Borchardt Manual success!

Vlim · 02-24-2005, 09:12 AM

Hi Murray,

How does it smell? If the book smells fresh (traces of ink and glue), than you have a problem. If there's no trace of the printing smell and all that's left is a smell like something died in it some 100+ years ago, you're probably allright.

With paper, the only reliable test is to have the structure of the paper itself and the ink investigated.

I have handled manuals and books dating as far back as 1857 and their common factor is always the mouldy smell. Paper should be a tad brittle if it's cheap printing paper. Old glossy paper ages much better and can look almost like new, even after 100 years.

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02-24-2005, 09:12 AM	#4
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi Murray, How does it smell? If the book smells fresh (traces of ink and glue), than you have a problem. If there's no trace of the printing smell and all that's left is a smell like something died in it some 100+ years ago, you're probably allright. With paper, the only reliable test is to have the structure of the paper itself and the ink investigated. I have handled manuals and books dating as far back as 1857 and their common factor is always the mouldy smell. Paper should be a tad brittle if it's cheap printing paper. Old glossy paper ages much better and can look almost like new, even after 100 years.