If a bookbinder has been properly trained in the Art of Fine Bookbinding/Book Conservation they are usually able to pull of both types of Bindings with a high level of skill. You find though, that each Bookbinder has a preference to either Binding New Fine Bindings or resurrecting the original bindings with Conservation/Restoration. I have found there to be a distinct choice between the sexes. Most female binders lean towards conservation/restoration whereas males lean towards new bindings. If I may dip into the psyche of this pattern it makes perfect sense. Most women by nature are nurturers and want to take something that has been worn and misused and neglected and with a gentle hand, rebuild it, using all of its original parts back into a solid, beautiful, fully functioning artifact. Men, however, seem not to want to deal with all of the crumbling parts and would rather discard the original and start with a something fresh and new. I refer to myself as a Fine Bookbinder/Book Conservator because in my business there is a call for both kinds of work. I excell, however, at Conservation and find the work much more rewarding.
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