Knfie Shops - Where???

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I've seen comments from time to time of folks talking about their local brick and mortar knife dealer. My question is, where are these stores located?? Other than seeing a small selection of knives (usually nothing high end) and other stores (Wal-Mart, Cabelas, etc.) - I've never seen a dedicated knife shop. Is there any sort of online directory where a person could plug in a zip code and find their closest knife store?
 
Have you Googled "knife store" + whatever large city is local to you? You should get a listing (if there are any to be found).
 
We are a dying breed but there may be one near you? Type in knife store, retail knives, Cutlery Store and a few other similar combos.
 
I have only seen one shop that had any sort of decent deal on knives. It was a gun shop that has since moved to all online sales.

The majority of the "Knife Stores" that I have seen that rely on knife sales will usually sell at FULL MSRP, or pretty close to it. Not to say some stores don't! That is just my experience so far. That doesn't stop me from shopping at one whenever I get the chance, I just don't do much buying there.

Google would be my first stop to finding a knife shop locally as well. Gun shops might also be worth a look because they normally have a better selection than big box retail stores.

Edit: sorry about the small off topic rant, I just get bummed when I walk into a shop excited about knives and then get the sticker shock
 
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Yep. And then there are the big boys like Plaza Cutlery in Irvine, CA, Nordic Knives in Solvang, CA, and Smoky Mountain Knife Works in Sevierville, TN.
 
New Graham in Bluefield, Virginia. About an hour and twenty minutes from me, but it is a trip i make fairly regularly....much to my wife's chagrin :o
 
I spent a lot of time talking to the guys at Bonds House of Cutlery in Las Vegas. It's a huge knife shop just down the street from my parent's vacation condo. They are desperately trying to sell their business and get out of selling knives in a brick and mortar store. The main reason is because their pricing just cannot match online sales. An online knife store can be run out of some guys garage with nearly zero overhead and super cutrate prices. A brick and mortar store just can't compete with that when they have rent, utilities, permits, employees, etc. etc. to take care of. That's why you see so few actual knife shops any more. I've also talked to a few other knife shops run by guys who make their own custom knives to sell at the shop, as well gather all the other local makers to sell at their shop, as well as having a few mid to higher production items. Even they have a hard time competing with online sales, because they aren't a maker that anyone knows and everyone else just sells custom knives for cheap over the internet.

Everyone complains about there being no brick and mortar knife shops any more, but we ultimately brought it on ourselves by actively seeking the lowest possible pricing. I don't mind spending a few bucks more locally to support a guy who knows his stuff about knives and gives excellent customer service on top of it. But that just doesn't exist anymore.
 
There used to be "Cutlery World" at half the Malls in the US, back in the 1980's. bought my first balisong there.
 
There is a cool knife store in Hillsboro, OR -- right outside Portland. I hear it has great inventory and internet pricing. It may be connected with a really great Knife website too... :)
 
"Northwoods Knives" in Hillsboro, Oregon is the brick & mortar storefront for knivesshipfree.com

Great place to have locally :)
 
okbohn said:
There is a cool knife store in Hillsboro, OR -- right outside Portland. I hear it has great inventory and internet pricing. It may be connected with a really great Knife website too... :)
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You beat me by 30 seconds :)
 
TheJeepster said:
Cabela's has a decent knife section but they are expensive. Academy Sports knife section is good size but its all lower end stuff.
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This is true. The problem is the people who run the knife counters are morons. I went to ours here in the state when the first Hogue folders came out, I had never heard of them before and they caught my eye, fell in love immediately and the price they had on it was actually a mistake because they had no idea what the knife was. I even asked the guy what the steel was and he looked at the blade and said "It's Elishewitz steel." I just nodded and smiled politely. Bought the knife and laughed all the way home at the ringing deal I got (I think I paid $150 or so when they should have been over $200). I love my Elishewitz-steeled Hogue. :D
 
addylo said:
Have you Googled "knife store" + whatever large city is local to you? You should get a listing (if there are any to be found).
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That usually works......

But hey, a thread mentioning every knife store in the USA is pretty cool, even though nobody knows where the OP even lives.

So back to the basics...above.
 
okbohn said:
There is a cool knife store in Hillsboro, OR -- right outside Portland. I hear it has great inventory and internet pricing. It may be connected with a really great Knife website too... :)
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That's a fact can't remember when I bought from anywhere else ..LOL..
 
I have a small gun shop in Marine City MI and I'm building my knife inventory to be the best selection in the State. I'm not there yet, but it's increasing every week.
I stock Spartan Blades, Randall, ZT, Benchmade, Spyderco, Emerson, Kershaw, Cold Steel, Becker Knife & Tool, Gerber. I have over 200 knives on display. I try to be competitive on my pricing, but my overhead is higher than a guy working out of his basement and selling on line.
It's a big advantage to be able to put a knife in a guys hand rather than post a photo on a wed site.
 
I live in central Michigan and a year ago there was a wonderful knife shop less than two miles away.
Now there is none, I did my best to buy from there as often as I could afford. They had decent prices considering overhead ,They had all the good stuff leatherman,Benchmade,Spyderco,Tops,SAKS,Buck,.......god I miss that place......
 
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