u/Highlandbookbinding

So the question of the day: Very small books or very large wooden elephant?

Help wanted…

I have just bought a PräGnant - Manual blocking press and some brass type ranging from 6 point to 36 point.

Has anyone had any success blocking two lines of type at the one time? If so any advice on how best to achieve that…

Thank you!

Sometimes when you’re working on a lot of books, you run out of sensible weights… so you end up using a 35 cm high solid wood Dodo… I’m sure this happens to everyone!

Restoration project - two volumes of Plutarch’s Lives from 1703, total disrepair and from two different original binders… so the challenges to make them look like a set… anyway it’s gunk time and that is a fun part!