GUILDERLAND — By day, he works at Guilderland’s transfer station, recycling paper and cardboard, glass and metal. In his free time, he runs Aggressive Metal Works, forging super-heated metal into hammers and axes and building scrap-metal monsters, snarling dragons, and Star Wars spacecraft.

Noah Khoury uses his blacksmithing skills to make useful and beautiful items. He also teaches blacksmithing to kids at the Heldeberg Workshop each summer.