Making a "Fire Element" Leather Bound Tome

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ALL THE SEPARATE TOMES:
🔥 Tome of Fire: https://youtu.be/kvs3mBQ8hak
🌪️Tome of Air: https://youtu.be/Ok3kb9QJfBQ
🍃Tome of Earth: https://youtu.be/CZ3N_da4_Kg
💧 Tome of Water: https://youtu.be/iilzq55hj-Q
📜 MASHUP VIDEO: https://youtu.be/aT9xXb4f0MA

Today we're binding the Tome of Fire in red leather, the first of four books with an Elementalist theme! 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/sortiment/laersloyd/skinn-laer/geiteskinn-4466
- 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" and red
- 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/lim-lakk-tape/lim/papirlim/panokitt-lim-bookbinding-250ml-514019
- Contact glue
- Thick needle
- Scissors & x-acto knife
- Wax for leather

How to sew the signatures together:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8MrqRHu2Es

How to sew headbands:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itH5xyVqMDE

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