His father was the owner and managing director of Siegmund Robinow & Son Ltd., a company in London and Hamburg, which at that time manufactured exclusive garments.

Field, who was also an aviation enthusiast who had received a private pilot license with a multi-engine rating in California, then moved to Munich to work on the newly formed Airbus project, contributing to the interior design of the aircraft.

Guitarist Chet Atkins inspired Field in 1975 to design a folding guitar without the string tension changing and going out of tune.

Atkins appeared with Les Paul on television with the Foldaxe on Jane Pauley's The Today Show and on Entertainment This Week.

[9] They have been played by Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Lenny Breau, Paco de Lucia, John McLaughlin, Hank Marvin, Paul McCartney, David Copperfield,[5] James Burton and Albert Lee.

[13] Harris and Welch supported Field's efforts to influence Hank Marvin to return to the band.