Walmart Stopping Knife Sales?

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I went in my local Walmart to pick up a few items, and as always went by the knife counter to see if they had anything worthwhile. To my surprise, the knife counter is no longer there!
They had a couple of their Ozark trail multitools on the counter, and in the camping section there were a couple of their cheap Ozark trail fixed blades, etc.
So are all the Walmarts going to stop selling knives now or just mine?

I never bought a lot from them, but have picked up a few from them in the past. I just hate to see selection options going away locally
 
chevyrulez1 said:
I went in my local Walmart to pick up a few items, and as always went by the knife counter to see if they had anything worthwhile. To my surprise, the knife counter is no longer there!
They had a couple of their Ozark trail multitools on the counter, and in the camping section there were a couple of their cheap Ozark trail fixed blades, etc.
So are all the Walmarts going to stop selling knives now or just mine?

I never bought a lot from them, but have picked up a few from them in the past. I just hate to see selection options going away locally
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Even if it's nearby, Walmart isn't local to anybody except the Waltons and their top dogs
 
Hmm, I'm in CT and my local Walmart still has knives in a glass case, and a bunch of cheapo CRKT, Kershaw, SAK in the back...

I talked to a buddy of mine who works there about a year ago and they said due to COVID they haven't gotten supplies of knives, so once something sells out, it's out.
 
maybe they are doing what they did with guns long ago. I mean before the no handguns and ammo for handguns politics stuff.. the business stuff where if it doesn't sell the manager decides if stocked or not.......
 
Growing up I remember shopping at my local hardware store to buy ammo and fishing gear. A Walmart moved within 30 minutes of my town in the 1990s and their prices and breadth of products was amazing! Our local hardware store tried to compete but their costs were much higher than the highly efficient supply chains Walmart was beginning to establish so the prices at the local store were more. It was hard to compete with the big chains.

This was the case the past few decades but thankfully times have changed! Walmart may change what they sell, but check out your local cutlery shops and if you don't have any close by look online as it has changed the landscape in the cutlery market. There's a lot of smaller cutlery shops that have competitive or lower pricing than the bigger chains and you'll be surprise in some of the selections! I know they don't have all our product offerings! Our Shop

They do have more of a marketing budget than most of us though!
 
In the past a wallmart where i live eliminated the cutlery counter but increased the knives in clamshells...you don't have to staff the area then.
 
The two near me just north of Baltimore eliminated the knife counter as well. Just a few basic ones in clamshells now.
 
I've noticed our local Ace Hardware is carrying more knives, not a lot but more variety than before. Maybe in time more will do so if there's a void.
 
I don’t even stroll through my walmart’s sporting good’s section anymore, there’s empty display case’s and nothing decent really to see
 
petz1 said:
I've noticed our local Ace Hardware is carrying more knives, not a lot but more variety than before. Maybe in time more will do so if there's a void.
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My Ace only has utility knives for construction. Tractor Supply Co. (TSC) is about the only knife place left around here.
 
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