The rhythmic plink-plink-plink of hammers striking red-hot iron punctuated the sound of 1960s garage rock coming from a distant stereo. A few hours later, five men walked out of Cooper’s Forge on the ...

While modern technology offers improvements — such as gas-powered forges, pneumatic hammers, and advances in metallurgy — Luark prefers to use the old-fashioned techniques and tools of traditional ...

– Editor's note: This story has been corrected to reflect that Harvey Williamson is the historian of the Stella Historical Society, not the president. College students will get a hands-on taste of ...

DANVERS — Bill Kauffman pulls a slender piece of steel from a gas forge behind his country house, the metal burning a bright, hot orange as he takes it to his anvil. Metal tongs hold the steel in ...