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Article: Taunton's 175-year-old Reed & Barton still brings elegance to the table.
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- June 2, 1999
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Thwack! The drop hammer slams just inches from Al Soares' fingers, held from harm by safety lines. He pulls out the freshly stamped piece of silver - on its way to becoming a fancy dinner fork - and replaces it with another. Thwack!
Nearby, Ray Gwozdz, Reed & Barton's new production coordinator, shouts above the din of machinery: "You can't automate this!"
Meanwhile, Jim Corliss scoops up what appears to be a handful of fireplace ash - it's actually a form of pumice. With his other hand he grabs a stack of forks and holds them - the pumice cascading over them in a gray rush - against a polishing wheel. This is sand polishing - "a lost art," explains ...