@NotSteve
I never had the opportunity to make steel, though the fellow who taught me forging has been very active in that regard. There is a group in Michigan, US, who are known for this because of the availability of high iron sand. I was laid up by the time this gained popularity.
My only experience in metallurgy away from knives was a year spent in a plant that made refractory hard metals like tungsten carbide lathe bits and such. I did make a lot of carbide. Cool gig for a year while waiting for an opening at my long time employer.
As far as music, I am a lifelong dilettante. I play a bit on a lot of instruments but my main love is guitar. I was never good and athritis has ruined that but I refuse to quit entertaining myself with it. I am basically a noodler. I will spend half an afternoon crafting a background with my overstocked Studio One, play over it for a half hour, and hit delete. I call it disposable music.
It’s always been a personal journey. No bands, no performing. My only audience is my wife. I would rather die now than not have music. It kept me sane while I was stuck in my chair for too many years.
And I have a bad habit of iPad apps from beat machine to synths to Launchpad and play DJ for us while missus preps a meal.
Thanks for your explanation. I clicked on n-ism and it clicked in my old, old mind, “Interdisciplinary, old fool, that was the word you needed to remember.” That wasn’t so popular when I was at university and I didn’t think of that. Cool reading. Thanks so much!
Best...
( or is that also a two-person total?)
