My Beloved Knife Shop is on Fire

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Fpooner

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Clelands Outdoor World in my hometown of Toledo OH is, as Im typing, burning to the ground. This family owned store has been in business for something like 40 years, servicing all of Toledo's Outdoor needs. This place had a fantastic selection of guns and knives (blows well blew Cabelas away). Clelands is where I bought my first rifle as a teen and my two handguns when I turned 21 last year. It was also my first and foremost place to buy high quality production knives. There is really something to be said about examining a knife before you buy, none of that for me for a while. On an important note nobody was injured. News story below.

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/local&id=7538009
 
sorry to hear about that:( sounds like it was a good store, hopefully they will rebuild
 
Man I hate hearing about news like this, that sucks big time. You're right, there's nothing quite like being able to walk into a store and get each knife in hand and talk to the clerk about knife news and the like. Also if you don't like it, its nice to be able to just go back to the store and return it if they allow. Totally blows...
 
Fpooner said:
Clelands Outdoor World in my hometown of Toledo OH is, as Im typing, burning to the ground. This family owned store has been in business for something like 40 years, servicing all of Toledo's Outdoor needs. This place had a fantastic selection of guns and knives (blows well blew Cabelas away). Clelands is where I bought my first rifle as a teen and my two handguns when I turned 21 last year. It was also my first and foremost place to buy high quality production knives. There is really something to be said about examining a knife before you buy, none of that for me for a while. On an important note nobody was injured. News story below.

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/local&id=7538009
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Hell, no! I was going to go out there today, even. :(
 
Hi Fpooner -

I am sorry to hear that.

I hope that the company was able to have insurance that will allow them to get set back up in short order.

best regards -

mqqn
 
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