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McSlipperton · 3199 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubski, what are your hobbies, and how did you discover them?
I like to cut rocks. I mine them whenever I have the time for a trip into the wild. Polish up some book ends, cut and polish some cabachons for jewelry, I tried my hand at faceting - but didn't care for it much. I've been playing with rocks for 20+ years now. An old boss of mine took me to a rock shop in the town that I grew up in, and this little old lady that ran the store enticed me to join their "rock club", with annual fees of $12.00 to start. I just wanted to carve soap stone, but it turned out to be a much deeper rabbit hole than that. As soon as I cut a large quartz crystal into slabs, then polished them up, I was absolutely hooked.