Metal Smith

Moradabad is famous for metal, so it made sense for us to set up Metal Smith here at B-2 / 193 Ashiana II. It’s not a huge factory or anything, just a workshop where we work with different metals. Most days, you’ll hear the sound of polishing wheels or the clatter of pieces being moved around. It’s a bit noisy, but that’s just how it is. We do a lot of the finishing work ourselves. Sometimes the air gets heavy with the smell of polish and metal dust. We’ve been at this for several years now. It started as a hobby for some of us, then it turned into a real job. Uttar Pradesh has so many of these small units, and we are just one of them. We don't have a fancy showroom. Most of our stuff sits on wooden pallets until it’s ready to go out. The guys working here are good with their hands; they know how to handle the tools without thinking too much about it. We get visitors occasionally who want to see how things are made, but usually, it’s just us and the metal. It’s hard work on the back and shoulders. Every piece we make has some small difference because we aren't some giant automated plant. We just take the raw material and turn it into something useful. It’s a simple life, focused on the workbench and the orders we need to finish by Friday. We just keep our heads down and work.