I'm fascinated by both the Bradel binding and the IceCube story! A number of years ago when I was still a student I worked for the summer in Tenerife on an astronomy research internship, and several colleagues in my hallway worked on IceCube. They gave a talk on it in journal club one week and although I wasn't interested in pursuing neutrino research, I learned a lot during that talk. I still have the notes I took! I'm just starting Bradel binding and this video, like all your videos, is just what I need. I really appreciate that you are way more academic in your tutorials, citing references, giving details based on the literature research and providing alternative methods based on historical study. I don't have professional bookbinding education and experience like you clearly do, but after taking up bookbinding as a hobby during lockdown I enjoyed it so much that I wanted to know more about it. Your videos over the years have helped me do that, since I'm in academia by profession and I learn efficiently by academic means (reading the literature, writing papers, research, etc). I hope some day soon to open my own small humble bookbinding business. Thank-you so much for putting your professional content for us, and I hope you can do so for many years to come!

*Ahhh, the ol' cliffhanger tactic! Don't worry, I'll be back for the rest of the Antarctic story.*

Come to see Bradel stucture, but got hooked up by Antarctic story aha. Great video sir. Looking forward to next week!

Great video and story ... will tune in for the final chapter 😱👍

This is one of the coolest, most unique books I've seen! Nice work 👍🏼

Great video and instruction. My wife overheard the Antarctic story so you have made a new friend, and now allow me to revisit so many of your videos without being told to stop peering at that iPad😂. Henry Bristol uk

oh shit you worked on IceCube! Damn! You've got a really cool carreer. And this is a really cool book!

I loved your Antarctica story. It has relevance to me, though I’m Swedish and not Scottish, both for its group dynamics aspect and the neutrino research aspect. 😊

Excellent video & fascinating back story - thanks. Looking forward to the conclusion. BTW a steel-toothed nit or head lice comb makes splaying out the Pleister tapes a lot easier!

Superb video! Thanks for sharing.

Great video and stories! Thank you!

Just downloaded a copy of this manual. Can't wait to print it and bind it 📔

Fantastic

You seem to have lead a very interesting and storied life, Darryn! I hear you on the kettle stitch tension. I still have problems with the very end of my textblock beyond the kettle stitch being squished and narrow. It makes stuck on endbands hard to do neatly.

The transitions between bookbinding explanation and storytelling were abrupt at times, but I found myself quickly invested in the story as well. (and honestly, the abrupt transitions fit with telling a story while also teaching someone how to do a thing. It's in bits between the instructions, while you're working on the thing and don't need to talk about it.)

Oh, what I wouldn't give to be involved with a project like IceCube!

Great video, as ever. I am just doing my first rounded spine Bradel binding, usually I have made flat spines. And this will also be the first rounded spine book where I have trimmed the foredge. Glenn Malkin's video on edge trimming with a paring knife recommends trimming the foredge before making the spine, but here you glue it up and then trim the foredge, and then round the spine. You must have to work pretty quick to do that? I am hoping I will be able to knock the foredge flat again before starting the rounding process. Or maybe I should use just starch paste, with its longer drying time and hope the ploughing goes quick. Any thoughts? Phillip

i've seen a bookbinder use medical gauze instead of washi on the spine, in your opinion, would that work as a substitution? on the same subject, i'd love to see you bind a book with the absolute minimum of tools and specialized materials. like, in my country i can't FOR THE LIFE OF ME find chipboard/grey board (so i used 2 glued cardboard pieces once, and im thinking of butchering my sketchbooks for their back board haha). im wondering if elastic bands/cut cloth can sub for cotton tape, and if there's a way to strengthen decorative/printed cardstock for the cover instead of using bookcloth (because even if i bought bookcloth, i don't have foiling equipment so idk how to do the title.... stencils and paint???) obviously using the best tools for the job gives the best result, but i'd love to see the best shot you can give it with the most accessible tools! especially because your research is so brilliant

Hi, How many pages do you use per signature? Thx

I love the two parallel stories, Hehehe ! A question : I see, while you are cutting the edges of the book, those big jaws move to the side, Why you don't put a stop ? It's that some sort of "moving with the system of reference" thing, same as with flimsy CNC machines ? Thanks for sharing !

Another great video! Thank you for sharing your knowledge From a traditional point of view what should the relationship among the colors of covers, headbands and endpapers be? Does exist something like a rule of color matching for those three elements or is it bookbinders ad-libitum choice? Cheers

I have the impression that the procedure of measuring/marking the cut lines for the three edges must be done in a VERY precise way to avoid problems later. I usually spend a long time checking these measures. I find it difficult using the square rule on the spine since the bumpiness due to tapes can sometimes alter the right angles in tail and head cut lines (specially if the tapes contains a couple of weaver knots). The case is made in an independent process on which it is easier to get nice right angles. And at the time I put all together is when I usually notice that the text block is very slightliy "trapezoidal" by comparison with the case. I wonder if there is a method to improve the precision on this step P.S.: I'm using a traditional plough like yours to cut edges.

Great videos! What type of hammer do you use and where did you get it from?

What glue brushes do you use? Mine perpetually fall apart, leaving little bristles behind in the glue :(

When you're using printed off text blocks, are you concerning with the grain direction. I'm having a difficult time finding short grain paper to print my own text blocks on. How important is it in hobbyist bookbinding?

Hello ! Happy New Year ! I want to know the type of washi japansese paper and gsm ? Thank you

Why 3 pages per section instead of 4 or 2 (unless proceeding to 3)?

The one who set the dislike-will burn in hell ;)))