News Archive - 2006

Our Offices and Warehouse will be closing at 12.00 on the 22nd December and reopening on the 3rd January.

Last despatch date for Air Parcel Post is Tuesday 19th December and for TNT overseas services, Wednesday 20th December. Last despatch date for UK carrier based deliveries is Wednesday 20th December.

Although our online shop is 'open' for taking orders, we regret that any orders placed on our site between the 20th December and the 3rd January will not be dispatched until after we return from our holidays.

May we take this opportunity of wishing you our compliments of the season
and our very best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year.

Zenith Paper Punch - Spare Bits

5.5mm spare bits for our popular Zenith Paper Punch are now available to purchase at a cost of £4.40 each. They may be purchased from this web site by clicking here.

(subject to shipping and VAT charges where applicable)

Douglas Black 1948 - 2006

It is with deep regret that we announce the sudden passing of Douglas at his home in Edinburgh on Tuesday 12th September.

Douglas joined the firm in 1990 and was a well established member of the Hewits "family". As our company accountant, Douglas's contributions to this company during his 17 years of dedicated service were many and varied. Most importantly, keeping the company on the 'straight and narrow'. Douglas was a great storyteller, and we will all remember many delightful and memorable moments in his presence. He hated the phone ringing and used to shout at it regularly, so the office is now a much quieter place without him around.

Douglas will be dearly missed by his friends at J. Hewit & Son and fondly remembered by all. He is survived by his beloved wife Margaret.
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Fast Forward Bookbinding Forum - Just a few places left..................

Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester

Bookbinding Forum In Association With J Hewit & Sons Ltd

At The Royal Agricultural College Cirencester
Gloucestershire

Saturday and Sunday 2nd and 3rd September 2006

Fast Forward Putting Under The Microscope All The Important Stages Of Forwarding A Book…Laying The Foundations For A Fine Binding with demonstrations by a number of leading binders

• A full weekend of demonstrations viewed live and on large screens
• Attractive and accessible venue
• Residential or day bookings
• J. Hewit & Sons in attendance to supply your needs
• Book surgery. Bring problem books for advice from panel of experts
• Sale of second Hand Equipment

Lester Capon and John Jameson together with a number of guest binders will demonstrate all those basic tasks needed to produce a really good binding. Don Alexander from Bayntuns will give an in depth demonstration of edge gilding.

We may all have a good idea what needs to be done but you will pick up innumerable tips which will help raise the standard of your work to professional standards.

Edward Bayntun-Coward - proprietor of the renowned Bayntuns bindery in Bath will give a talk on the history of the firm founded in 1894, describe their fabulous collection of finishing tools and give an insight into their current binding practices. The firm are also highly regarded as antiquarian booksellers and Edward may show some examples of important bindings from his latest catalogue.

For Further Details, please contact:

Cotswold Bookbinders
Oak Tree house
Ewen
Cirencester
Glos. GL7 6BT
Tel. 01285 770458
e-mail john@cotswoldbookbinders.co.uk

Health & Safety Data Sheets

We are pleased to advise, for those of you who require Health and Safety Data sheets on those products we manufacture and/or sell, we are now making them available to download directly from the 'Downloads' Page of our web site. This page may be reached by clicking here.

Pentland Goat Colours

Our dye suppliers have recently withdrawn from sale, the light blue dye we were using. In spite of searching with other dye manufacturers, we have been unable to find a suitable replacement. So it is with regret, that we are removing Pentland P14 from our colour range. As a result of the availability of a suitable light blue dye, in future P13 Royal blue will be slightly less green (more blue) than it has previously been.

The Leather Working Handbook

By Valerie Michael published by Cassell Illustrated. With over 60 colour and B&W illustrations.

,At last! A leatherworking book for amateurs by a top professional. Valerie Michael, a founder member of the Association of Design Leatherworkers, has been a full-time leatherworker for over twenty years, and this book contains the very best of her knowledge and experience. After a really thorough presentation of each of the key techniques - such as finishing edges, paring and hand stitching, making pockets, attaching studs and straps and decorating surfaces - there are ten projects, suitable for developing levels of skill, from belts and wallets to quilted work and three different types of leather bag. Not only is this book an ideal introduction to a centuries-old craft, but its comprehensive treatment of materials, tools and techniques makes it an invaluable work of reference.

'The information is presented in a very clear and well illustrated fashion, with plenty of photographs to help the reader through each project.' The Craftsman

'...a complete guide for anyone wanting to take up the crafts.' Popular Crafts

Only £14.99

This new book may be ordered Online - Click Here

(subject to shipping charges where applicable)

Additional Bits for Japanese Drill Punch

We are pleased to advise that in addition to the 7 bit sizes we already sell, we are now offering 4.5mm and 5.0mm bits. As these two new sizes do not form part of the standard seven piece set, they will need to be ordered separately.

The new bits may be ordered by clicking here

(subject to shipping and VAT charges where applicable)

Backing Hammers

We are delighted to advise that with only a slight disruption to their supply, we are now supplying traditional backing hammers again at a cost of £22.88.

Photograph Album Book Blocks

We are pleased to announce that we have increased our range of photograph album blocks. All of the blocks have acid-free pages and are interleaved with glassine page protectors. The full range is:

The complete range may be ordered Online - Click Here

(subject to shipping and VAT charges where applicable)

J. Hewit & Sons Holidays - 2006

Society of Bookbinders Journal 2005 - Volume 19

Only £18.00

This new journal may be ordered Online - Click Here

(subject to shipping charges where applicable)

Designer Bookbinders Competition 2005

December's annual Designer Bookbinder Competition saw some of the strongest entrants to date and there were some wonderfully produced books on display in the British Library at St. Pancreas. We are delighted to announce that the 2005 J. Hewit & Son prize for 'The Interesting Treatment of Leather' was awarded to Eiko Sakato, a student at the Jade Bookbinding Studio in London.

The prize was very well deserved for her beautiful binding of John Betjeman's 'Selected Poems', published by The Folio Society. Our warmest congratulations go to Eiko.