My bone folder snapped clean in half mid-gluing yesterday

Was smoothing down the spine of a 400-page hardcover and my cheap bone folder just cracked at the handle. Had to finish the whole thing with the back of a metal spoon instead. Anyone have a favorite supplier for a decent bone folder that won't die on you after 3 months?

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jana_davis901mo ago

Wait, you finished a 400-page hardcover with a metal spoon? That's... actually kind of wild. I can't believe your bone folder just snapped like that after only 3 months though, that's frustrating as hell.

james_martin931mo ago

My copy of Moby Dick fell in the bathtub once and I finished reading it with the pages all crinkled and stuck together. The water made the ink bleed on like twenty pages but I just guessed what the missing words were. That bone folder thing reminds me of when my favorite butter knife finally gave up the ghost mid-spread on some really cold butter. It was a good knife too, had it for years.