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HOW THEY COMPARE SIDE-BY-SIDE: This is how the Stone Hinge (left) compares with the Chinle when standing up on the shelf. You can clearly see how the Stone Hinge has an open spine, and the Chinle does not. The Stone Hinge is cloth-bound, and the Chinle is split leather-bound. |
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Here is a close-up to show more detail on the Stone Hinge's cloth bound covering, and the Chinle's split leather covering. |
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Open up both books and you'll notice that the Stone Hinge book has a white paper liner, just like a regular book, and the binding posts are open to view. The Chinle book has a black cloth liner, and flap that conceals the binding posts. (Bridal photography by Stephen L. Daniloff --the Chinle book was so new we didn't have time to print a photo for its book pages!) |
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A lift of the cloth covered flap reveals the binding post screws on the Chinle book (the same flap design is also on the inside back cover). |
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A side view of the Stone Hinge book with 20 pages. The Photo Velvet is a softer paper (higher loft) than the Chinle's Entrada, so it's caliper of thickness is a little greater, even though both papers are about the same 190 gsm weight.) |
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A side view of the Chinle book with 20 pages. You'll notice this book is a little thicker near the binding area than the Stone Hinge, because it incorporates the extra inside flap fold to cover the binding posts. |
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A close-up side view of the Stone Hinge book with 20 pages. Here you can clearly see the Mylar hinges that are attached to each sheet of Photo Velvet paper --one side grasping around the strip that attaches to the binding posts, and the other part of the hinge grasping the larger sheet on which you print to. This makes for a very flexible page that turns easily and lays very flat. |
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A close-up side view of the Chinle book with 20 pages. You can clearly see the leather outside covering and the inside cloth covering, or liner. On this side view you can also see the pre-score line or "bump" on each sheet. The score allows for easier turning of the pages at this pre-designed bending point (regular book pages don't need to be pre-scored because they are not as thick as the Moab Entrada Fine Art paper). However, even with this pre-score, these pages are not nearly as flexible as the Mylar hinge design in the Stone Hinge design. NOTE: we discovered that AFTER one has printed the pages, that bending the narrow binding strip area (by folding the page at the score line), and bending it back the other direction (BEFORE securing each page into the books) greatly ensures that the pages will be more flexible and lay flatter when the book is open. |
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A close-up of a Stone Hinge's Photo Velvet page, showing light reflecting off the Mylar hinge. |
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A close-up of a Chinle's Moab Entrada page, showing the pre-score mark or "bump" that assists in page turning and flexibility. |
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Here is a Chinle's Moab Entrada page (left) and a Stone Hinge's Photo Velvet page (right). You'll notice that the hole sizes and the spacing between the holes are different, so no page exchange between the two systems is possible. The Chinle page is 9" x 8", and has an 8" x 8" usable area for printing and margins. The Stone Hinge page is 8.5" x 7.5", and has a 7.25" x 7.5" usable area for printing and margins. |
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The Stone Hinge book can lay perfectly flat when opened, even unattended; however, you'll notice the Mylar "plastic" hinges reflecting off the pages. Photo examples on pages by Stephen L. Daniloff. |
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The Chinle book does not lay nearly as flat when opened. To get this unattended open book to lay even this flat, we have to push down the pages flat for several second, then it would remain in that position for a while. However, it looks and acts more like a book, even with thick, fine art paper pages. |
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