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Just realized my old boss was right about the grain direction in marbled paper after I saw a 19th century ledger fall apart at the spine.

He'd always say 'the pattern runs with the fold, not against it,' and I finally saw why when the pages in that antique book tore along the marbling lines after a simple repair.
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the_jenny
the_jenny2d ago
Oh wow, that makes so much sense now. I read a thing once about how old bookbinders had to know paper like that, it was part of the craft.
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the_nancy
the_nancy2d ago
Old school craft knowledge is lowkey genius.
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xena582
xena5822d ago
Wait, so was the marbling itself causing the weak spots?
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