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A bookbinder in Portland asked why I sew on tapes when cords work fine, and now I'm rethinking my last 40 journals
She pulled out a 1790s ledger at the meetup with cords still holding tight after 200 plus years and asked if my linen tapes would last half that, which got me reading up on how tape sewing really only became common in the 1800s when cheap cotton flooded the market.
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