Knife grinder in Canakkale, Turkey

This is the harbor at Canakkale, our first port of call in Turkey. The knife grinder showed up one morning and we brought him our kitchen knives and the sailing knives to spruce up. He pumps the wheel with his right foot and works quickly. The knives are then very very sharp. The whole operation cost us 2 Euros and he even allowed us to take a phote. Behind him you can see the small motorboats used by the fishermen who go out in the Dardanelles for their fish, which they sell on the harbor wall every evening. It is amazing to see them anchor in the fast current and right in the wake of the passing freighters.