SC - The Mastermyr Find - Viking Age Toolchest from Gotland

[Stefan li Rous]

Since this book has cooking apparatus in it, I thought some on this
list might be interested.

My order will probably be going out in Tuesday's mail.

Stefan

> Subject: The Mastermyr Find - Viking Age Toolchest from Gotland
> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 00:09:13 -0400
> From: rmhowe <magnusm at ncsu.edu>
> Organization: Windmaster's Hill, Atlantia, and the GDH
> 
> _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
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