Making a "traditional" leatherbound fantasy tome!
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ALL THE SEPARATE TOMES:
🔥 Tome of Fire:    • Making a "Fire Element" Leather Bound...  
🌪️Tome of Air:    • Making an "Air Element" Leather Bound...  
🍃Tome of Earth:    • I Made An Epic Druid SPELLTOME - The ...  
💧 Tome of Water:    • Making a Water Element Leather-bound ...  
📜 MASHUP VIDEO:    • Binding  4 Leatherbound Tomes: Air, E...  

Today we're finally continuing the saga by creating the Tome of Earth, the third book in the Elemental series! In this bookbinding video we create an epic spellbook wrapped in green stained leather using traditional techniques. Check out our other bookbinding videos for more in-depth explanations of the steps such as sewing the signatures and sewing headbands, or our detailed step-by-step course called "Quest Log" available to Patrons and Members from the Apprentice tier and up.

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🧰 MATERIALS:
1 mm vegetable tanned goat leather: https://www.sloyd-detaljer.no/sortime...
48 sheets A3 sized sketchbook paper (110 gsm)
Coffee and baking soda for staining the paper + PH strips
2 sheets A3 black paper as end sheets (140 gsm)
Waxed thread: * https://bit.ly/2O9ZFJb
Hemp / jute cord for stitching: * https://bit.ly/2x4iYw2
Silver corner decorations: * https://bit.ly/2O6itsD
Similar corner protectors: http://bit.ly/2J7xrgm or https://bit.ly/cornermetal
Leather cord for headbands
Embroidery thread for headbands
Brass buckles: https://bit.ly/2E90hc8
Satin ribbon bookmark
Thin, strong cloth for covering the spine
Leather stain, "extra black"
Fiebings leather dye in "Green"
Greaseproof parchment paper
3 mm wooden fiberboard covers
Faux gold leaf

🔨 TOOLS:
Basic leather crafting kit: * https://bit.ly/2x2SpXY
Leather stitching kit: * https://bit.ly/2N7T1Xq
Awl: * https://bit.ly/2O7o2qH
Swivel knife: * https://bit.ly/swiv-knife
Leather hole punch: https://bit.ly/2N46uPN
Leather cap rivet set: https://bit.ly/2x2faMt
Mallet
Bone folder: https://bit.ly/2N49yLW
Book press (or a stack of heavy books)
Burnishing tool
Stitching jig (or a suitable chair, square frame, etc.)
Bookbinding glue: https://panduro.com/nb-no/products/li...
Contact glue
Thick needle
Scissors & x-acto knife
Wax for leather

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