Knife related stuff in Shenandoah Valley?

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Shann

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I'll be on vacation at the Massanutten Resort in Virginia over Memorial Day week. I'm looking for any knife stores or museums with good knife gun tool exhibits in the Harrisonburg area.

There is a neat old car museum in Luray, that I will go check out, but I'm looking for something to satisfy my knife jones while my wife is shopping. THanks.
 
Try the Hall of Valor Museum at the New Market Battlefield Park. It is run by the VMI Alumni Association and it honors the VMI cadets who fought in that battle. There is another, private and commercial, museum on the entrance road to the Hall of Valor, but I cannot speak for it as I have not been into it. While you're in New Market, go to the Southern Kitchen Restaurant for some really good regional cooking. It's on Rt. 11 on the South side of the town. New Market is at the junction of Rts. 11 and 211. 211 comes in from Luray to the East of New Market. I-81 runs just to the West of the town, between it and the Battlefield Park. From Massanutten, you would go into Harrisonburg and get onto I-81 and go North to New Market.

Also, just off of Rt. 29, somewhere around Ruckersville, there is a great German restaurant on the West side of Rt. 29. I think that its between Ruckersville and Charlottesville.

If you get as far afield as Lexington, you might want to visit the museum at the Virginia Military Institute. It is a very interesting place if American, and especially Southern American, military history interests you. Lots of things about Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson, who had been a professor at the Institute, are on display including Little Sorrel, his horse the last time that I was there. You can also walk over to Washington & Lee and go to the tomb of Robert E. Lee and pay your respects, should you be so inclined. While there, the Southern Inn has good, if expensive, food.
 
Rent a canoe and float down the Shenandoah river,north or south fork,and use your knife to clean some of the dozens of smallmouth bass you are subject to catch,that is the perfect time for fishing.

I have my own canoe,so I have never dealt with any of the outfitters,but there are a pile of them,a google search for Shanendoah river canoe rentals should provide plenty info.
The rental place will provide shuttle service to the put in and from the take out and match your float to your desires v skill level,distance,fishing,scenery and such.
Much of both forks is easy water for a first time paddler or a child in an inner tube so canoe experience is not an issue.
Do it midweek to avoid weekend crowds if you can.

It is a beautiful section of the country,enjoy your trip.
 
Mad cow, do you take your fish upriver of Front Royal? I hope so, as there is a toxic chemical problem from a bankrupt factory there that has polluted the Shenandoah River downstream from there.
 
Yes Hugh,I have never been downstream of Front Royal.
My favorite stretch is Bixler's Bridge to to Good's Mill,an easy stretch for a beginner,class 1 and class two and very gentle class two at that.Also very fishy,but perhaps a tad long at 11.5 miles for a first time trip for some.
I had heard of the problem of fishing below Front Royal,where the two forks come together,but I had forgotten about it until you mentioned it.
I have eaten a bunch of smallmouth from upstream of there and very tasty they are.:)
 
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