Sharpens posters & prints

The tongue sharpeners Franco Estius

Knife Sharpeners English School

A knife sharpener Unknown

Illustration of Lead Pencil Sharpener Anonymous

Pencil cutter J. van Taerlingh

Sharpening The Scythe Ralph Hedley

Knives, Scissors and Razors to Grind Giovanni Vendramini

The Ashantee War: Sharpening Cutlasses in the Camp at Prah-Su 1874 Anonymous

A Writer Sharpening his Quill; Der Schreiber, eine Feder schneidend Carl Spitzweg

Knife Sharpener, 1742 Caylus

The Knife Grinder French School

Gypsy knife-grinder, Horley, Surrey, 1964 Tony Boxall

Man Sharpening a Quill, 1632 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Gipsy knife-grinder, Horley, Surrey, 1963 Tony Boxall

Gipsy knife-grinder with his handcart, Horley, Surrey, 1964 Tony Boxall

The farmer prepares the scythe for haymaking Italian School

Scholar sharpening a quill pen Gerard Dou

Two Men Sawing Lumber from a Large Log and a Man Sharpening a Saw While a Woman, Carrying an Infant... Anonymous

Sharpening The Scythe, 1897 Ralph Hedley

Man Sharpening a Quill, 1632 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Workshop and main tools of jewellery, 1810 French School

The knives are out! Nick Diggory

Afghan Sketches: A Goorkha Sharpening His Kookree 1879 Anonymous

Reaper/haymaker sharpening his scythe with a whetstone, 19th century Unknown

Sharpening the Scythe, 1864 Eastman Johnson

The Wigmaker's Apprentice or Practice Makes Perfect, c.1823 Thomas Sword Good

The Knife-Grinder, c.1808-12 Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes

July Caspar Luyken

The only manufacture in France of good razors of melted steel in the same manner as that of Sheffield in... French School

Modernisation of the street jobs, the knife grinder in his car French School

Cupid sharpening his arrows, 1798 Robert Lefevre

detail Point Freshly Sharpened Lip Liner Pencil Anonymous

Venus crowned by Bacchus Lucas Cloppenburg

Making prints Kitagawa Utamaro

Thistle Jennifer Kennard

July Hans van Luyck