I feel you man. There's not one good knife store in the entire Kansas City area where I live and it drives me insane
Sure, I can go to a local gun store and find a small selection of over-priced knives and try a couple of them, but I always end up having to just buy online without ever getting the chance to try the knife 99% of the time, especially since I like the higher-end production brands like Hinderer, CRK, and Strider, and I also got into customs in the last few months.
I would absolutely love to have a local store that actually dealt in higher-end knives, especially since they removed ALL restrictions on knives for carrying in Kansas last year.
Oh well, I'll just keep wish in one hand, and...well, some of you might know that one