The Knife Sharpener by janescottcumming

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	Jane Cumming

The Knife Sharpener

Lisbon, Portugal

I think part of what makes traveling fun is seeing things you don't see at home.
While on a morning walk in Lisbon we saw this gentleman busy at work.
Not a scene I have ever witnessed in New York.

Canon EOS 70D
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Range View		18-Sep-2018 06:20
Very inventive indeed, a great candid capture Jane. V Barbara

Jeff Real		13-Aug-2018 01:09
What a wonderful image from the street of this grand city! V

Zoltán Balogh		12-Aug-2018 13:12
How cool...great find, I like this photo. V

barbarajoy		10-Aug-2018 19:11
Most interesting find - agree with your words, so well expressed Jane. V

pkocinski		10-Aug-2018 11:43
Fantastic find and great ingenuity from the man.

marie-jose wolff		10-Aug-2018 08:31
very nice find, great candid! V

Fong Lam		10-Aug-2018 04:50
A great idea to invent this mobile workshop...excellent candid...V

Gill Kopy		10-Aug-2018 01:53
What a cool workshop ! Perfectly captured :) V

Dennis Hoyne		10-Aug-2018 00:07
I’ve never seen this before ether. One really neat knife sharpener! V

Hank Vander Velde		09-Aug-2018 20:58
Interesting, well captured image, showing local unique customs Jane.

Frank Tran		09-Aug-2018 20:26
Very interesting! Great find and capture. V+

Buz Kiefer		09-Aug-2018 19:59
That is so cool. He's using the peddles to turn the rear wheel which turns the grinder by a belt drive. Clever. Great find and photo. BV

Nick Paoni		09-Aug-2018 19:37
What a great way to run a business and stay in shape at the same time.

Tom Munson		09-Aug-2018 16:30
He has a mobile business. Changing locations every day is probably productive.

danad		09-Aug-2018 16:02
Superb and rare scene nowadays ! V.

joseantonio		09-Aug-2018 15:23
only a few of them remaining.V.

Walter Otto Koenig		09-Aug-2018 15:22
This is a really great candid and an innovative way to power the sharpening wheel. Great with the two poles and all these lines. "V"

globalgadabout		09-Aug-2018 15:04
transport and workshop all in one....resourceful fellow...rich setting too with the maze of lines..

Char		09-Aug-2018 14:52
I thought New York had everything. This is definitely an interesting and unique scene, Jane.

Jim Coffman		09-Aug-2018 13:38
Wow, that is pretty smart of him! He is kinda like the traveling locksmith...

Helen Betts		09-Aug-2018 13:14
That's pretty clever when you think about it! Well spotted and captured, Jane. V.

Neil Marcus		09-Aug-2018 13:00
A fascinating find. I remember a guy with a truck parking on the street in Brooklyn sharpening knives and scissors when I was young.

Tom Beech		09-Aug-2018 12:27
Nice pedal powered stone setup he has there... I think if I DID see this in NYC I would steer clear 8-)

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