Rant: I thought Japanese paper was just hype until I tried making a slipcase with it

I was convinced it was overpriced for a simple project, but after seeing how it held a sharp fold for my friend's art book, I'm rethinking everything. Has anyone else had a material they wrote off that totally changed their mind?

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kareng271mo agoTop Commenter

That sharp fold sounds like phoenix_singh's pine moment, but what specific paper did you use?

phoenix_singh1mo ago

That "sharp fold" thing is real. I had the same moment with basic pine, swore it was just cheap junk until I tried hand-planing some.