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@DJR

 

Go have some fun

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If you know of someone in Cape Town who can still do this, please let me know.

 

Many years ago I had 3 journals  made by an old gentleman in Woodstock. They are about the size of an old family bible each and weigh a good few kilos each. He specialized in book binding for the legal profession who used to have their legal reports & things bound in leather to make it look impressive in the bookshelves in their offices. My last one is now full and the shop no longer exists. I can find nothing online either, except cheap & trashy book binding by places like Top copy for cheap student notes. I seriously considered taking my journal totally digital, because most of it is on the laptop anyway, but a real book that you can touch and smell has a warm heart that the computer simply lacks. So, before my time is completely over, I think I can fill up another proper hand made leather bound book, but I'm not sure I can make one totally from scratch and make it look neat as well as stay together forever!

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If you know of someone in Cape Town who can still do this, please let me know.

 

Many years ago I had 3 journals  made by an old gentleman in Woodstock. They are about the size of an old family bible each and weigh a good few kilos each. He specialized in book binding for the legal profession who used to have their legal reports & things bound in leather to make it look impressive in the bookshelves in their offices. My last one is now full and the shop no longer exists. I can find nothing online either, except cheap & trashy book binding by places like Top copy for cheap student notes. I seriously considered taking my journal totally digital, because most of it is on the laptop anyway, but a real book that you can touch and smell has a warm heart that the computer simply lacks. So, before my time is completely over, I think I can fill up another proper hand made leather bound book, but I'm not sure I can make one totally from scratch and make it look neat as well as stay together forever!

Do you think it would cost much more contacting the guy in the clips ... he seems to be out in Eastern Europe ... could not be "that" expensive getting one from him?

 

EDIT: Ok ... it can get a little pricey!

 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/HouseOfStopan

 

His www footprint

https://www.instagram.com/iostopan/

https://www.facebook.com/iostopan

https://www.iostopan.com/

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