Ditched my cheap bone folder for a bamboo one in Tokyo last fall
I used to swear by those plastic bone folders you get in a starter kit, the ones that cost like $3 and feel like a toy. But after a week in Tokyo I visited this tiny shop near Kappabashi, and the old guy running it handed me a bamboo folder and said 'try this on your next project.' Man, I didn't realize how much I was fighting my tools until that moment. The bamboo one glides way smoother on paper, and it doesn't leave those weird shiny streaks on my endpapers. I also like that it's lighter so my hand doesn't cramp up after folding 50 signatures. Now I'm wondering if I should go back for a proper teflon folder too, has anyone made that switch and regretted it?