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They most likely would have taken them to a cutler to be sharpened. Most likely on whatever type of natural stone they had handy, weather an arkie or a thuringen or coticule, etc...

Having personally done it, I can say it does work. It took a lot of time but it came out pretty good. I just used the hone dry and every so often hit the surface of the stone with some 800 grit to...