There was but compare that to 3 mp double co weekends . <| sep |> Siphons are cheap as hell though , aren ' t they ? <| sep |> You want metallic foil , which you can buy on Ebay , but it ' s chancy , you might get someone ' s old foil which may not stamp properly , or a foil design with an adhesive for something other than leather , foil adhesives are specifically made for the substrate being stamped . You can go to Talasonline . com or any of a dozen sites that will sell you a single roll with the right adhesive for leather , and they will tell you the correct temperature range your tools need to be to properly transfer the metal to the foil . Note , I am not saying gold here , as many modern gold foils are really just brass alloy blends . You need a metal tool with the design you want to make , brass is the preferred metal as it holds the heat best and transfers it evenly . Any metal will do , if you can get enough even pressure behind it , but your quality will suffer greatly unless the metal is perfectly smooth , clearly defined and evenly heated . Any defects , or less than sharp crisp edges in the metal will affect the final quality . There is little margin of error here , you either get it right with the first attempt , or you try to correct your mistake , but it never cleans up correctly , and you start over again , all new leather , boards etc . I keep saying this on this sub , so I guess I will say it once more You are trying to do one of the more advanced binding techniques , in fact , the very hardest one to master . It took me years to reach a comfort level with gilding , where I knew I had a better chance of getting it right than of screwing everything up and starting over . Gilding is 5 % having the right materials , 5 % the right tools , and 90 % years of practice . Yes , you can get lucky and have it come out right on the first shot , but personally I don ' t know of a single person , in workshops I ' ve attended or workshops I ' ve given with experienced binders , where this has ever happened . You would be far better served to find someone local who can do this work for you , contact them before you buy the leather and case the book , as the gilding is typically done with the covers flat , and the leather has to be the right type . Expect to pay through the nose though genuine quality gilding tools cost a lot of money , font sets cost a lot of money , even the cheapest zinc metal sets cost hundreds , it ' s time consuming to do correctly , and then there is always the risk even a pro has that something won ' t go exactly right and they have to eat the job . I know this probably isn ' t the answer you want , but it ' s a real world answer .