Four new knives and a sad story...

Humppa

Humppa

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Hi guys!

I was at work the whole week. Before I went home today, a collegue told me that there´s a sale-out at the local hunting-store in the next town.

After work I went there. I looked through the window of the shop. Nearly empty. As I could remember there were shotguns, hunting-guns, pistols and knives, for sure. So I entered the shop. I met the guy who owns this shop. I asked him where the knives are. He told me "There are just a couple lying around in the wooden box. You can look at them. I gonna sell 'em for a lot of under the price I would usually do. But that´s business."

I couldn´t understand what´s up, so I asked: "Where is all the stuff gone, the guns, the knives, the clothes, the boots and so on?

He told me: "I have to close that shop, forever. The laws are too hard, noone buys anything anymore. You know, I had that shop from my father, and he from his father. My grandpa opened that store in 1912. Now everything is gone."

I stood there and looked at that old guy. I couldn´t say anything. I new him as a nice and funny guy. Nothing of this is left.

So I bought four knives

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Two Opinel #8 and one Opinel #7 and a Mora 711.

There were no more knives in that shop. Except some Herbertz, which I don´t buy, never.

The shop had formerly Böker, Klaas, Vic, Hartkopf, Linder, Otter and so on and on. Now are about 15 knives in a wooden box. All the others were sold for a very low prize. I payed for mine four knives 15 €. Roundabout 20 US $.

Happened today, two hours ago :(

Kind regards
Andi
 
Oh well, enjoy the knives and the good memories.
 
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I remember years ago our local mall had a "Cutlery World". They had everything under the sun and it was my alltime favorite place. Long gone now and this was before any internet.

It's sad to see the shops close. Especially ones that have been family run for so many generations.
 
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That's a shame. One of those places I would feel a sense of awe in as a young teenager. No need for a 'do not touch' sign...

Sam
 
That´s really a shame. It was a place I used to spend a lot of time in. Talking about knives, grinds, edges and honing. But those doors will be closed forever in a couple of days. Unfortunatelly the owner had just his job. He´s already in the mid-50s. So very hard for find a new job and too young getting retired. That makes me sad, a very fine guy. I also hope, that everything will be alright for him and has family.

KInd regards
Andi
 
Andi, we have the internet to thank for the closing of a lot of retail stores just like this, there are ways of survival, perhaps if the owner wanted to start a website and cater for orders etc... who knows, but it is sad to see these changes happening around us.
The knives you have look great, I bet the Mora will give you everlasting service!
 
It is hard to see closing of shop that we remember from childhood,makes time passing more real.
 
I was just thinking how good it would be to have a knife shop that sells our beloved traditionals. Your story is typical of what happened over here many years ago I'd say.
If it wasn't for the internet & ebay I wouldn't have a knife collection. Sad but true.
We have a franchise called King Of knives .They charge like a wounded buffalo.
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meako said:
I was just thinking how good it would be to have a knife shop that sells our beloved traditionals. Your story is typical of what happened over here many years ago I'd say.
If it wasn't for the internet & ebay I wouldn't have a knife collection. Sad but true.
We have a franchise called King Of knives .They charge like a wounded buffalo.
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Great expression:)

Sam
 
that stinks. My local Case dealer closed in a similar manner about a year ago. It was an old hardware store with the big Case display up by the counter. Nobody was visiting there anymore, preferring to shop at the big box stores. Those same people complained after they closed that we had lost a piece of history.
I bought all but one of my Case knives there. Now it's gone forever.
 
While we all long for the knife counter covered in carboard display stands containng 20 of every model from every mfg theres a reason you dont see it anymore. The knives are still being sold but its not profitable for the store to keep so much on hand. I've seen old black and white pictures of hardware stores with thousands of knives and I bet it took 20 years before they were all gone. My local store still has usa made schrades that have probably been there 10 years. The knives still get sold though and guys like me order 20 at a time on the net that are exactly what I want rather than what I can find.
 
Sad story.

I remember when being stationed in Seedorf Germany (1989-1990) we would go to Hamburg once in a while to party.
You could easily find the shops which displayed all sort of knives and even guns.

It's a shame....

But thanks for the story.:thumbup:
 
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