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BOOKFORGE

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...and the removal continues!

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April 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM

BOOKFORGE

@bookforge.bsky.social

I've just added this fun little pocket sized notebook to the BOOKFORGE Etsy shop! Check it out now!

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March 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM

BOOKFORGE

@bookforge.bsky.social

How close is TOO close!?

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March 31, 2025 at 12:11 AM

BOOKFORGE

@bookforge.bsky.social

Old leather removal from a 19th-century book board.

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April 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM

BOOKFORGE

@bookforge.bsky.social

Finish up the Oxford hollow on this History of Erie County!

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April 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM

BOOKFORGE

@bookforge.bsky.social

This just might be my favorite book I've posted today! Check it out!

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#handmade #handbound #DatelessJournal #Journal #Diary #SketchBook #bookbinder #bookbindery #BOOKFORGE #BindERIE #EriePA

April 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM

BOOKFORGE

@bookforge.bsky.social

A little photo session fun with Freyja (cat) and Sharon, The Bookbinder's Apprentice!

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April 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM

BOOKFORGE

@bookforge.bsky.social

Continuing to trim down paper repairs made with Hanji paper and wheat starch.

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April 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM

BOOKFORGE

@bookforge.bsky.social

Sharon, the Bookbinder's Apprentice, uses a punching cradle to create sewing stations in signatures.

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April 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM

BOOKFORGE

@bookforge.bsky.social

Thunder storms rollin' in...

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March 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM

BOOKFORGE

@bookforge.bsky.social

Just another day at the bookbinder's workbench!

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Book in backing press showing rounded and shouldered spine sewn on raised bands (hemp) with linen threads.

March 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM

BOOKFORGE

@bookforge.bsky.social

Spine is lined and is ready for the Oxford hollow treatment.

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April 19, 2025 at 11:12 AM

BOOKFORGE

@bookforge.bsky.social

just about done removing the old spine lining and glue from this old Bible!

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April 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM

BOOKFORGE

@bookforge.bsky.social

Getting ready to remove the old leather and cloth from this Erie County History Illustrated for restoration.

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April 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM

BOOKFORGE

@bookforge.bsky.social

Before and after images of rodent chewed book board restoration from the 19th-century.

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April 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM

BOOKFORGE

@bookforge.bsky.social

Just one more addition to the BOOKFORGE Etsy shop before bed time. If you have a moment, check it out.

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March 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM

BOOKFORGE

@bookforge.bsky.social

All in a mornings preparation...

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April 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM

BOOKFORGE

@bookforge.bsky.social

The removal of the old bookcloth.

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April 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM

BOOKFORGE

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New paper for the bindery flat file!

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March 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM

BOOKFORGE

@bookforge.bsky.social

Did a fun little photo shoot for the bindery tonight...just trying to sort some things out. Hundred-year-old bookbinder's sewing frame with a book that is just about as old, or older...

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