Indeed! Just finished sewing some headbands here, so happy he started making videos again! 🐄🛸

Yes, i wondered about that too..

Exposed paper edges are far less noticeable than exposed bookcloth edges. At least that’s my guess! It may just be a convention

I get this question often and it's hard to answer because most people decide it would be better and are thus sceptical of the answer. So, what you should do is give it a try. It's not much material and it's just the case. Sometimes it's hard to believe something without seeing or trying it for yourself. But, here's my answer. The paper is more robust than it is given credit. Once laminated to the boards it is fairly tough. On older books you do see it wearing on the overlap and sometimes it will have grabbed and ripped. But as I demonstrated it can be hard to get the cloth on just where you want it. It is easier to get nice straight edges to the paper exactly where you want them placing the board paper. And it can hide little mistakes. Now the historical part. I believe this style of binding was developed to save on leather. It would have originally be done on laced-on boards bindings, before case bindings were invented, and the edges of the leather on the boards would have been far from a straight line. Wet leather stretches all over the place and there might be raggedness from the paring. The edge of the leather is covered up by the board paper. I've got some good examples of 19th century books where some very sloppy work has been covered by the board paper. Might be a video on this:) So there is some historical influence, but in the end I think it is the easier and more logical order of operation which ends up looking the best.

@@DASBookbinding Thank you for this detailed explanation. I took your advice and tried it myself. It worked out perfectly for me. My books are more square now and it does look neater. Thank you!

I use 2 pairs at that bench. The chrome handled ones are some old scissors I got from a retired bookbinder. The black handled ones I bought from Ernest Wright. But I think they've stopped making bookbinders shears, which is a shame. www.ernestwright.co.uk

Done. Thanks.

Yes. This grey board is fine for half covering style in leather. Not the pull of a full leather binding.

No. You should give it a go to see why. It's the best way to convince yourself. Or maybe you discover a better way of doing it.

@@DASBookbinding lol, I could do it and mess it up. Or, I could just listen to you, which I will. I was just curious.

Filling in is absolutely the solution to your problem. I usually fill in with a thin card which does not stretch much and easy to position. The main thing to do to stop wrinkles is to let the paper relax before applying. If it continues to "stretch" after applying, this is when you can get wrinkles. But a fully relaxed thin paper will have a strong pull that will need a draw sheet to counter on the inside. This is a good question. I might use it in the next Q&A video.

@@DASBookbinding Thank you! If I'm in that position in the future, I'll try using thin card instead of paper, that sounds like it would help a lot. I appreciate all of your educational content!

I'll stick to my approach I think.

​@@DASBookbinding Ok.