leather book binding

[Windrider30]

A friend has asked me about leather book binding and as I told her I have only made a couple of leather book jackets so that got me to thinking where can one learn how to bind a book in leather other then just doing a book jacket?

[SamB]

Hello Windrider,

See if this video on YT can help you. This spanish artisan shows how to bookbind from scratch. Even if its spanish I'm sure you'll understand 

 

[byggyns]

I did a project to replace the cover on a friend's bible. This is the way I went about it.

Basically, I used heavy veg-tan leather (8-9 oz.) instead of book boards. I wrapped the whole thing in goatskin. I used fabric glued to the back of the book block to attach it to the cover, along with the end paper / fly leaves. 

 

this is the basic style of binding I was using: 

 

Here are the pictures of the project:

 

Edited June 2, 2016 by byggyns

[Windrider30]

cool thanks