Step 6(Optional) Separate the Signatures
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Your pad of paper shouldn't go to waste; one option is to apply the bookbinder's art to it, making your own sketchbook or the like. I chose to separate the signatures by pulling off some of the glue and paper on the binding and cutting through the threads. I'm thinking they might be good for the kind of rambling narrative letters one sometimes writes on longer journeys; one can be stowed between the front cover and the card piece but it isn't particularly secure. They don't fit in the pocket, however, two fit in the pocket of a large format Cahier.