As a long time BK and curator of old Sifre Torah, I tried to teach people not to pull the sefer down and then right it by pushing it against the table edge. This puts huge back pressure on the klaf, and it can crack letters. As a habit, any crease in an old klaf ( and in Pinchas in general) I scan for damage along the crease. The ideal M.O. is to open to three columns and a seam, and use the fulcrum of your wrists, or against the galgalim to lift the sefer without trauma to the klaf. If space allows, you can also stand with legs one in front of the other, step forward and raise the sefer moving forward in and arc. This only works where there is nothing (bookcase, lamps etc) at the front of the shulchan. There is also cause, in some sefarim NOT to roll to a seam. Chizku V’imtzu.
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