SC - Re: questions

[ChannonM@aol.com]

If this is a duplicate, I am sorry.  Cooking implements are included, which
is why I thought this group would be interested in reading about (and
possibly buying) this book.  I'm getting one as a birthday gift for a Viking
blacksmith I know.

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Morgan

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My philosophy of life is that the meek shall inherit nothing but debasement,
frustration, and ignoble deaths . . .
     Harlan Ellison

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making
exciting discoveries.
     A. A. Milne
- ----- Original Message -----
From: rmhowe <magnusm at NCSU.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 11:09 PM
Subject: The Mastermyr Find - Viking Age Toolchest from Gotland


> _The Mastermyr Find_ by Greta Arwiddson and Gosta Berg has been
> republished.  ISBN 0-9650755-1-6  The book is $17.95 plus $2.00
> postage in the US.
>
> Nearly two years ago I contacted Norm Larson to try to get a copy of
> this book for myself only to find that it was no longer obtainable.
> Norm had gotten the very last 50 books of its earlier printing of 800
> and had quickly sold out. I tried for quite a while to locate one and
> was unable to find one. Anyway, I kept bugging Norm to see if he could
> get any more. I'm a hell of a pest when I want something.
>
> (Norm sells wood and metalwork crafts books primarily aimed at modern
> craftsmen covering a fairly wide time range but rarely this early in
> period. I only know him because I tried to get the book originally.)
>
> After considerable discussion and pestering on my part he decided to
> take a chance and see if he could republish it. After all, the 50
> he'd had had sold quickly but he had to print 2000 which is quite a
> risk.
>
> (I should mention here that I have NO financial interest in this and
> have never met Norm Larson in person.)
>
> However, he finally got permission to reprint it and it has just come
> out again at a very reasonable price in paperback, in English. He was
> very conscientious about the printing quality of the photographs,
> returning the original proofs to the printer for improvement, which
> is excellent.
>
> And I _finally_ got my copy and I'm happy with it. :)
>
> This reprinting is soft cover, 90 pages, 8 1/4 X 10 3/4 inches, with
> 52 photographs and over 100 illustrations.
>
> Norm Larson Books
> 5426 E. Hwy. 246
> Lompoc, CA 93436.
> Fax 805-735-8367, Ph 800-743-4766 or 805-735-2095
> <larbooks at impulse.net>
> (As far as I know he doesn't have a web page, but he does
> issue a catalog.)
>
> At a time when interest in the historical crafts of wood and metal
> working are achieving renewed heights of interest, and also when
> medieval reenactment societies are blossoming over much of the globe
> recreating life and crafts as they were then for educational purposes
> and for fun, _The Mastermyr Find_ is a rare prize.
>
> It's a literal time capsule of tools, and cooking implements that
> once sank to the bottom of a lake which later became a farmer's field
> and was rediscovered by plowing in 1936.
>
> Within it's pages you will find the diverse tools of an accomplished
> craftsman, perhaps a shop, including both metal and woodworking tools,
> locks, bells, cooking apparatus such as a hanging griddle and cauldron
> parts, and other objects necessary to daily life. It makes the
> recreation of an early medieval tool kit possible for those who wish
> to attempt true historical techniques with the proper tools of the
> age.   I highly recommend it.
>
> It's also been enthusiastically reviewed by Jim McCarthy, the editor
> of the Anvil's Ring, the publication of the Artist's Blacksmith
> Association of America (ABANA) and Eric Peterson, the book reviewer
> for the Gristmill, the Publication of the (Nationwide) Mid-West Tool
> Collector's Association.
>
> *May be reposted to local SCA/Reenactor email lists, but please not to
> the Rialto or other newsgroups.*
>
> In Service,
>
>  Master Magnus Malleus, OL, Windmaster's Hill, Atlantia, SCA/GDH
>