Knife Vendor Tests Blade Sharpness on Paper

Overhead view shows a market stall in Multan where a vendor slices through a sheet of white paper to demonstrate a knife's edge. The bright tropical light falls through heavy overcast skies, creating a soft, diffused glow across the cluttered wooden counter. Stacks of silver blades, some wrapped in red cloth, rest beside coils of copper wire and bundles of dried spices. The vendor's hands move with precision, the paper curling slightly as it separates cleanly. Below the stall, the dense crowd of shoppers creates a mosaic of colorful turbans and cotton fabrics, their shoulders pressed close together in the humid early autumn air. A sharp reflection of a blade gleams on the dark, worn wood surface near the vendor's elbow.