Map repair! Who is ready for a road trip? 😉 #ephemra #map #antiquemap #collectibles #eidolonhouse

📖 #rarebooks #collectibles #eidolonhouse

Sorry we have been MIA; we are in the process of training an intern, and we will be sharing more soon!📚 #rarebooks #bookbinder #eidolonhouse

Lead type in black letter font for #typetuesday.👌🏼 #type #letterpress #blackletter #font #antique #handtools #toolsofthetrade #stilllifephotography #nofilter #photography #bookish #inspiration #eidolonhouse

The sun is shining and the sheep are drying out after the rain; and all the babies are hanging with Aunt Mable. Sheep are cool. #sheep #farmlife #texas #eidolonhouse

Before & After Restoration: A well used book from 1709 isn’t going to look brand new, so I gave it a new binding that is sympathetic to its text block. The book was unbound and the paper was super delicate and fragile due to age and wear of it not being bound to protect the pages. So I washed the pages, resized them, mended, and guarded the spine edges. This allowed me to resew the text block on raised bands, and I bound the book in leather dyed with my own special blend of dyes and inks; I finished it off by cosmetically aging the binding.👌🏼 (1709 Massachusetts Psalter, the first English biblical text published in America, in English and Algonquin languages, side by side.) #eidolonhouse #rarebooks #restoration #collectibles #oldbooks #bookbinding #bookbinder

A bit of late night brass tool making.💫 #eidolonhouse #custommade #brass #toolmaker #leathertooling #handtools

#Booklife is the best life. Read them, collect them, preserve them.📚 #eidolonhouse #custommade #rarebooks #collectibles

Before & After Historical Rebind: Geographia Universalis, 1542. Instead of saving the old rotten leather we decided to give the book a completely new leather binding replicating the original.👌🏼 #eidolonhouse #rarebooks #collectibles #bookcollection #bookbinding #bookbinder #igbooks #restoration #bibliophile

Tooling detail: I used a decorative roll, a bunch of small tools, and a few of my own handmade tools—including our stylus tool—to create the design.👌🏼 . . . . #eidolonhouse #leathertooling #bookbinding #bookbinder #handcrafted #bookstagram #custommade #toolmaker

Washing old and quite delicate pages today. When pages are super delicate it’s a good idea to lay cheese cloth between each page; this helps the pages stay intact during the washing process, and I don’t have to handle the pages while they’re wet, I’ll handle the cheese cloth. Once I’ve finished washing these pages I’m going re-size them to add strength to each page. Resizing the pages will allow me to resew the text block and bind it. Resizing the pages will also extend the life of this precious book. (1709 Massachusetts Psalter, the first English biblical text published in America, in English and Algonquin languages, side by side.)🙌🏼 #eidolonhouse #rarebooks

Using band-nippers for what they were originally designed for: To straighten the bands after sewing, but before the cover is put on.👌🏼 #eidolonhouse #bookbinding #bookrestoration #rarebooks #bookbinder #collectibles

The bindery is always busy, just how we like it! 🙌🏼 #eidolonhouse #booklife #bindery #bookbinder #bookbinding #restoration #rarebooks #bookstagram

Before & After Historical Rebind: Times and Seasons. 1839-1841. (Swipe for detail pics.👉🏼) This one was a blast! #eidolonhouse #rarebooks #collectibles #bookbinding #bookbinder #leathertooling #custommade #bibliophile

Hand-lettered in old timey script, better known as copperplate script.✒️ #dippenandink #handletter #handmade #bookbinding #rarebooks #eidolonhouse

A few custom brass hand tools I recently made. I love that making a tool combines several different creative techniques, just like bookbinding and restoration does. The tool handle in the middle is turned from Osage Orange, the tools on the left and right are turned from hickory; one handle is finished with a layer of stain. (Swipe 👉🏼) Now, back to the books! #eidolonhouse