I'm one of those teenage males who wanted nothing more than to make my own sword after watching the Highlander and Conan movies.
About five years later, saw a ad for a basic blacksmithing course but moved before I was able to take it. I was complaining to my parents that I wasn't able to take the course, and they mentioned one of the neighbors was in a blacksmithing group. I asked him about it, he invited me to a meeting and I've been smithing ever since.
I've been smithing for about two years now, very slowly putting together my shop. One of these days I'll get around to making that sword..
As for the wife thing, that's sort of creepy.. My wife has her Bachelors of Fine Arts.. she majored in Fibre. We currently have eight alpacas, and she cards, spins, dyes and weaves their fibre.
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