Old bone folder vs my thumb, why did I wait 8 years to switch

I spent 8 years creasing covers with my thumb nail and a plastic ruler, always getting uneven folds and sore hands. Last month I grabbed a proper bone folder from a shop in Portland for 12 bucks and my hinge creases finally line up every time. Anyone else put off buying a simple tool that ends up saving you a lot of grief, or was I just being stubborn?

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willow40714d ago

Man, I was the same way. I figured a bone folder was one of those fancy tools for people who take bookbinding too seriously, so I just kept mashing my thumb into cardstock for years. Then my sister got me one for my birthday and I felt like a total idiot for waiting. The difference is wild, my creases stopped cracking and my thumb stopped aching after a long night of folding. You were not being stubborn, you just did not know what you were missing until you tried it.

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