Knife Shop Stories

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I just have to post this here!!

I recently talk to the guys at my local brick and morter, Actually it's a gun shop that happens to have some knives. Although they a good sellection the guys know nothing about knives, seems like they've never even read the outside of the box!

So the guy says to me "oh I wouldn't worry much about sharpening on these kind of knives (talking about benchmades) I haven't sharpened mine since the day I got it 2 years ago". The guy pulls a BM 722 from his pocket and hands it to me. I open look at the blade run my thumb on it. It was about as sharp as a damp banana! I tried not to smile as I handed him mine, which he ofcoarse cut his thumb on. Monkey see, Monkey do. :D

What's Your Story?
 
Yow! and these guys sell guns? :rolleyes:

"Hey Clarence, Is that gun loaded?"

"I don know, let me pull the trigger and see!"
 
I thought it was a requirement that if you are a gun nut you have to be a knife nut too? Guess it's just me. Most of the people around where I live consider a Schrade a great knife and think I'm nuts when I tell them how much I paid for a Benchmade, then they go real nuts hen I tell them how much my William Henery knives cost, of course standing in my local gun shop you have to balance yourself on the crooked floors and try not breath in the mixture of oil and dust in the air, and the furniture in the place is older then my grandmother, I have seen stuff hanging on thier shelves thats been there so long you cant read the writing on it where its faded so bad, and it's not in the sun either. But this place makes for some of the best old hunting stories and guys bring in thier dads and grandads old guns and knives for others to see, and a grape soda is free from the owner. Im not complaining this is the kinda place where you meet the best ole guys around.

New Graham Knives
 
I posted a story in the spyderco side of the forum.



Its interesting to see what little people realy do know about knives when it's there job.

BTW: the guy on talked to on the phone said he was the head of the knife department and would be glade to order what every spyderco I wanted.

He had some instock and did not even know it. I wonder if he really did even take the time to look.
 
Many years ago I went to Hoffritz to look at the little Buck Titanium, Ceramic folder, I asked the kid behind the counter if it was sharp and held an edge? He than proceeded to show me how he was carving in the glass counter top of the display, he had his name, and his girlfriends name carved into a heart.

When I came back the next day to buy the knife I asked the girl behind the counter, what happened to the kid that was there the day before, and she said I fired him for showing a customer how hard a ceramic blade was by carving up my $1000 counter top, when she said can I help you I didn't have the b*lls to ask for the ceramic blade, so I came back later and bought it when the manager wasn't there.:D
 
I work in a knife shop. I've been here for about 5 months now. I'll admit that when I first started working here, I knew only slightly more about knives than the average person. There are probably people out there saying what an idiot I am too, who came into the shop during my first month here or something.

Anyway, I have seriously been doing my homework! I can't imagine anyone working in a knife store and not even bothering to learn about what they sell. I spend any free time I have researching brands, types of steel, best sellers, on and on and on... I feel much better when I can talk "intelligently" with customers. I've even had people tell me that I've taught them a lot! Of course, I probably still don't know as much as most of the people here, but I hope you can see that I am giving it my best shot!

Anyone have any knife shop stories from "our" end?
 
Well I have a bad experience that I'll share....

I went to the local knife shop in the mall to look at some different Spyderco models. Well as you all probably know a knife store in any mall will always attract little teenage kids who want to see some "cool" knives.

So I go into the store and am friendly with the older gentleman behind the counter, just some small talk. I ask to see a couple models and after the second one he hands to me he tells me this, "Look, I have a lot of things to do right know, I don't have time to play around." Needless to say I was appalled that any salesperson would treat a customer in this way (I was 18 at the time). My response to him as I set down the knife and walked away was, "Well I don't want to be wasting your time, I'll just take my business elsewhere." Maybe a typical teenage smart@ss remark but I was mad.

Later that night I still couldn't get over what the guy said to me and how rude it was so I wrote the store a formal letter explaining to them my experience and how unproffesional I thought it was. I thought that maybe they'd at least give me some kind of discount :) but I never heard back.
 
>"My response to him as I set down the knife and walked away was, 'Well I don't want to be wasting your time, I'll just take my business elsewhere.' Maybe a typical teenage smart@ss remark but I was <i>mad</i>."

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Given the scenario, I don't think that was a typical teenage smart@ss remark. I think you handled yourself just fine. Clerks like that need to realize A) that customers come in all shapes and sizes and that B) today's browser is tomorrow's customer.

I posted <a href="http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=212554&highlight=healthy">this</a> earlier about a knife shop.
 
I have 2 stories. First, there is a store in my area called, aptly enough: "Guns and Knives", i wanted to call them for directions to their store, so i called 411 info. I asked the operator for the number of "Guns and Knives", she couldnt find it at first, then askes me: "Sir, what kind of store is it, what do they sell?" I said: "Uhhhh, GUNS AND KNIVES???" True story!

Next, not really a story, just something that bugs me. So, this store, Guns and Knives does have a decent selection, lots of knives in all price ranges, they even have a display case with some very high-dollar customs, many of which run well into the thousands. Almost every single time i have asked to see a knife, and this INCLUDES the customs, the salesperson takes the knife out of the case, as carelessly as is humanly possible, and either hits the blade against other knives near it, or scrapes it on the metal frame of the case. Needless to say, im not buying a knife thats clearly damaged, but this is the level of care shown in that store. I cringe when i see those beautiful customs full of dings, scratches, blades all dinged up, its truly a shame. I cant imagine anyone ever spending thousamds on a knife thats damaged prior to purchasing it, even if it cost merely hundreds, let alone thousands.
 
I was at work and I pulled out my Spyderco Dragon fly to cut some cardboard and my coworker saw me using the knife and said "my God that is a dangerous weapon and what is that hole for, does it make it easier to stab someone????

I had to explain to her that it was a common TOOL and had many everyday uses. Some people grow up so deprived and it really makes them morons! :mad:
 
I have mixed reactions about knifeshops. Where I am there is only one for the whole city of about 2 million people. They seem to specialize in case knives, with some benchmades and some customs on occasion. But the times that I have been there, I dont really get any energetic assistance, they just stand there and stare at me with the knife.

So for now I just shop online and through the one gun/knife show that is in town every 3 months luckily for me.
 
I get to drive to hifi stores for a living. Often there's a knife store nearby. Sometimes that's where I spend my lunch time.

In beautiful, sunny southern California I have several great knife shops within a reasonable distance.Within 90 minutes north or south I can get to Nordic Knives (north) or Plaza Cutlery (south) which both have great selections of production and customs.

Then there's Recon 1 about 12 miles from home with a few customs and A LOT of higher end production knives.

Lucky me.

jmx
 
Originally posted by jmxcpter
I get to drive to hifi stores for a living. Often there's a knife store nearby. Sometimes that's where I spend my lunch time.

In beautiful, within 90 minutes north or south I can get to Nordic Knives (north) or Plaza Cutlery (south) which both have great selections of both production and custome. Then there's Recon 1 about 12 miles from home with a few customs and A LOT of higher end production knives.

jmx
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Hey, Simi Valley!
I spent the first 10 years of my life in Camarillo not too far from good ol Slimey Valley ;) I still head northways to visit my mum all the way up in Santa Maria usually stopping enroute to visit freinds I have had literally since birth. Think you could clue me in to the location of Nordic knives? I was delighted to find Plaza when I moved down here and I work maybe 2 blocks from it so I am lucky. Recon 1 interests me as well!
 
<a href="http://www.nordicknives.com">Nordic Knives</a> is in Solvang, up in the Santa Ynez region.

I'm also curious where Recon 1 is.
 
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