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.
Jerry Golub, center, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Golub Corporation chats with Mark Strutz, left, and his wife Vicki Hinerwadel of Hinerwadel Salt Potatoes in Syracuse at Mallozzi's Restaurant on Tuesday.
