Torn between PVA and wheat paste for a leather spine repair I tried last month

I had this old 1890s family Bible with a completely detached spine, and I couldn't decide between using PVA glue or wheat paste for the leather reattachment. I've used PVA on cloth bindings before and it's super strong, but wheat paste is reversible and more traditional. I ended up going with a 50/50 mix of the two, which I read about on a bookbinding forum from 2018. So far the repair has held up nicely over the last 3 weeks, no cracking or peeling. Has anyone else tried mixing adhesives like that for older books, or do you stick to one type?

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