Practical bookbinding : a text-book intended for those who take up the art of bookbinding, and designed to give sufficient help to enable handy persons to bind their books and periodicals . back of the book and the joint, , where theboards meet the back. Pencil lines may be drawnas a guide to the paring. During the process of paring,the leather is placed with the flesh side upwards on alithographic stone, a piece of marble, or a sheet ofplate glass. In paring large or broad surfaces, theFrench paring knife (Fig. 5, L) will be found suitable ;but for narrow surfaces or edges, the German kni
Practical bookbinding : a text-book intended for those who take up the art of bookbinding, and designed to give sufficient help to enable handy persons to bind their books and periodicals . back of the book and the joint, , where theboards meet the back. Pencil lines may be drawnas a guide to the paring. During the process of paring,the leather is placed with the flesh side upwards on alithographic stone, a piece of marble, or a sheet ofplate glass. In paring large or broad surfaces, theFrench paring knife (Fig. 5, L) will be found suitable ;but for narrow surfaces or edges, the German knife 9o PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. (Fig. 5, G) is more convenient. As will be seen inFig. 68, the leather is held firmly by the left hand,the paring knife pushed across with steady, evenpressure, and at each stroke as the tool goes forward athin shaving is cut from the leather. Referring againto Fig. 68, it should be noticed that the angle atwhich the knife is held is as flat as possible. Thebevelled edge of the knife must be kept practice and great care are requiredbefore thorough success in paring leather can beachieved. It is quite probable that in the first and. Fig. 68. early attempts the knife will cut its way right throughthe leather. This calamity is also possible if theknife is held at too high an angle. It is very importantto note that, whatever amount is pared off theleather should be taken away equally. Thin placesform weak spots, which will certainly show them-selves after the covering is attached to the this paring has been done the book is againplaced in position on the cover, and a pencil linedrawn upon the leather, level all round with theouter edges of the boards. As has been mentioned PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. QI previously, the projecting material beyond these linesis termed the turn over. The extreme edges mustnow be pared down to a feather edge in order thatthe turn over shall not form a bulky protuberanceat head and tail, and so th
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