| Part of Series | New York Works |
| Length | 06:12 |
| Licensor | Radio Diaries |
| Producer(s) | Producers: Joe Richman (Radio Diaries) and Emily Botein (WNYC's The Next Big Thing) |
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| Topics | |
| Produced | Unspecified |
| Added to PRX | December 9, 2003 |
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Pasquale Spensieri spends his days driving around Brooklyn looking for dull blades.
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Consulting Producer: Ben Shapiro
Editor: Deborah George
Host: Dean Olsher Photos: Nina Berman/Aurora (Bra Saleswoman), Sue Johnson/Picture Projects (Seltzer Man, Lighthouse Keeper, Farmer), Ben Shapiro (Watertower Builder), and Joe Richman (Fisherman).
Thanks: WNYC, Steve Zeitlin and City Lore, Dean Olsher, Mikel Ellcessor, Allison Lichter, Sue Johnson and Picture Projects, Gabriel Graff, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
English
Pasquale Spensieri spends his days driving around Brooklyn looking for dull blades. When he rings the bell on his truck, the owners of upholstery shops, restaurants and pizza parlors come out with knives and scissors to sharpen. Pasquale's father first started sharpening knives during the Depression, with a pedal-operated grinding machine strapped to his back. At that time, there were hundreds of door-to-door grinders in New York. Today, at the age of 71, Pasquale is one of the last.
The Next Big Thing (NPR) 2/23/2002
