Sharpening.

Wyeth, Karl, 1948


The harvesters were always sharpening their blades. That is the whole secret of hand work, you know. It's no job at all if you have a really sharp blade. But a lazy man don't like hand work because it's too hard because he's too lazy to keep his blade sharp. But I suppose if there weren't any lazy men, we'd never have gotten tractors, would we?

- Karl Kuerner, from Wyeth People

More on Karl Keuerner here (what a window!).

Thanks, Jess! I love the book!