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Bob,

The old-time street grinders were more often than not grinding off rust, chips or bad hone wear with those wheels.

Honing would've been done by stones the same way it is now (and in some...

I'll try and get pictures of the ones I've got, but it might be a few days.

This post rounds up most of the info I've got. There were also, in the early 1800's, people who set up small shops to do that kind of work. Much like you see little 'Computer Fixers' in low-rent...

I have over 200 newspaper articles squirreled away for exactly that purpose!

The big question is working my way through the vile maze that is early 1900's NYC public records. Researching 1900's...

Yes, absolutely pre-Civil War.

However, it's been reground and extensively worked on at some point -- I'd guess late 1800's, early 1900's when street grinders were a common sight.

That's not a...

Stenton was, as they say, a character.

Born in the late 1700's, he worked for Greaves, then the Sanderson Brothers, then Wostenholm. He developed a bit of a reputation. "Devil Stenton", the...