Making A Medieval Book By Hand Part 2 Trimming Rounding, Edge Decoration, Sewing Endbands

Hello everyone, and welcome to my bindery This is Part 2 of my indepth video series on making a medievalstyle book for more information see Part 1 here: This series has no speaking and a minimal amount of music for those who want to enjoy the peaceful simplicity of quiet handwork. For those seeking insights into my materials and techniques, you can turn on subtitles to read my full commentary on the process as you watch In this installment I begin by trimming the book to size and rounding the spine. I first cut down the oversized endpapers and glue down the free decorative flyleaves to make what s called a stiff leaf. Next I glue out the spine and trim the fore edge of the book using my bookbinder s plough. With the fore edge smooth I can round the spine of the book and then trim the head and tail. The spine of the book is not backed, meaning I don t form the type of shoulders seen on later bindings. Instead I line t