Brick and mortar knife store opinions

i'm a solo primary care doc, which is NOT a good way to make money nowadays.

i saw an ad in one of the throwaway med magazines for doctors' officers headlined "HOW TO END UP WITH A SMALL FORTUNE DOING PRIMARY CARE: GUARANTEED or DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK!
$20 to xxxxxxx@xxxxxx.com.

i sent in the money, and promptly got this email:

˙ ˙ ˙ ǝunʇɹoɟ ǝƃɹɐl ɐ ɥʇıʍ ʇɹɐʇs

:rolleyes::confused:
 
Our knife community is, as they say, "an inch deep and a mile wide." That makes sustaining a B&M business problematical at best.

I'd love there to be a cutlery shop nearby, but the market won't support one. The closest to me is near the Culinary Institute of America, and while they do carry Benchmades and other such knives, their focus is on high-end, professional chefs' cutlery and kitchen equipment.

A rough business to start, especially now that discretionary income is being eroded by inflation.

Think your decisions through very carefully and seek the guidance of a good accountant.
 
Mcss1986 said:
Me and a buddy of mine are considering opening and actual knife/edc store. We are from northeast Massachusetts and to our knowledge there aren't any good places to physically handle top brand knives in the area. Just wanted some input from people if they think that knive stores are places you would want to go to, or if the internet has squashed it all. I personal would like to go handle a knife and try it out before spending my hard earned money. I also like to meet and talk to other knife nuts. Please give me some thoughts
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I am in northeast massachusetts as well and the closest place to handle any decent quality knives is the Kittery Trading Post in Maine.
I would definitely be down for an actual knife shop- i used to enjoy going to the Remington Store in the Burlington Mall, Stoddards in Boston off Park St. and Chesapeake Knife and Tool in Fanuel Hall before the internet was a thing. There are some high end knives at some of the local gun shops but they are fairly expensive.
If you had a section for used knives such as Kittery, i would definitely be a regular.
Where are you thinking of your location?
 
If it was a good idea there'd be a franchise deal for you to pick up on. Since there's not, how do you feel about going into the sandwich business instead?
 
I’m in Mass too, on the cape. There’s two stores in the area that have an ok range of knives, but they’re both military surplus all in one kinda places. The one over the bridge has bucks, saks, moras, crkts and gas station junk.. The one on cape surprisingly has some spydercos, some cold steel, sogs, bucks, crkt, and some other okayish stuff. Some of the employees there are definitely fellow knife addicts, I’ve had some good chats and gotten to see what they’re carrying too. But it’s tough trying to come up with any justification for paying almost full msrp on some basic spyderco models and I definitely haven’t found any yet lol.. And I’m sure they can justify the prices with all the summer people and tourist foot traffic. But the knife counters are just a small portion of the overall stores, both also have a whole boot and shoes section, milsurp and non milsurp clothing, carhart/work/rain gear, tourist crap, one even sells kayaks and has a whole separate boating gear section. As much as I would love a dedicated higher end knife store near me I think it would be tough to make it in this whole region without a wider range of merchandise. Just my 2 cents
 
Pete1977 said:
I am in northeast massachusetts as well and the closest place to handle any decent quality knives is the Kittery Trading Post in Maine.
I would definitely be down for an actual knife shop- i used to enjoy going to the Remington Store in the Burlington Mall, Stoddards in Boston off Park St. and Chesapeake Knife and Tool in Fanuel Hall before the internet was a thing. There are some high end knives at some of the local gun shops but they are fairly expensive.
If you had a section for used knives such as Kittery, i would definitely be a regular.
Where are you thinking of your location?
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Kittery is a good place to start.
 
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