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Hardcover Days 2023

21. & 22. April 2023 in Hamburg

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Developed back in 1981 in the Atelier Hugo Peller in collaboration with the Centro del bel libro in Ascona, the colours of AscoColor® still represent the reference for high-quality marbling colours. With a bit of practice, impressive works of art can be created on the basis of the oil paints in combination with the Gelasco marbling base. End products are smudge-, wash- and light-fast. The production location in Germany ensures a consistently high quality of all components. In addition to the traditional oil-based marbling paints, we have expanded our portfolio of marbling paints under the AscoColor eco brand in 2021, focusing on environmental compatibility.

English Buckram (also known as Arbelave Library Buckram) has been the binding fabric for high-quality and durable library covers for over 75 years. Today, professionals also choose this fabric for particularly heavy-duty products such as menus or sample books. We carry the entire range of English Buckram products with their wide variety of colours (a total of 71 different colours in five types); all from stock and available from 1 metre.

Filmolux films are used to protect or reinforce books and are available in various qualities, adhesive properties and dimensions. In addition to the classic films, bio-based and particularly environmentally friendly films are also available.

Filmoplast are book repair tapes made of special paper and cotton fabric. The Filmoplast range includes Filmoplast P and P90 for repairing book pages as well as P90 plus for framing, Filmoplast R for heat sealing and Filmoplast T and SH for reinforcing, folding etc.

Double-sided adhesive films for equipping paper, prints, photos and other graphic applications, acid-free and non-ageing, available in different qualities, tacks and dimensions.

iBookBinding is a podcast and blog about book art and book history (you can find it under iBookBinding.com). In addition, iBookBinding produces many practical tools for book binding itself. These tools are made with innovative 3d printing technology, making them perfect for DIY projects, as they can greatly simplify the work for a slim price. Thus, a wide variety of work can be realized easily, quickly and neatly. In particular, the tools are suitable for making notebooks, scrapbooks or boxes. We are pleased to offer a selection of their tools from stock, immediately available.

We took over the Maroquin brand and the production of the well-known leather care products in 2016. In addition to the well-known Maroquin Leather Balm and Leather Vaseline, we have expanded the range to include Maroquin Aniline Leather Paint and Leather Brushes.

As a premium dealer, we carry the entire range of high-quality Planatol adhesives for the specialist trade. Dispersion adhesives, hot melt and PUR adhesives, PLANAMELT adhesives, all available from stock and can be ordered in small as well as large quantities. As a specialist for Planatol adhesives, we are very familiar with the entire product portfolio and can recommend a suitable adhesive for your individual application. Especially in the field of adhesives, good advice is essential for a high-quality and durable end product.

In this guide we show you how easy it can be to bind your own hardcover book. With our detailed step-by-step instructions including a video we want to inspire more people to discover the world of bookbinding.

The original: Schärffix® is a device to pare leather products, especially for leather book cases. A sharp blade and a suitable paring roll thin the leather on the inside which makes the leather easier to turn-in or hinge. It is small and handy is supplied in a case including spare blades, different paring rollers and tools. We supply plenty of tools for leather treatment, such as paring knives, paring stone, leather scissors, leather dyes and leather care products.

Besides edge-gilding with our edge-gilding roller and foil we also offer tools and consumables for gilding with real gold leaf such as gilding knives, agate burnishers, gold leaf, binding agent, gilder's tip and gilding cushion.

How to gild edges in just 5 steps - A step-by-step guide to edge gilding. Book-edge finishing was historically used for very high-value books - in the past, every valuable and special book had an edge covered in gold, chalk, graphite or dye. The gilded edge was the highest quality method and was done with real gold leaf (see also our tutorial with gold leaf). Nowadays, edge gilding is used very little and has a very special effect as a result.

For gilding, edge gilding and decoration of books and leather products you need the right tools and materials. In the following video, we show a selection of our products you can use for this purpose.

If you are going to create your own book case, you may use our case-making squares. These help you to easily position boards and spine on the cover sheet so that the case will be straight and square.

It is not always easy to apply metal book corners. To make this easier, we have invented a little press, which comes in two versions: manual PräPremo and PräPremo Pro with air pressure. In this guide, we show how to use them and how easy they make it to fix book corners to a book cover or finished book.

Marble is a limestone that has a special colour structure. When marbling paper, you want to achieve such colour structures or marble effects and capture them on paper. For DIY enthusiasts, this is also possible at home and not many tools are required. The special thing about marbling paper is that the marble effect looks different every time, each piece of paper being unique. The good thing is, anyone with a little patience and enjoyment can actually learn how to marble paper.

In this guide we show you how easy it can be to bind your own hardcover book. With our detailed step-by-step instructions including a video we want to inspire more people to discover the world of bookbinding.

The original: Schärffix® is a device to pare leather products, especially for leather book cases. A sharp blade and a suitable paring roll thin the leather on the inside which makes the leather easier to turn-in or hinge. It is small and handy is supplied in a case including spare blades, different paring rollers and tools. We supply plenty of tools for leather treatment, such as paring knives, paring stone, leather scissors, leather dyes and leather care products.

Besides edge-gilding with our edge-gilding roller and foil we also offer tools and consumables for gilding with real gold leaf such as gilding knives, agate burnishers, gold leaf, binding agent, gilder's tip and gilding cushion.

How to gild edges in just 5 steps - A step-by-step guide to edge gilding. Book-edge finishing was historically used for very high-value books - in the past, every valuable and special book had an edge covered in gold, chalk, graphite or dye. The gilded edge was the highest quality method and was done with real gold leaf (see also our tutorial with gold leaf). Nowadays, edge gilding is used very little and has a very special effect as a result.

For gilding, edge gilding and decoration of books and leather products you need the right tools and materials. In the following video, we show a selection of our products you can use for this purpose.

If you are going to create your own book case, you may use our case-making squares. These help you to easily position boards and spine on the cover sheet so that the case will be straight and square.

It is not always easy to apply metal book corners. To make this easier, we have invented a little press, which comes in two versions: manual PräPremo and PräPremo Pro with air pressure. In this guide, we show how to use them and how easy they make it to fix book corners to a book cover or finished book.

Marble is a limestone that has a special colour structure. When marbling paper, you want to achieve such colour structures or marble effects and capture them on paper. For DIY enthusiasts, this is also possible at home and not many tools are required. The special thing about marbling paper is that the marble effect looks different every time, each piece of paper being unique. The good thing is, anyone with a little patience and enjoyment can actually learn how to marble paper.

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Manual gilding with gilding tools

For gilding, edge gilding and decoration of books and leather products you need the right tools and materials. In the following video, we show a selection of our products you can use for this purpose.

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Blocking die made of brass - to be used in typeholders - for gilding books etc. in blocking presses. The tool is mounted to the typeholder o...

Blocking die made of brass

to be used in typeholders

Price bracket [7] : A, B, C, D, E, F, G

Available, delivery time 6-8 weeks

€72.00*

Curved decorative pallet made of brass - with wooden handle - Length: 7.5 cm - for manual gilding of books etc. The tool must be heated on a... - image-1

Curved decorative pallet made of brass - with wooden handle - Length: 7.5 cm - for manual gilding of books etc. The tool must be heated on a... - image-1

Curved decorative pallet made of brass

with wooden handle - Length: 7.5 cm

Price bracket [11] : P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Available, delivery time 6-8 weeks

Variants from €56.00*

€162.00*

Decorative brass roll - (without handle) - for manual gilding of books etc. The tool must be heated on an external source (e. g. heating pla... - image-1

Decorative brass roll - (without handle) - for manual gilding of books etc. The tool must be heated on an external source (e. g. heating pla... - image-1

Decorative brass roll

(without handle)

Price bracket [11] : P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Available, delivery time 6-8 weeks

Variants from €147.00*

€392.00*

Decorative strip made of brass - to be used in typeholder - Length: 9 cm - for gilding books etc. in blocking presses. The tool is mounted t...

Decorative strip made of brass

to be used in typeholder - Length: 9 cm

Price bracket [11] : P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

Available, delivery time 6-8 weeks

Variants from €56.00*

€120.00*

Electric pallet holder - for hand pallets - wooden handle with support to mount decorative pallets...

Electric pallet holder

for hand pallets

Power supply [2] : 230 V / 50 - 60 Hz (AC), 110 V / 50 - 60 Hz (A.C.)

In stock, deliverable at short notice

€239.00*

Electric roll holder - for brass gilding rolls - wooden handle with support to mount gilding rolls...

Electric roll holder

for brass gilding rolls

Power supply [2] : 230 V / 50 - 60 Hz (AC), 110 V / 50 - 60 Hz (A.C.)

In stock, deliverable at short notice

€239.00*

Hand tool made of brass - with wooden handle for manual gold finishing - for manual gilding of books etc. The tool must be heated on an exte... - image-1

Hand tool made of brass - with wooden handle for manual gold finishing - for manual gilding of books etc. The tool must be heated on an exte... - image-1

Hand tool made of brass

with wooden handle for manual gold finishing

Price bracket [7] : A, B, C, D, E, F, G

Available, delivery time 6-8 weeks

€72.00*

Handle for brass gilding rolls, not heated - Length: approx. 45 cm - Rollholder for mounting brass gilding rolls...

Handle for brass gilding rolls, not heated

Length: approx. 45 cm

In stock, deliverable at short notice

€64.00*

Set of "Amateur" blocking dies - brass - to be used in typeholders - for gilding books etc. in blocking presses. The tool is mounted to the ...

Set of "Amateur" blocking dies - brass

to be used in typeholders

Version [2] : No. 1 - 12 (junior), No. 1 - 18 (senior)

Available, delivery time on request

Variants from €324.00*

€418.00*

Set of "Amateur" hand tools - brass - with handle for manual gold finishing - for manual gilding of books etc. The tool must be heated on an...

Set of "Amateur" hand tools - brass

with handle for manual gold finishing

Version [2] : No. 1 - 12 (junior), No. 1 - 18 (senior)

Available, delivery time 6-8 weeks

€324.00*

Set of 3 hot-stamping dies - blocking dies to be used in a typeholder - » Designs (1 each off) smiley, herz, star
» Size: approx. 10 x 10 m...

Set of 3 hot-stamping dies

blocking dies to be used in a typeholder

Available, ready to ship in approx. 3 days

€49.50*

Set of circle gouges - brass - with wooden handle for manual gold finishing - for manual gilding of books etc. The tool must be heated on an...

Set of circle gouges - brass

with wooden handle for manual gold finishing

Available, delivery time 6-8 weeks

€249.00*

Set of circle gouges - brass - strips to be used in typeholders - for gilding books etc. in blocking presses. The tool is mounted to the typ...

Set of circle gouges - brass

strips to be used in typeholders

Available, delivery time on request

€249.00*

Set of decorative line pallets - brass - with wooden handle for manual gold finishing - for manual gilding of books etc. The tool must be he... - image-1

Set of decorative line pallets - brass - with wooden handle for manual gold finishing - for manual gilding of books etc. The tool must be he... - image-1

Set of decorative line pallets - brass

with wooden handle for manual gold finishing

Version [3] : single line, two equally thick lines, one thick, one thin line

In stock, deliverable at short notice

€343.00*

Set of decorative line strips - brass - strips for use in typeholders - for gilding books etc. in blocking presses. The tool is mounted to t...

Set of decorative line strips - brass

strips for use in typeholders

Version [3] : single line, two equally thick lines, one thick, one thin line

Available, delivery time 6-8 weeks

Variants from €343.00*

€395.00*

Set of gouges - brass - strips to be used in typeholders - for gilding books etc. in blocking presses. The tool is mounted to the typeholder...

Set of gouges - brass

strips to be used in typeholders

Available, delivery time on request

€512.00*

Set of gouges - brass - with wooden handle for manual gold finishing - for manual gilding of books etc. The tool must be heated on an extern...

Set of gouges - brass

with wooden handle for manual gold finishing

Available, delivery time 6-8 weeks

€512.00*

Set of professional gouges - brass - with handle for manual gold finishing - for manual gilding of books etc. The tool must be heated on an ...

Set of professional gouges - brass

with handle for manual gold finishing

Available, delivery time 6-8 weeks

€888.00*

Set of professional gouges - brass - strips to be used in typeholders - for gilding books etc. in blocking presses. The tool is mounted to t...

Set of professional gouges - brass

strips to be used in typeholders

Available, delivery time on request

€888.00*

Set of semi-circle gouges - brass - strips to be used in typeholders - for gilding books etc. in blocking presses. The tool is mounted to t...

Set of semi-circle gouges - brass

strips to be used in typeholders

Available, delivery time on request

€330.00*

Set of semi-circle gouges - brass - with handle for manual gold finishing - for manual gilding of books etc. The tool must be heated on an e...

Set of semi-circle gouges - brass

with handle for manual gold finishing

Available, delivery time 6-8 weeks

€330.00*

Single blocking die - brass - out of "Amateur" set - for gilding books etc. in blocking presses. The tool is mounted to the typeholder of th...

Single blocking die - brass - out of "Amateur" set - for gilding books etc. in blocking presses. The tool is mounted to the typeholder of th...

Single blocking die - brass

out of "Amateur" set

Available, delivery time on request

€38.00*

Single hand tool out of "Amateur" set - with handle for manual gold finishing - for manual gilding of books etc. The tool must be heated on ...

Single hand tool out of "Amateur" set

brass, with handle for manual gold finishing

Available, delivery time 6-8 weeks

€38.00*

Single-line gilding roll - Width according to your specifications - manual line gilding on book cases... - image-1

Single-line gilding roll - Width according to your specifications - manual line gilding on book cases... - image-1

Single-line gilding roll

Width according to your specifications

Version [3] : standard, mitred 90°, mitred 45°

Available, delivery time 3-4 weeks

Variants from €135.00*

€179.00*

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