Logbook Binding

[artyhug]

Hello all,

Just a trawl for helpful hints. Need to get my logbook rebound and not having any luck finding a suitable binder.

Before anyone mithers about the search function I have and unfortunately RJ Bond in Somerset is either so old he can't hear his phone anymore (01935 827762) or just doesn't want to talk to me.

So, anyone got any ideas?

Ta

[Delta Hotel]

Arty,
Have you tried Cambinders in Cambridge? Details:

Cambinders Unit 1 Laundry Lane Cherry Hinton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 8DH Tel: 01223 244466

They will bind the logbook in the original type of cover, or in leather, and they can inlay your initials/details on the spine and front.

They did a grand job of binding my 3 logbooks in leather (with a case) for about 80 quid.

Good luck

DH

[Hardly Worth it]

Arty

Mr Bond is still alive and well, I know he moved house and now lives in Stoke Sub Hamdon near Yeovil, if you can wait I'll get you his number tomorrow and post it on here for you

Cheers

[artyhug]

Many thanks all. Hardly, that'd be grand.

[Sadbloke]

Art
Cambinders good - just beware however - if yer logbooks are well old like mine and critically different sizes, the bound triple version looks great fm the outside, but open it up and pages all different lengths - same at the top but unable to trim them all to the same size. Also very tricky to write in volume three cos wrist has to be 2 inches off the surface whilst writing. Kinda wish I'd left em alone and just had three logbooks. Nice to still be using logbook three mind! Old/Bold etc!

[InDarknessConcealed]

Does anyone have updated contact details for Cambinders. The telephone number above does not appear to work?

Also, does anyone have any of the older blank RAF Pilot log books (F414). This is the version pre Apr 2000 when the page dimensions were altered slightly?

Cheers

[airborne_artist]

Try:

Unit F6-F7 Eastern Court, 182-190 Newmarket Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB5 8HE

Tel 01223 566 671

[Megaton]

I used Mr Bond and he does an excellent job but he is somewhat eccentric. He may, or may not, answer the phone and he seems to have a backlog of work but if you can get hold of him the end result is very good indeed.

[airborne_artist]

he seems to have a backlog

Will you be fetching your hat and coat? :ok:

[Yamagata ken]

Try your nearest University. If it's any good, they will have a bindery in the library basement. All those old books and new theses :8

[Hardly Worth it]

I can confirm he is still alive ! well I think so, went to his place last week windows/doors all wide open................ not a trace of him anywhere !

:ugh::ugh::ugh:

[Craven Moorhed]

Arty,
If you're still in the US & A then try the binders in Winnipeg, CA.
They're very good, and cheap too.

[Talk Split]

I recently got my logbook back from R J Bond and he did a fantastic job. The phone number posted previously is extant...

If no joy (be patient!) then I suggest a trip to his workshop at Stoke sub Hamdon.

He charged IRO £65 by the way, and threw in a free leather bookmark!

[Lima Juliet]

I can vouch for Cambinders. On the logbook front, I tried about 5 different SPFSs around the RAF - Wyton had the older version that I wanted (I guess they don't get much call for logbooks anymore!). This was about 4 years ago though.

Good luck

LJ

[hello1]

Is it just me or did anyone else get massively irritated when the new and utterly cr@p logbooks arrived a few years ago. Irrespective of the size difference, they seemed to have been ordered by someone for whom a logbook was just another stationery item - hence cheapest and lowest quality possible.:ugh:

[BEagle]

They simply reflected the way things were heading.....:*

[WhiteOvies]

Hello,
Just another quick question re: Mr Bond and/or Cambinders.

Unfortunately my grandfather passed away recently and several members of the family would like copies of his log books. He flew Lancasters on 83 Sqn and 44(Rhodesia) Sqn, earning a DFC, before nearly 40 years as a civilian AT pilot. Does anyone know if a company like Cambinders would do decent bound copies of log books or is there a specialist that might do a better job?

Replies on thread or PM much appreciated.

[oldbeefer]

Nice to still be using logbook three mind! Old/Bold etc!

Just started number 7!

[Laker Liker]

They used to do a good job at Changi Gaol in the sixties!

[departthefix08]

I have just had my second aircrew logbook done by Mr Bond and he did a really excellent job.
I would advise that you sort out exactly what you want done as the options are endless; the colour and texture of the leather, the style of wings, borders, lettering additional pages, joining 2 books etc etc. He has very many examples in his workshop, indeed it looks like most of the Fleet Air Arm and half the RAF have had their books done at some stage in their career.

If you drop off or pick the book up personally, make sure you give yourself at least 2 hours for a masterclass in all aspects of bookbinding from the beginnings of time. Actually it was fascinating. Workshop looks a little 'busy' but my book was completed within about 3 weeks.

I would give a very strong recommend if you want a really professional job in a realistic timeframe and at a VERY realistic price.

[Al R]

As a general question I guess, do most aircrew get their logbooks bound?

[Dengue_Dude]

Do they hell . . .

Sounds like some serious bull droppings here . . .

As for 'historical' stuff, yes why not? Aren't logbooks just a way to get a job?

On that score however, some chaps that used to work for MyTravel et al seemed to have had them countersigned by a Mr HC Andersen ISBN 0713996412 (but that's another story in itself).

[InDarknessConcealed]

I know I've already asked but I thought I'd give it one more go.

Does anyone have any of the older blank RAF Pilots Flying Log Books? The top right hand corner of the front cover will just have "RAF Form 414" written on it. Although it was revised in 1998 and again in 2000 I'm after the original one.

I'll happily make a suitable contribution to a charity of your choosing and of course cover postage costs.

I've tried all sorts of places around the RAF but to no avail.


Cheers

[MrBernoulli]

Off thread slightly, but I can't resist it ......

I picked up a used, very old RAF Form 414 on ebay a little while back. Why would I do that? Because it belonged to a USAF exchange pilot doing the ETPS course in 1964. That on its own is not special, but the fact that said Captain Al Worden went on to be the Command Module Pilot for the Apollo 15 moon mission probably is ..... if that sort of thing interests you, lol!

:ok: