Book cloth
For a hand bookbinder some tools are essential. These tools of bookbinding will help to do some of the jobs simply. If you're among people who feel pleasure in each process of binding then nothing will feel uninteresting or tiring. You want to do the process in as detailed steps as practical. The automation will make you unhappy because this may deprive you of your fave work.
First you want a starch paste. I like wheat paste. It's inexpensive and simple to find. All you want is pastry flour or wheat starch and water. Pastry or cake flour is available in any food shop and wheat starch is available in speciality stores. You can also buy real wheat paste. Mix a fourteen ratio of flour to water. Mix it well, no mounds. Now cook it, whisk continually over medium low heat till it becomes glossy and see though.