Texas brick mason J.C. Payne gathered twine from neighboring ranches and dairies, sold his record ball to Ripley's, then ...

Unless you’re an avid fan of 1997’s box office hit Mouse Hunt, or actively working in the string industry, you probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how those balls of string are made.

A wise man once said a world without string is chaos; and there is definitely no string shortage in Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin. This is due to the efforts of James Frank Kotera, or JFK as he liked to ...