There's a paper mill in Springfield Massachusetts that still makes cotton lint paper. Much of their product is used for legal documents. The water mark is changed regular for forgery security. Only their people can identify and testify that the paper is of the proper time frame for the content. They have been in business since the colonial times and still use parts of the mill machines from then with modern upgrades to them. I used to deliver lint pulp bails to them. The dock I used regular I've seen pictures of mule teams and wagon unloading at. Amazing place. All the water canals used to drive the equipment are still in place. If you can imagine putting a tractor and trailer in a space built for mule and wagon. Had to back an 8th mile down to it. My skills were sharpened in a way nothing else could have done. Enjoy your work here thank you
@threwthelookingglass7194
5 жыл бұрын
Charles Vickers the one down the street from the fire . station. at the bottom of the hill . and river .. near the hardwear store
@charlesvickers4804
5 жыл бұрын
@@threwthelookingglass7194 sou.ds correct. From what I remember. Sits between the river and the canal.
@torkildenstadhausken4531
5 жыл бұрын
What are they called?
@charlesvickers4804
5 жыл бұрын
@@torkildenstadhausken4531 guess I need to retract. It's actually West Springfield. Was talking to a fellow I knew from the lint shipper down here that told me they were still shipping to them. It's the mill on front st. I sits between the Westfield river and the Westfield river channel. It's now a lazer printing company I guess. Sory for the mislead. Still glad one of our historic mills wasn't totally abandoned and left to rot.
@madhouse7364
5 жыл бұрын
Crane & Co. In Dalton (now relocated?) crafts the substrate for our currency. I used to print their specialty letterpress orders, things like wedding invite packages and such for people with far too much $.
@addiet3171
5 жыл бұрын
This historical writing series has been great!
@aedinius
5 жыл бұрын
Jon's reaction when Brian said "today we have an iPhone" made me laugh. I too carry a small notebook on me, but I have traded the quill for a modern fountain pen.
@myperspective5091
5 жыл бұрын
For the next step you could talk about how people kept their papers safe and dry when they transported their papers. Talk about carrying cases official and non-official and a little about how people would have also done so on sailing ships maybe.
@BrianA-dq7gv
5 жыл бұрын
Funny you should mention this. It turns out iron gall ink and linen (or cotton) paper is quite resistant to moisture. Not bulletproof, but close enough. In my own hometown of Nashville, there's a story that the papers of one of the founders of the city - John Donelson - were dropped into the Cumberland River and lost for over a week in 1785. They were only in a simple leather saddlebag, but when they were fished out of the water they were still legible and salvageable. There were more waterproof containers (using beeswax, tarring, and other methods), but the paper and ink themselves proved highly resistant to water. Sailors most likely would have had oilcloth containers, or possibly leather impregnated with a substance to make them more water resistant. Excellent question. Thank you!
@myperspective5091
5 жыл бұрын
@@BrianA-dq7gv I wonder if anyone made cases made from linen that were doped like airplane canvas. I used to have a carrying case that was made out of suede tanned leather that had a mink oil on it that made it waterproof.
@BrianA-dq7gv
5 жыл бұрын
@@myperspective5091 I've not seen doped linen, but I have seen linen impregnated with wax, and oiled leather. Both were relatively common. That carrying case does seem to be very similar to some period cases I've seen.
@abrotherinchrist
5 жыл бұрын
@@BrianA-dq7gv That's funny because my modern-day $3000 printer can't seem to handle paper that has been exposed to high humidity.
@paulmanson253
5 жыл бұрын
@@myperspective5091 FWIW,the original doped airplane canvas was a rather expensive formulation of multiple ingredients including banana oil(from the smell). And since the main ingredient was guncotton( nitrocellulose) it was relatively late in the 19th Century, and exceptionally flammable. It was only some time after WWI that(DuPont I think) came up with the acetate instead of the nitrate that what we call automotive lacquer came to be. And film stock,etc. And when aviation dope dries it stiffens the fabric so a hinge or flap would have to be a separate item of manufacture.
@sandranevins2144
5 жыл бұрын
I worked in a Stationary store, I learned a lot about rag content, watermarks , vellum, types of print, styles. And some of the most beautiful writing pens and wax stamps. This series is really well put together. Thanks.
@fionafiona1146
5 жыл бұрын
What do you think about the "A" format?
@LaurenMiddleton28
5 жыл бұрын
That guy is definitely a 500 year old Vampire..
@IsaacNewton1966
5 жыл бұрын
Lauren Middleton Well duh! lol
@Nick-hw4gd
5 жыл бұрын
Looks like Detlaff from The Witcher
@steves8474
5 жыл бұрын
@@Nick-hw4gd he kind of resembles Ted Cruz
@teufeldritch
5 жыл бұрын
He certainly has the look of a 1950's leading man. Very handsome. Could easily see him in a old black & white vampire movie.
@jayb9687
5 жыл бұрын
lmao :)
@demodemo5146
5 жыл бұрын
Brian's a great guest! Bring him back!
@GradyGillis
5 жыл бұрын
I use Chinese xuan paper, which is the laid paper type. Very interesting process. I use it for Sumi and Chinese brush painting. I'm no expert on it, but the two main types are made from rice straw or mulberry bark. There are different finishing processes for them. Brian mentioned using charcoal art paper because it is laid paper. I wonder if some of the heavier mulberry paper would work with a quill pen. Works great with Chinese/Japanese/Korean brushes for calligraphy and calligraphic arts like Sumi and CBP. This has been a fascinating series and Brian has been a superb guest.
@GradyGillis
5 жыл бұрын
@Joa Lingo Sorry, I know nothing about it but it sounds interesting.
@jeffm3283
5 жыл бұрын
Great episode. Mr. Allison is an excellent guest I really enjoyed this and will watch the other parts of the series
@Hadowsay019
5 жыл бұрын
I have to say Mr. Townsend that coat you're wearing is smashing.
@ravynme8975
4 жыл бұрын
*SMASHING*
@shitmultiverse1404
4 жыл бұрын
*S L A M M I N'*
@zoolzool1
3 жыл бұрын
It is smashing. He looks great!
@Fanatiqual
5 жыл бұрын
I love when your videos stray away from cooking. Don't get me wrong, i come for the cooking, but i stay for the whole snapshot of a time period. Very good video and very informative.
@carolhaycock7419
5 жыл бұрын
This series on historical writing is wonderful. I do so love your interview series. Thank you so much.
@bernadetterocha3693
5 жыл бұрын
I never knew paper had ever been made from rags. That is fascinating! Thank you so much for this wonderful intro to paper!
@moozie2z
3 жыл бұрын
What a great interview! No idea why but something about this gentleman's voice just draws me in. I could hear him talk about paper for hours.
@ashleighlecount
5 жыл бұрын
This has been such a good series! One of my favorite series on this channel that didn't have to do with food.
@KundelX
5 жыл бұрын
This series of videos was one of the best on your channel, and that's no easy feat!
@scottcantdance804
5 жыл бұрын
Tried to make paper as a child. Failed miserably. I think I tried using cattails, because I lived in a swampy area and there was no papyrus on my continent.
@Anonarchist
5 жыл бұрын
i tried with saw dust when i was a kid. worst particle board ever made.
@Lastburn
5 жыл бұрын
Cat tail paper is definitely possible you just need more bleaching and a stronger binder. Possibly sun bleach/dry it first for a few weeks after cooking so it can be turned in finer fibres for the paper
@cherriemckinstry131
5 жыл бұрын
@@Lastburn definitely a good project for a kettle outdoors with a cam fire.
@hughbrackett343
5 жыл бұрын
I made some laid paper using window screen but I cheated by mashing some regular paper.
@scottcantdance804
5 жыл бұрын
@Patrick Ancona I think the biggest problem I had is I couldn't get the tails off the cats without my arms getting clawed to hell.
@hammer326
5 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite videos of the channel already even as a newer fan, just because this guy both looks and sounds like he's gonna authorize my letter of marque to go after Captain Flint.
@shadixyt
Жыл бұрын
I am actually blown away from the thoughtfulness and ingenuity of the Commonplace book, like the ancestor of the modern day planner book, just so incredible that they were that resourceful and inventive with their bookkeeping and journaling!
@charlesvickers4804
5 жыл бұрын
Dryer lint makes a nice paper if you make your own
@scaper8
5 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't have thought about that, but it makes sense. It is essentially the rag-stock that would be turned into paper.
@matthewpalmer9820
5 жыл бұрын
Show me
@healinggrounds19
5 жыл бұрын
I tried this with my cub scout troop years ago. We made all kinds of different paper. The dryer lint paper was lumpy was pretty.
@martabachynsky8545
5 жыл бұрын
@@matthewpalmer9820 Agreed. I want to know how to make dryer-lint paper. :-)
@iamgerg
5 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Who knew papier was so fascinating.
@flashthompson7
4 жыл бұрын
So very humbled for you to freely share this on our KZitem platform. May you be blessed
@DavidMaurand
5 жыл бұрын
fabulous trinity of shows. today, you can get rag content in photo papers...this show brings me back to my days as a printer and calligrapher. laid, wove, and vellum finish were coins of the realm. note, the animal skin surfaces were not impervious to problems including rot and bleed through, which kept monasteries, scriveners, and copyists busy for centuries. this was a fascinating series - thanks for this.
@FaceForwardd
5 жыл бұрын
The passion for our history on display in this channel is food for the soul. Thank you for another wonderful video Townsends
@dpeter6396
4 жыл бұрын
Brian's da man!!! Vast knowledge of a subject most folks pay little attention to. Wow. Thanks to John for bringing us this great information.
@ytfp
5 жыл бұрын
Such a great guest and eloquent both videos I've watched letting the host close with a simple smile and nod. Extremely impressed!
@alaskankare
5 жыл бұрын
how interesting! I hope a video the papermaking process is in the works! Would love to see how parchment was made from skins
@TheTreegodfather
3 жыл бұрын
I love how his videos aren't just plugging the products they sell; but actually informative and educational. 13 minutes of video, only one sentence about sales.
@lindyashford7744
5 жыл бұрын
Paper is not a relatively recent development it was being made and used in China in the first and second century CE and was being used in the middle east by around 800, and got to europe around 1100.
@catlover10192
7 ай бұрын
The middle ages really are relatively recent, so 1100 in Europe gels pretty well with that statement.
@ludvigtande1236
5 жыл бұрын
We forget how difficult life was just a couple of hundred years ago. Thanks for sharing. Keep history alive👍
@APV878
5 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you for sharing all of this and keeping this alive
@jillianromick
5 жыл бұрын
Another wonderful series from Townsend's! I never knew the history of paper and writing could be so interesting, but then again you and the people you interview could read a phone book and make it interesting!
@hlynnkeith9334
5 жыл бұрын
Outstanding! Mr Allison grasp of the details impressed me. I appreciate his devotion to keeping this knowledge and practice alive.
@bobriemersma
5 жыл бұрын
I know the topic is writing but... Any thoughts on butcher paper and other papers used in retail commerce to package everything from pork chops to medicinal powders purchased from a shop's bulk barrels, baskets, buckets, and bins? I assume envelopes and paper sacks came relatively late, replacing many a paper packet tied up with string. Paperboard pill boxes and the like even later.
@sirwilliam51
5 жыл бұрын
Parchment and butcher's paper makes great waterproof maps and recipes since they don't run or fade that much.
@arvidfrykman9850
5 жыл бұрын
They might have used waste paper for that at the time. Waste paper was certainly used that way later. In 19th century England street food was sold wrapped in old newspapers, and I recall a story about a music enthusiast finding a "lost" Beethoven concerto wrapped around his cheese.
@healinggrounds19
5 жыл бұрын
Many great English plays were lost because Queen Elizabeth's minister of revelry at the time, Lord Warburton, had stacks of plays (unread) near the kitchen. Supposedly his cook helped himself to the free paper to line pie pans and cooking trays. That's what my theatre history professor at Oxford told us anyway.
@stevenjohnson2273
5 жыл бұрын
@@healinggrounds19 we may have the cook to thank for saving us from some not so great plays also.
@carpii
4 жыл бұрын
Arvid Frykman - Its not that long ago that British fish and chip shops wrapped portions in unsold newspapers too, until it became illegal in 1990 due to safety concerns. I can still remember the distinctive smell of the malt vinegar soaking into the newspaper, and it makes me hungry just imagining it
@user-ls8rl3mo8e
6 ай бұрын
I attended a camp at Traveler’s Rest for a few years when I was a child. Brian is one of the most gifted historians and Nashville is lucky to have him. One of his most impressive skills is getting kids, whom otherwise would not care about history, engaged and interested. I still love history and I credit that almost exclusively to Brian. If you have his contact information, please let me know so I can thank him.
@docbrown7916
3 жыл бұрын
On average these vids are better than the many field trips I went to in school yrs ago, always educational. My mother's family came in the Mayflower, we've been here a long time. George Washington is a distant relative. Keep up the good work, always enjoy these vids. For your demographics, I'm 57, from northern NJ originally but in central Fl now.
@willi3ar
5 жыл бұрын
Great mini-series! Thank you all.
@lesahanners5057
5 жыл бұрын
This has been such an great series and so educational. I shall have to check my ephemera collection to see what papers are in it?! I learned something new today as I thought the small paper booklets were called, "waist", paper because they were sized to fit in a waistcoat pocket. Seems I had the wrong waste/waist. ...ha ha ha... I have as part of my collection, my hubbies 3rd grt grandpa, Col. James Madison Gregg's diary, which dates a little later in the 1830's, and it is sized to fit in a waistcoat pocket. He carried it with him and kept daily notes, so it is well worn but very interesting. He was a Quaker and went often to meeting, helped with barn and house raising's, worked hauling logs and at a saw mill, and recorded local deaths. He became a country clerk, lawyer, and a United States Senator, from Danville, Hendricks co., Indiana, the later until right before the Civil War. He was a Colonel in the Home Guards during the Civil War, and a well respected citizen of Danville. I have never thought to check my papers to see what kind they are, so this should prove to be yet another interesting aspect of my collection. Thanks again for such a wonderful series. Brian seems very well versed and is exceedingly pleasing in his presentation. You look very sharp too! Have a great day!
@astaridjatmiko8187
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the information. I love the ambience, your clothes, decoration, everything.
@southernwanderer7912
5 жыл бұрын
That was so interesting. Brian Allison sure knows historical writing and everything you needed to do it.
@Goddot
5 жыл бұрын
I use a tiny A6 cheap book! It's tremendously useful for writing down stuff you know you'll forget, and was so cheaply made you can just rip the pages out with no effort, so you can leave notes to other people or write out addresses and give them. Historical tidbit on the A paper series used now in most of the world: it was fairly recent (a few papermakers invented in in the 18th century, but it's only in the 20th century it got widespread), and the idea was to go as close as possible to the golden number in the proportions, while keeping the same proportions when you cut it in two. Previous papers tended to be more vertical as it was closer to that golden rule.
@DaudAlzayer
5 жыл бұрын
In colonial America, paper making efforts floundered because they couldn't match the quality or price of paper made in England. However, when paper was boycotted durring the Townshend Acts, it kept local manufacture alive. The Crane paper company, who makes the cotton-linen paper for US currency today was founded in the 1700s, and survived in the revolutionary era thanks to the boycots.
@C-Henry
5 жыл бұрын
I remember making paper as a project back in grade school, I use the term "making" loosely as we got our pulp by shredding construction paper and soaking it, but we did lay it across a screen and let it dry. So while we cheated a bit some of the process was apparently pretty accurate.
@richardstewart1955
5 жыл бұрын
Whenever I hear people talk about using trees to make paper, they make it sound like it is somehow wrong. When I was going through Forestry training I was informed by my instructors that there were thousands of acres growing trees for paper. If we stopped using those trees the property owners would strip the land and use it for grazing cattle or put it to some other use that didn't include trees. They also taught me that there are more trees in America today than when the continent was discovered.
@johnree6106
3 жыл бұрын
There probably less trees but it is strange because paper probably comes from the parts that don't get turned to lumber.
@WatchmanZeke
3 жыл бұрын
There's about 70% of the area that was forested in1630 In 1630 there was 423 million hectares or about 46 percent of the total land area In 1997 ( the latest data I could find) there was , 302 million hectares. 33 percent of the total land area of the United States was in forest land
@TheSpecialJ11
2 жыл бұрын
@@WatchmanZeke I imagine the wording could be because you can fit more young trees per acre. So while there's less forest we have lost our old growth forest that had old trees taking up much space.
@Just_Sara
2 жыл бұрын
If you consider a forest like a field, where you grow a crop, harvest it, and later replant, it helps you realize that it's not a bad thing.
@stacysalinas22
5 жыл бұрын
I was surprised that they handled the old papers without protecting them a little bit...thank you so much for the very interesting video! Best wishes!
@emmabenuska699
5 жыл бұрын
Maybe he uses the paper so children,adults can experience what the different types of paper felt like?
@gerrymarmee3054
5 жыл бұрын
As usual, you present something that I had no idea would be so interesting!
@tehtapemonkey
5 жыл бұрын
Man, Townsends is great at findinginteresting people who really know their stuff.
@jasonrabdale
5 жыл бұрын
I would love to see you continue this series on Historical Writing. I'd be interested in seeing you do videos on printing presses, 18th Century newspapers, and book-binding.
@mw-dc1by
5 жыл бұрын
These have been extremely interesting. Loved the quill pen making one. My college diploma is on vellum parchment. Cutting down trees for paper is not a sad thing. Soft wood is grown in plantations. When you buy wood to build a house or buy paper you're also paying for those plantations to be replenished.
@C-Henry
5 жыл бұрын
Last I saw there were a few tree farms out here in Oregon that specifically raise fast growing species of trees for paper production. I have no idea how profitable it is but it seems like they wouldn't be too difficult of a crop to manage.
@Cinomod6066
5 жыл бұрын
Well I think his point was when they first started using trees for paper they would just chop down with no regard for replenishing and such it was all use no putback which made it sad to see entire forests disappear for paper along with various other things.
@moosemaimer
5 жыл бұрын
There really isn't any part of a tree that isn't useful, waste material during production processes like cutoffs and even sawdust or bark gets made into something. Fiberboard, landscaping mulch, furnace pellets... the Kingsford charcoal company was founded as a means of using the leftover wood from the Ford car factory.
@mw-dc1by
5 жыл бұрын
@@C-Henry There are some pulp farms in the NW. A lot of paper comes from pine swamp plantations in the SE. LP owns all of the ones I have seen in both places. You can smell the pulp Mill East of Vancouver WA as well.
@kimfleury
5 жыл бұрын
@@Cinomod6066 -- I live in Michigan, which was the big supplier of wood for the continent until a series of forest fires took down the virgin timber. The main use was for shipbuilding, followed by construction and finally furniture. The port city I live in had many mills (my great-grandfather and his brother both got jobs at one mill when they arrived here from Germany in 1880). It was very hard work, and wore a man down quickly, so most only lasted a year on average. No part of the wood was wasted -- there was a use for every bit, even the sawdust. Even without the forest fires, they eventually would have torn through the virgin forest at the rate they were going, but if all they were making was paper, there's no way they would have deforested the land.
@BudgetGunsandGearReviews
5 жыл бұрын
I have NO IDEA why I watched this... But I watched the whole thing. GREAT video!
@ratroddiesels1981
5 жыл бұрын
we became a lot smarter by viewing these wonderful programs , we are glad we fell upon them .
@ecyojnej
5 жыл бұрын
We are coming to visit Jas Townsend in Son this coming Friday. We both love the these videos. My husband asked me if I am learning new things from these videos. Frankly, not much. I grew up reenacting. This is cool and it feels like my childhood. It's normalize for me. Then I was stunned this is based out of Indiana where I grew up and it all made sense to me. I even laughed at the candle making video because I never used anything but wax, string, heat, stick, and time. These are 100% amazing.
@cecilyerker
5 жыл бұрын
You gentlemen honestly are so cute!! I especially liked the notebook at the end where you can index your own notes and quotes. Good tip about the charcoal paper!
@Reauxsted1
5 жыл бұрын
I am really enjoying this latest series of "real life" videos. Excellent work as always, and this answers so many questions for us. Thanks so much for all you do!
@danielbarker5101
5 жыл бұрын
I love this channel but this is, by far, the most interesting episode today. thank you for all the research and time taken to follow these dying topics.
@corywhiting2996
5 жыл бұрын
This is a good one! Very informative.
@elaineschoepf8024
5 жыл бұрын
I have my 4x great grandpa’s little blank book with all his orders for his ship and men, and other ‘notes to self’, poems and scripture and clippings from newspapers. Neat.
I visited working paper mill (established in the late 1500s, oldest in Europe, paper known as Losin, used for many official documents even in USA) and they still use the original 17th century press that makes the final step in the process possible - the paper is pressed in it after being treated with chemicals that will ensure proper characteristics of the paper, so that the ink will stick to it and will not do the micro spills. Also, their museum will let you make paper with your own hands.
@cellgrrl
5 жыл бұрын
I would love to hear about wax seals on envelopes. Great series, thank you!
@healinggrounds19
5 жыл бұрын
I do calligraphy as a side job for brides and love using wax seals!❤
@Tmanaz480
4 жыл бұрын
He has two: kzitem.info/news/bejne/2a6Yk4ynrJmSpII kzitem.info/news/bejne/pKCZy65mcHNqpHY
@maiyannah
2 жыл бұрын
You can find 100% cotton content papers even in office supply stores here in Canada - look for "resume paper". The fancier ones make quite a show of just how much cotton content they have. Linen rag content is more difficult, but you can find flaxseed paper which is skipping the rag part, out of for eg St Armand in quebec.
@fartzinwind
5 жыл бұрын
We've not seen him in direct sunlight, confirmed vampire.
@jamesking4308
5 жыл бұрын
Super interesting, the writing with quills, inks, and paper! :)
@nicolewooldridge9683
5 жыл бұрын
Back again, this series is so exiting 💜👍💙
@DudeitsLandon
5 жыл бұрын
11:25 "we have an iphone today" IMMERSION BROKEN
@OnlyInMyDreams
5 жыл бұрын
Very interesting thank you😊
@huma474
5 жыл бұрын
Amazing video! Thanks for putting these together
@mtslyh
5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic series! Thanks so much for putting this together.
@hancho17
5 жыл бұрын
I loved the suggestions for modern facimilies. It's great to allow us to get eva just a taste of past practices. Using the letter itself as an envelope, very efficient.
@Dizzyboss
5 жыл бұрын
Ive worked in printing for 4 years now. So far ive only seen customers order animal skin once, plastic once, and gold leaf once. Outta all 3 of those the gold leaf one was the most expensive. The head of the company himself would actually want the waste after it was cut so theres no chance for anyone to take any.
@justcallmebookworm7543
3 жыл бұрын
This is so fascinating. My respect for the Founding Fathers leads me to be curious, from time to time, what life was like for them way-back-when.
@annalepper457
5 жыл бұрын
learned something today!
@phillyblunt138
5 жыл бұрын
Vellum is so good for permanence that here in the UK Acts of Parliament are still printed on vellum. Acts of Parliament dating back to 1497 recorded on vellum are still held in the House of Lords Public Record Office.
@bellesparks4374
3 жыл бұрын
This was fascinating. I tried hand making some paper and marbling some. So much craftsmanship involved.
@curiousentertainment3008
5 жыл бұрын
These videos seem to bring out the better people that humanity has to offer.
@emmabenuska699
5 жыл бұрын
That's kind of you to say.
@AriellaKK
5 жыл бұрын
This was my favorite set of videos. Outstanding history, and very interesting. Thank you both.
@jshicke
5 жыл бұрын
In 1850, Isaah Deck, on a trip to Egypt, noted the large quantity of mummies that were to be seen there. He had written a recommendation to paper makers in America that the quantity of mummies, wrapped in linen, if unwrapped, could supply the needs of American paper mills using linen for paper to a term of 14 years, being about 500 million mummies in Egypt at the time. Each mummy supplying 40 yards of linen. Dard Hunter is a well-known paper researcher and cataloguer and a proponent of handmade paper, Also related stories of paper mills in America using mummy linen to make paper.
@AkBirdman17
5 жыл бұрын
Man I love this channel. There are seriously few resources in my life that truly make me grateful for the things in my day to day life. It's like going to the river and catching your fish, it makes it all the more nice the next time you are being lazy and order in food at home. It makes you grateful for the things that are easy in modern life, which I believe is crucial to enjoying every moment. I'm an engineer and use paper like a fiend, so it's awesome seeing something like this series where I've come to think that printers are one of, if not the most, important invention of mankind. Apart from computers themselves of course, printing itself is super taken for granted, but not even 100 years ago most of what was in print came from what we would consider today a painstaking process. Even though the world is moving towards paperless, we always need to stop and appreciate the extent that papermaking has brought us. Paper has brought us coordination between generations which is something that will always be true, even if a solar flare hits us and our electronics die.
@timbeaty854
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful content. I've watched all 3 parts and found them to be extraordinary. Well done. I found these by my interest in making quill pens.
@bigdteakettle8989
5 жыл бұрын
You can search KZitem for Papermaking by hand at Hayle Mill, England in 1976. Here you can see them produce cotton paper 1 sheet at a time. The intro says this paper is used for art and repairing old documents.
@amysbees6686
3 жыл бұрын
Modern "resume paper" is usually a cotton bond. It prints up very nicely!
@tylerkrug7719
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Brian!
@1000wastedwords
5 жыл бұрын
I always wondered about legal pads and why they were a different size. This is just another piece of the puzzle.
@kittenkagome1
5 жыл бұрын
Very informative video!
@MrMoogle
2 жыл бұрын
Knowing this fascinating history, I will think twice when I go to throw away that second, unnecessary sheet that sometimes prints for an Amazon return. To be fair, those do usually end up as scrap paper for misc. notes. But still, I've never even give basic paper a second though these days. Love this series!
@Metalman200xdamnit
3 жыл бұрын
I knew paper and pretty much everything was expensive,but I like learning about how things were done and the different sizes and materials.
@dogie1070
5 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing a box of resume paper that had that motif! I never knew...
@davidpowell5437
5 жыл бұрын
A great little trilogy. It is a big subject but this presentation is just right for someone growing up during the age of the decline of handwriting. Nicely pitched to be interesting to the mildly curious while containing enough to give the more curious a starting point. Thanks for making the videos and thanks also for bringing Mr. Allison to my attention. I probably wouldn't have come across him any other way. One loose end comes to mind: When did the manufacture of paper specifically for other purposes, such as wrapping, begin ? Great if you could address that some time!
@ccahua
4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful exposition, excellent instructor
@stevethecountrycook1227
5 жыл бұрын
In the words of our British cousins....... Brilliant!
@catherinekhalili6386
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! So interesting and well done.
@BarbaraFischer4
5 жыл бұрын
This series has been so cool! Will you pretty please continue it? Would love to see more in cheap books & a historical handwriting lesson would be awesome!
@kitzya1354
5 жыл бұрын
In the UK, paper is sized by how many times the master sheet has been cut - A1 is massive, A2 is half the size along the longest edge, A3 is half A2 along the longest edge etc. A4 is "standard" size, at 8 1/4 inch (21cm) width and 11 3/4 inch (29.6cm) height. You can still find "laid" paper, especially recycled paper, although it is more expensive. There's a working victorian paper-mill in Somerset, England at a place called Wookey Hole caves, which allows children to lay a sheet of their own paper. well worth a visit!
@BlaineCraner
5 жыл бұрын
I love this channel.
@Just_Sara
2 жыл бұрын
Something many people don't realize about cotton paper is that one reason it feels different than wood pulp paper is that the cotton makes the paper feel much cooler. If you feel a piece of normal computer paper, newsprint, paper towel, and paper money, they all not only have different textures and flexibility, but the paper money, and maybe the paper towel, will feel cooler than the others, and a little softer. Maybe it's actually the thickness, I'm not sure, but when I worked at a paper store and someone tried to give me a counterfeit $100 (probably printed on our own paper - bad idea, buddy!) I could tell it was fake the moment I touched it because of that. Maybe the real lesson here is, don't use the wrong paper around a paper professional, THEY WILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID. :D
@treborironwolfe978
5 жыл бұрын
(somewhere in the Ancient East, long long ago...) *Inventor of laid paper:* (roughly translated) "Such a fine quality product.. but these impossible lines, they mock me." (much, much later in 1794 England...) *Innovator of coordinate paper, aka grid paper:* "I say! Young Timothy, come at once! I've had a stroke of genius, bring that measuring stick!"
@mattfinchdesign
5 жыл бұрын
Excellent series.
@Traderjoe
5 жыл бұрын
As a point of correction, it’s not a bad thing to use wood pulp to make paper. The trees they use aren’t just random trees along the sides of your roads. These are farms of trees. As trees grow, they absorb carbon dioxide from the air and it is used by the tree to reinforce its structure. Trees trap carbon. If nobody grew trees or any plants, that carbon that’s in the air would eventually affect the environment. But, by growing trees and continually replanting the ones taken, tree farms are actually helping the planet. Think of it this way: the carbon dioxide builds up and raises the temperatures. That melts the ice at the poles and the land that becomes exposed now can start supporting life, like plants and trees which are loving the carbon dioxide. As those trees flourish and begin t absorb carbon dioxide, the amounts in the air are reduced and the temperature goes down. It’s a self balancing cycle that really has nothing to do with man. But, we can mitigate it by not demonizing wood and paper manufacturing and responsible forest management.
The world needs its wild forests back, not plantations
@pmichael73
4 жыл бұрын
Great video! Cutting down trees is not "sad." Trees for paper are a crop, like corn or wheat, and have been replanted for more than 170 years for the sole purpose of making paper. European paper sizes (A1 - A8) are great because not only is cutting A1 in half to make A2 (and subsequently), but each resultant size is the same proportion as the largest size. Laid lines are the small lines running across the page; chain lines are the larger, vertical ones. (You had it right but it sounded a little confused.)
@Chattycrafter2580
5 жыл бұрын
Great series, I’m enjoying it. It would be great to see paper being made with cotton very interesting.
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