There was a local print shop where I have bought linotype since back in the 80's. A couple of years ago I contacted him and though the shop was closed some of the equipment was still in place and he still had linotype. I bought some lino and he also introduced me to foundry type. He told me that he had to vacate the building by a certain date. I left my contact info and asked him to call when he got ready to clear out. I never heard back from him and about this time last year I saw one of those "end of an era" stories in the local paper when he closed the shop.
After reading about the Rotometals stock I decided to track him down on the long shot that he might still have some type metal (Who brings that sort of thing home when you retire?). Turns out he did and he told me where he lives. I came home today with the last 300 pounds of foundry type and 400 pounds of his remaining linotype stock. Unfortunately he had melted the entire stock of lino down into ingots. Easier for him to handle but who needs 21 or 22 pounds of it when mixing a batch of alloy? Still counted myself lucky to get it. I have learned how to break those ingots into manageable blocks to at least get them into the pot. From there I can melt them down to a useful size.