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Can we talk about that $60 bookbinding kit I grabbed off Etsy?
I was pumped to start bookbinding, so I dropped $60 on a starter kit from some shop on Etsy. It came with a bone folder that was basically plastic, a cheap awl that bent on my second hole, and thread that kept fraying like crazy. I wasted three evenings fighting with that stuff before I gave up and ordered individual tools from a proper supplier for maybe $50 total. The difference is night and day - the real bone folder actually creases paper flat, and the awl goes through signatures like butter. Has anyone else burned cash on those all-in-one kits and regretted it, or did I just pick a bad seller?
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anna_fox713d ago
Bone folder was basically plastic" tells me everything. I got one of those kits too and the "bone folder" snapped clean in half the first time I tried to actually burnish a fold. It's wild how the individual tools end up costing less and actually work.
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