{{Short description|Tool}} right|thumb|upright|Bone folders [[File:Plioirs.jpg|thumb|Bone folders made of (L-R) Teflon, teflon, bone and wood]]
A '''bone folder''', '''bonefolder''', or '''folding bone''' is a dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease material in crafts such as bookbinding,<ref name="BBandP"/><ref name="KSmithvol1"/> cardmaking,<ref name="greetcardencl"/> origami,<ref name="Smith2004"/> and other paper crafts <!-- PLEASE do not link papercraft; it has a specialized, more limited meaning --> that require a sharp crease or fold. The tool was also used when correspondence by letter writing was more formal and an art.
Bone folders may be made from the leg bone of a cow, deer, or similar animal; ivory; or plastic.<ref name="RandEManual"/> Those made from bone may be less likely to leave residue on the workpiece.<ref name="inhousebookbinding"/>
In Japan, the equivalent folding tool is traditionally made from bamboo, although alternatives include a Japanese fabric marking tool (''hera'') and a Western bone folder.<ref name="Japanesebookbinding"/>
== See also == * Bone tool
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="BBandP">{{Citation|title=Books, Boxes and Portfolios |last=Zeier|first=Franz|publisher=Design Press |year=1983 |translator=Li, Ingrid|location=New York|isbn=0-8306-3483-5|pages=30–37}}</ref> <ref name="KSmithvol1">{{Citation|title=Non-Adhesive Binding: Books Without Paste or Glue|volume=1|last=Smith|first=Keith A.|year=1999|edition=Revised and expanded|publisher=Keith Smith Books|location=Rochester, New York|isbn=0-9637682-6-3|page=47}}</ref> <ref name="greetcardencl">{{Citation|title=The Encyclopedia of Greeting Card Tools & Techniques|first=Susan|last=Pickering Rothamel|year=2008|publisher=Lark Books|location=New York|isbn=978-1-60059-029-0|page=42}}</ref> <ref name="Smith2004">{{cite book|author=Soonboke Smith|title=Origami for the First Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JbpbyGJdl4YC&pg=PA14|date=1 August 2004|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.|isbn=978-1-4027-1767-3|pages=14–}}</ref> <ref name="RandEManual">{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiana.edu/~libpres/manual/tools/bone.html|title=Repair and Enclosure Treatments Manual|first1=Garry|last1=Harrison|first2=Jake|last2=Nadal|publisher=E. Lingle Craig Preservation Laboratory, Indiana University}}</ref> <ref name="inhousebookbinding">{{Citation|title=In-House Bookbinding and Repair|first=Sharon|last=McQueen|publisher=The Scarecrow Press|year=2005|location=Lanham, Maryland|isbn=0-8108-5224-1|page=17}}</ref> <ref name="Japanesebookbinding">{{Citation|title=Japanese Bookbinding|first=Kōjirō|last=Ikegami|others=Adapted by Stephan, Barbara B.|publisher=Weatherhill|location=Trumbull, Connecticut|year=1986|isbn=0-8348-0196-5|pages=12–13, 16}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bone Folder}} Category:Book arts Category:Bookbinding folder