Local Knife Shop Experience

Boozoo ChavisHouse is right about the selection at House of Blades in Lake Worth but man are they proud of them! My fellow knifeaholic buddy at work recently took me to a pretty decent little knife shop in Hartsell, AL I was unaware of. It is J&P Earnest Cutlery on hwy 31 S.W.. For how small this little warehouse is it's as full as it can be with a great selection of quality cutlery. His prices are very good on traditional, but he is just a little proud of his modern cutlery. The good thing is it's a giant hobby for him so you can bargain with him. Just look out if his other personality Lee Marvin shows up!
 
4W4K3 said:
This mall is called "The Parks at Arlington" mall I believe. Right off 20, inebtween Matlock and Bowen.

I have been to the Knife Shoppe in Grapevine Mills and I was not that impressed. Their selection is far less than this place in Arlington, and they seem to carry more off-brand stuff or novelty items than knives. Chess sets, cigar and smoke accessories, "ninja" weapons, etc.
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Thanks 4W4K3. Youre right about the chess sets, cigars and ninja crap too. lol. And airsoft guns IIRC.
 
midnight flyer said:
We have a couple of knife stores here, one in a gun shop and one in a mall. The gun store guys are great, and if they don't know something about a knife or its steel, they will not guess. But they sell everything at retail +, sometimes at ++.

They have a consignment section where they help folks sell their unwanted blades (think widowers) and they have some great hardware in there from time to time. But since the customer wants a certain prices and the shop gets 40% for consignment fees, they have knives in there (literally) that have been for sale so long I thought they were part of a permanent display.

The mall store.... ouch. Not too much on knives, but have some higher end fantasy knives, ninja blades and a lot of kitchen stuff. If the yoyo behind the counter finds out you are a knife enthusiast, he invariably finds an excuse to pull out a knife hidden on his person every 2 - 3 minutes until he has them all out. He told me he never carries less than 4, and he makes sure he "always has the tactical advantage".



Between those two shops and a couple of sports store chains, that's it. I buy on the internet.

Robert
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It would be great if the clerk's name was Duncan.:D

I really need to visit that house of blades store in Dallas FW. In So Cal, there are 2 knife stores that are not too bad. Tarzana has Recon1. They have knowledgeable staff, and they are friendly. Larry's Shave Shop in Santa Monica also has a pretty good selection.
 
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