Tried hornback leather on a journal. Bad move.

Picked up a scrap piece from the Tandy store downtown. Looked cool. Figured it would give the spine some texture. Sewed the sections in. Worked fine until I tried to open the thing flat. That spine just fought me the whole way. Hornback is way too stiff for a flexible binding. Stick to goatskin or calf for journals. Has anyone else had a leather choice totally mess up their project?

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ninas705mo ago

Did you try working it in a bit first, or was this a first-time mistake that got blown way out of proportion?

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schmidt.grant5mo ago

Yeah "first-time mistake that got blown way out of proportion" is exactly what happened to me @ninas70. I went in way too fast with a cheap power tool on a budget build and ended up snapping the bit clean off. Had to soak the whole thing in penetrating oil for two days and use a screw extractor just to get it out. Now I always test on a scrap piece first and go slow. It's one of those lessons you learn real quick lol.

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