Gas station, liquor store, smoke shop knives

[ShaiHulud]

These are laughable matters to most, but! --- Has anyone ever bought one, or more and put them through unusual paces and come out impressed? Place findings here

 

[ebidis]

Nope.

 

[stabman]

Any time I head to the States, one of my main goals is buying a Gas Station Knife.

Well, my brother got me this one:

Assisted opening Zombie Killer karambit with blue skull camo...glorious.

This was on the way to Chicago:

Got the Case Trapper, with terribly rounded tip:

Had to put new tip on it myself:

 

[norcalAF]

Negative

 

[stabman]

I have another couple of truly "wonderful" gas station knives, but have yet to take pics of them.
You will be amazed.

That is for another day though.

 

[ClickBoom]

Bought a small folder once that was on an old cardboard display with many others in the local store ~ It was just as cheap as the cardboard it was displayed on.

 

[scorpnsnake]

Not so much.

Now if we were talking fried burritos. That's a whole other story.

 

[ClickBoom]

Any time I head to the States, one of my main goals is buying a Gas Station Knife.

Well, my brother got me this one:

Assisted opening Zombie Killer karambit with blue skull camo...glorious.

This was on the way to Chicago:

Got the Case Trapper, with terribly rounded tip:

Had to put new tip on it myself:

Where do you buy your gas ?

 

[stabman]

Where do you buy your gas ?

I forget the name of the place...just threw out the receipt last week.
I want to say...Sonic?
But I think that is wrong. Pretty sure it started with an "S" though.

But I could be wrong.

 

[ClickBoom]

I'm from Massachusetts It's ok I know you feel sad for me lol ~ I have never seen a knife vending display like that ~ Awesome

 

[stabman]

I'm from Massachusetts It's ok I know you feel sad for me lol ~ I have never seen a knife vending display like that ~ Awesome

I'm from Canada.
We also have an extreme lack of displays like that, hence my enthusiasm for tracking them down on Stateside trips.

 

[stabman]

Here's another one, with filter effects to compensate for horrid lighting:

Ended up giving it to my dad, if I recall correctly.
Figured he could enjoy the silly stabby goodness of a gas station dagger too.

Had a truly crappy, flimsy sheath.
The knife wasn't nearly as bad as the sheath.

 

[ShaiHulud]

I have another couple of truly "wonderful" gas station knives, but have yet to take pics of them.
You will be amazed.

That is for another day though.

If it's not a recurve karamit with a sawback, spring assist, missing spring then I am not phased

 

[stabman]

If it's not a recurve karamit with a sawback, spring assist, missing spring then I am not phased

One of them might phase you.
I saw it, thought "Wow, that thing is useless! I must have it."

 

[ClickBoom]

I'm from Canada.
We also have an extreme lack of displays like that, hence my enthusiasm for tracking them down on Stateside trips.

Have you had any luck ? we certainly have some states that are way more open to that kind of vending

 

[ShaiHulud]

One of them might phase you.
I saw it, thought "Wow, that thing is useless! I must have it."

The thieves at the smoke shops here charge case sodbuster prices for their "gems"

 

[stabman]

Have you had any luck ? we certainly have some states that are way more open to that kind of vending

Michigan had some okay things, and I think there was something alright in Indiana. I think there was something decent near the Michigan/Indiana border, if I recall correctly.

 

[Daedric Panther]

I don’t usually encounter knives at gas stations, but I do recall seeing them at truck stops regularly when I used to drive cross country a few times a year. Most seemed mall ninja grade so I figured I’d stick with the BM 940 that was always in my pocket at the time.

 

[stabman]

The thieves at the smoke shops here charge case sodbuster prices for their "gems"

Actually yes, there was a smoke shop in downtown Windsor with knives.
Like you said, big, big prices for cheap, cheap crap. Did not buy any.

And somehow smoke shop knives just don't have the same glory to them as a genuine gas station knife.
There is something truly neat about a genuine gas station knife.

 

[storyofmyknife]

https://imgur.com/a/JheSORd

This is just a picture from online, but I used this knife for quite some time. And I mean like a few years. It never held an edge, but I kept it sharp with my minimal sharpening skills. That thing got abused during yard work and somehow nothing ever broke on it. I’ve actually still got it. Looks just like this one but with a couple years worth of wear on it. This wasn’t my first knife, but I can honestly say it was a gateway knife to my collection now. I actually tore the whole thing down, cleaned it, and sharpened it one last time before retiring it