Making A Medieval Book By Hand - Part 5 - FINALE - Leather Tooling - Brass Hardware - Final Assembly

Hello everyone, and welcome to my bindery! This is the fifth and final installment of my in-depth video series on making a medieval-style book - for more information see Part 1 at the link below. This series has no speaking and a minimal amount of music for those who want to enjoy the peaceful simplicity of quiet hand-work. 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 everything finally comes together to finish the book! With the leather complete from episode 4 I turn to finalizing the design for the tooling. I first use my brass finishing tools (many of which I made myself) and an ink pad to lay out the design for both covers. With the design complete I then heat up the tools on a hot plate and impress them into the dampened leather of the cover. And as an added feature I embellish the blind tooling with a some gold foil highlights. To truly transform this book I add my handmade brass furniture (which is the proper name for the metal hardware on a book). I filmed the entire process of making the furniture and you can watch that video here: Attaching the furniture requires drilling holes through the leather and wood covers, which feels just all kinds of wrong! But the brass nails complete the look, and the bent-over ends are covered and hidden by the pasted-down endpapers. This has been an amazing project and I’m thrilled with how the book turned out. Thank you to all of you who have been watching since part 1, and to anyone who has just now discovered my channel. If you enjoyed the video then please consider subscribing and turning on your notifications for any future videos. And as always let me know your thoughts in the comments down below! Thanks for watching! Previous Episodes: Part 1 - Folding Pages, Endpapers, Piercing & Sewing: Part 2 - Trimming & Rounding, Edge Decoration, Sewing Endbands: Part 3 - Wooden Boards, Carving & Mortising, Attaching the Covers: Part 4 - Paring and Applying Leather: ________ List of Materials Used in This Episode Ink Stamp Pad Water Gold Foil Heat-Transfer Sheets Brass Furnishings & Brass Nails PVA/methyl cellulose glue List of Tools Used in This Episode Stainless Steel rulers, various sizes Pencil & Pen Brass/Iron Bookbinder’s Finishing Tools, various designs Pencil Compass Dividers Natural Sponge Electric Hot Plate Soft Cloth Scrap Card Straightedge Awl Pin Drill Holder & Drill Bit Chisel Nail Set Leatherman Blast Hammer Paring Knife Paring Stone Paste Brush Laying Press Various bits of scrap card / waste paper 2 Bricks Bone Folder Sandpaper & Sanding Block Blotting Paper / Release Paper Pressing Tins Pressing Boards Iron Book Press Selected list of Suppliers (Not affiliated) Brass Nails / Woodworking / General Tools: Lee Valley Tools - Bookbinding Tools & Materials: George Hill & Co. - Writing Materials: Wonder Pens - ________ You can now buy me a coffee here: Or you can drop a tip in my PayPal account: Four Keys Book Arts marbled papers and handmade books are available for sale in my Etsy shop, with worldwide shipping available: Follow me on social media: Instagram Facebook All original works of art in this video are copyrighted exclusively by Four Keys Book Arts. Music Credits: ’Yonder Hill And Dale’ by Aaron Kenny - ’Marked’ and ’Tavern Loop One’ by Alexander Nakarada | Music promoted by Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Image Source Bibliography: ’Fig. 21: Mediæval Book-Binding’, from ’Gately’s World’s Progress’, Edited by C. E. Beale. Édition de luxe, Boston : Gately & Co, 1886, p. 283. ’Fig. 8: ’Travail de la Reliure’, from ’Procédés de la gravure (Nouv. éd)’, Lostalot, Alfred de, A Quantin, Paris, 1882. p. 26. #bookbinding #fourkeysbookarts #handmadebooks #medievalbook