Good Dog Rebinds: “Blackout” Legacy Standard Bible

Description

As consumers living in a digital age, we think nothing of dropping a few hundred dollars on a new laptop or cell phone every couple of years. However, when it comes to our Bibles, we often don’t consider aesthetics as valuable a factor in our purchasing new or the need to preserve the heirloom passed down to us from a faithful man or woman of God. Good Dog Designs and Rebinds was founded by Caleb Stomberg who enjoys taking time and skill to rebind Bibles new and old in supple, authentic, quality leathers in order to elevate visually what is already priceless within – God’s Word.

The Blackout Bible

This particular design we have dubbed the “Blackout Bible” because it is rebound in black leather, using a black luxury French Chevre Goatskin on the cover and a black sheepskin liner. This is a Legacy Standard Version of the Bible, single column, and a comfortable size to carry at 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2. The imprints on the spine are understated yet beautiful, and the page edges have been guilded in black for a subtle, yet elegant copy of the Scriptures for you to treasure and pass down to generations to come. The cover has been handsewn using black stitchig, and three black ribbons have been installed for your convenience.

Why is it called Good Dog Designs?

The designer here, Caleb Stomberg, felt Good Dog would be a clever spin on his own name. The name Caleb is most familiar to Christians in the Bible stories of Exodus where Caleb and Joshua were among the Israelites commissioned to spy out the Promised Land. These two alone remained faithful along with Moses from that generation and were allowed to see the Promised Land. However, most people do not realize that the Hebrew name Caleb means “dog.” What would seem to us a dishonorable name given at birth, graced a man that proved godly time and again. Caleb only prays he can live up to such a legacy. As a play on the name Caleb, Good Dog Designs: Bible Rebinding and Custom Wood Products was established. He enjoys crafting high quality wood designs and rebinding Bibles as a bivocational pastor and father to seven children living in Northwest Minnesota. You can learn more about Caleb and his wife here.