![The printout The printout](https://i0.wp.com/hishgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/gm-handbook-01.jpg?resize=600%2C360&ssl=1)
The printout
Irfan has now taken up bookbinding as a hobby so I thought I would commission from him a small gamemaster’s notebook for me. I printed out the cover design at the print shop on blue paper and gave it to him. The cover was designed quickly using Inkscape and saved as a pdf.
![White pages White pages](https://i0.wp.com/hishgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/gm-handbook-02.jpg?resize=600%2C360&ssl=1)
White pages
Irfan stacked and folded some blank A4-sized papers for the interior pages.
![A staple diet A staple diet](https://i0.wp.com/hishgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/gm-handbook-03.jpg?resize=600%2C360&ssl=1)
A staple diet
He carefully measured where the staples were supposed to go on the spines.
![Binding operations begin Binding operations begin](https://i0.wp.com/hishgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/gm-handbook-04.jpg?resize=600%2C360&ssl=1)
Binding operations begin
Then he stapled the spine of the folded papers together carefully onto an eraser and bent the staple legs inward manually.
![It looks like a book It looks like a book](https://i0.wp.com/hishgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/gm-handbook-05.jpg?resize=600%2C360&ssl=1)
It looks like a book
Here is the notebook almost done.
![Getting the outline sliced neatly Getting the outline sliced neatly](https://i0.wp.com/hishgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/gm-handbook-06.jpg?resize=600%2C360&ssl=1)
Getting the outline sliced neatly
All that is needed to be done is to slice the extra piece of paper away for a flat edge.
![Ta-daaa! Ta-daaa!](https://i0.wp.com/hishgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/gm-handbook-07.jpg?resize=600%2C360&ssl=1)
Ta-daaa!
The notebook is now ready for me to write in to continue our Time is the Hunter Star Wars RPG campaign that I am gamemastering. Perhaps I will follow up this blog entry with another when I have filled up the notebook with notes, stats and sketches in the future.
irfan’s next PC name should be buchbinder 😀 very nice!