Markus Posted November 16, 2012 Report Posted November 16, 2012 Dear members, I would like to annouce a new book of mine which will be out around mid or late December this year. This project is a compilation of ALL kantei blades (i.e. the "real" kantei at the beginning and the five swords described in the middle part) plus their descriptions of the Token-Bijutsu magazines from 2006 to 2012. The publication will be divided up into a "Koto-kantei" and a "Shinto-Shinshinto-kantei" volume and provides altogether more than 350! blades, namely as mentioned PLUS the oshigata of the magazines. So this will be an independent reference work, basing on revised translations from the Japanese original (i.e. not the English translation provided by the NBTHK on their homepage). As the focus is as mentioned on kantei, this is a rich source of information about the reasons for an attribution to the smith or school in question and about why other attributions can be ruled out. For the time being I add the provisional cover and table of contents. Thank you for your attention. koto-contents.pdf shinto-shinshinto-contents.pdf Quote
drbvac Posted November 16, 2012 Report Posted November 16, 2012 Looks Exceptional - will it be offered directly for sale from yourself or ? Has any thought been given to setting a value on the set? Quote
Jean Posted November 16, 2012 Report Posted November 16, 2012 Wonderful. Will it be equally available in e-books? Quote
cabowen Posted November 16, 2012 Report Posted November 16, 2012 One can't help but wonder where you find the time??? Great work! Quote
Markus Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Posted November 16, 2012 Thank you guys! There will be an eBook version and I have to check the printing cost when the final translations are finished but I think the price will be around 70 Euro per volume (i.e. 140 per set). @Chris: At the moment at has levelled off at 12h working, 6h sleeping and 6h family per day :D But I would love to spend all these 12h on sword and tosogu related things... Quote
kusunokimasahige Posted November 16, 2012 Report Posted November 16, 2012 Those are indeed greatly priced ! Looking forward to the volumes! KM Quote
Veli Posted November 16, 2012 Report Posted November 16, 2012 Sounds great! Please keep us updated about the availability! Veli Quote
hxv Posted November 16, 2012 Report Posted November 16, 2012 Markus, A lot of us here on the board would love to order the set once they are available. Could we get a special group rate if we pulled together and place the order all at once? Regards, Hoanh Quote
drdata Posted November 16, 2012 Report Posted November 16, 2012 Very cool, count me among the interested. I know too well the pain of authorship, though far from being as prolific. Congrats! Quote
Gilles Posted November 16, 2012 Report Posted November 16, 2012 Markus, I can't wait to see them available. You are such a very prolific author..... :D Quote
KORSH Posted November 17, 2012 Report Posted November 17, 2012 Count me in, I would loke to have a set of these. Quote
Jean Posted November 17, 2012 Report Posted November 17, 2012 I think the price will be around 70 Euro per volume (i.e. 140 per set). Quote
Marius Posted November 17, 2012 Report Posted November 17, 2012 oops... sorry. Marcus, count me as a buyer :-) Quote
Rich Thomas Posted April 30, 2013 Report Posted April 30, 2013 Just got my copies. Just want to say ,,,,,, awesome! Thanks Marcus great stuff. cheers Rich Quote
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