Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
The knees of his blue jeans are caked in dirt and his hands are permanently dirty, but Michael DiCrescenzo would rather wear jeans and a dirty T-shirt to work than a suit jacket and tie....
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