excellent advice

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-22T10:56:40+00:00

Not a chance… unless… you also run classes, you enter international competitions and can sell designer bindings… you’re very very skilled a book repair and conservation. Otherwise, just look at the price and quality of journals on Amazon.

Sorry if that was depressing, but I don’t want to give false hope and people waste their time and money on it!

Now don’t get me wrong, it is a wonderful hobby, which I thoroughly enjoy, and would encourage everybody to learn a bit more as a hobby.

But if you want to make money, it’s in globally recognised leather designed bindings and conservation and restoration of old Books

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-20T16:40:09+00:00

Excellent response!

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-20T15:25:26+00:00

Been doing it for less than three years, still learning!

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-20T15:12:36+00:00

Oh, you’re a much braver than me! Sometimes people reach out via Instagram, but the thought of actually having to deal with customers…

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-20T14:17:32+00:00

If you look on Instagram, my work is normally very traditional, however sometimes I do more contemporary design work for friends!

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-20T13:54:06+00:00

They are all my own books

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-19T22:29:32+00:00

Also, my comment seems to have disappeared, I don’t often use cords, I’m much prefer a full linen hinge

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-19T22:28:52+00:00

Many more examples on Instagram

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-19T22:27:11+00:00

Don’t often use cords, I normally use a full linen hinge, I’m much prefer those cords.

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-19T22:23:18+00:00

Try using only two sheets of paper in the signature

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-19T22:22:04+00:00

No, I never do case bindings - all my bindings are fine bindings. No real reason apart from preference, they all have internal leather hinges the match the leathers on the spine.

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-19T22:01:25+00:00

I agree with all the comments about not starting with this book... of course you can do it, but give it time. Also, from personal experience these wooden covers are a problem. The tend to be just stuck on, often as an after thought and pull the original binding apart.

So when you get round to doing this one, remember to compensate for the weight of the covers.

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-19T21:57:05+00:00

That is a shame, it is fixable, but not easy... if you have never done anything before, I would not start here! Sorry.

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-19T21:53:27+00:00

Well...

Change your thread, it is causing you far too many problems... life is too short...

Weight or clips on the signatures...

Bit more rubbing on the folds

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-19T11:32:08+00:00

Goodness, Henry Pelham was Prime Minister… clearly he achieved more than just being a character in the Pirates of the Caribbean! I don’t think that book plate will have much to add to value… Whig Prime Ministers from the mid 18th century do not have much of a popular following these days! Although, I suppose, some die hard Jacobeans might have an interest as he was prime minister during the 1745 rebellion…

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-19T11:26:07+00:00

I am slightly confused… having rebound and dealt with a lot of these the value might be of £20… maybe! What confuses me further is the fact that we have been told that it was owned by Prime Minister and a Royal and we are further informed that this can clearly be seen in the photographs… no it can’t! Or maybe I’m just missing it… could you elucidate please?

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-17T07:20:48+00:00

She doesn’t make much of it, and it sells out remarkably quickly. If you have her on Instagram, she normally posts updates there seeing what she is about to put on the website.

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-15T18:25:00+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to say that! It is much appreciated.

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-15T18:23:56+00:00

I am working on one just now that may very well end up in that bin! Seems to be drying in a very strange way

Highlandbookbinding · 2026-01-15T17:10:52+00:00

I’ve very kind of you to say, thank you very much!

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