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Warning: I cut a 150 year old family Bible apart to rebind it last month in Springfield and my hands still shake thinking about it
The spine was shot, signatures were falling out, and the owner wanted it usable again, not a museum piece. I took photos at every step, kept every crumb of old leather in a bag, and barely slept the night before I made the first cut. It came out fine, but the pressure of working on something that can't be replaced taught me more about prep and patience than 3 years of practice on cheap blank journals. How do you all decide when a repair crosses the line from fixing to altering? Do you turn jobs like that down or just charge enough to take the risk seriously?
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