Reddit reviews Bookbinding: The Classic Arts and Crafts Manual

Here's a fairly simple walkthrough of the process I've watched before on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF4t4nktOwc

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There are some non-obvious tips here, especially regarding temperature:

http://cool.conservation-us.org/don/dt/dt0366.html

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But if the goal is simply to work with stamps and impress designs, it's a matter of planning out your design on paper, building up a good collection of stamps. For example, in this video he uses only five stamps and a fillet (the rolling tool which creates a line).

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https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/special/exhibitions/cover-to-cover/hand-tooling/

This website is also a good introduction to the art.

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https://www.amazon.com/Bookbinding-Classic-Arts-Crafts-Manual/dp/0486440397

This book has a fair amount of instruction.

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I'd say that this is something that with a few stamps and a stove, the only real issue is practice.