Sharpened posters & prints

Knife Sharpeners English School

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

A knife sharpener Unknown

The tongue sharpeners Franco Estius

Knife Sharpener, 1742 Caylus

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

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

Afghan Sketches: A Goorkha Sharpening His Kookree 1879 Anonymous

Knives, Scissors and Razors to Grind Giovanni Vendramini

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

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

Pencil cutter J. van Taerlingh

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

Knife and scissors grinder, London McLeish

The Knife Grinder French School

Illustration of Lead Pencil Sharpener Anonymous

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

The farmer prepares the scythe for haymaking Italian School

Sharpening The Scythe Ralph Hedley

Sharpener Car Gerrit Jan Ginnink

Knives Scissars and Razors to Grind, Cries of London Vogel

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

Knives Scissars and Razors to Grind, Cries of London Anonymous

Man Sharpening a Quill, 1632 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Sharpening the Scythe, 1864 Eastman Johnson

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

Wooden shop fronts described as Sharps's Buildings, Royal Mint Street, Stepney, London, 1871 Charles James Richardson

Scholar sharpening a quill pen Gerard Dou

Sharpening The Scythe, 1897 Ralph Hedley

Knives to Grind, Cries of London Anonymous

William Sharp School English

The knives are out! Nick Diggory

Man Sharpening a Quill, 1632 Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Harvesting - Member of the Leicester Women's Volunteer Reserve helping a farmer, War Office photographs, 1916 English Photographer

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

detail Point Freshly Sharpened Lip Liner Pencil Anonymous