Smokey Mountain Knife Works. Anyone been?

[SemperFiDawg]

Went up to Pigeon Forge last week and stopped in this place. Never knew so many knives were in one place. Every knife business in the US must have a booth there. Other than that, and the Bench Made salesman coming off as arrogant I honestly left unimpressed.

 

[lagrangedave]

My wife likes the basement for all the kitchen stuff.

 

[BriarPatch99]

That place is like a Bath & Body Works to woman ... It smells good but the prices are not much better than elsewhere .... I still walk out with a couple extra knives every time I visit !

 

[NE GA Pappy]

the log cabin to the left of the main building is a workshop. There was a fellow there making knifes out of those big resaw bandsaw blades.

 

[northgeorgiasportsman]

I remember the first time I ever went in, I guess I was about 12 years old. I was aware that I was walking around and couldn't stop smiling. I guess I was like a kid in a candy store. I only go every 4 or 5 years, but I usually leave with something. Last time I was in there I came out with a Wetterlings axe cheaper than they were going for online.

 

[AceOfTheBase]

Yah, a couple times, and anytime in the neighborhood.
They also have ammo, and I found some rare stuff I needed & hadn't seen elsewhere !

 

[seeker]

My wife and I went in there last fall and she offered to buy me any pocket knife I wanted for my birthday. I walked right over to the Micro Tech counter and showed her a knife that cost $1,300 dollars. No I didn't get it.

 

[KyDawg]

Bought a few Case knives there several years ago.

 

[oops1]

My kids always want to go when we're in town. I got a good deal on a Gerber this year. About 10 dollars cheaper than I've found them at walmarks. They did have the sale tables set out. May have had something to do with it.

 

[Artfuldodger]

Went up to Pigeon Forge last week and stopped in this place. Never knew so many knives were in one place. Every knife business in the US must have a booth there. Other than that, and the Bench Made salesman coming off as arrogant I honestly left unimpressed.

I thought it was just a big knife store. I didn't know it was like a trade show. Weird that the Bench Made salesman was arrogant. Why not let the knife itself?
I've only gone to Pigeon Forge once and forgot to go there. Maybe next time. I'd still have to compare prices with Amazon or Ebay.

I like to check on this forum or a knife forum before purchasing anyway.
I've bought a few knives off their website. I remember looking through their catalogs years ago. I have a Rough Rider kit from them that I need to assemble.

 

[Nicodemus]

Might be worth a visit, especially since they carry Wetterling axes.

 

[NE GA Pappy]

Might be worth a visit, especially since they carry Wetterling axes.

you will never make it Nic. You would have to go thru Atlanta.

 

[NE GA Pappy]

you will never make it Nic. You would have to go thru Atlanta.

you will never make it Nic. You would have to go thru Atlanta.

actually you could catch 83 in Forsyth, up to Madison, and then 441 all the way there.

miss Atlanta by at least 80 miles

 

[Artfuldodger]

actually you could catch 83 in Forsyth, up to Madison, and then 441 all the way there.

miss Atlanta by at least 80 miles

The Tsalagi would probably keep him in Cherokee to teach them about the Muscogee-Creek Confederacy or something.

 

[SemperFiDawg]

the log cabin to the left of the main building is a workshop. There was a fellow there making knifes out of those big resaw bandsaw blades.

Yeah, I stopped in there and said Hi and just looked around.

 

[SemperFiDawg]

you will never make it Nic. You would have to go thru Atlanta.

No Nic. Just go up 441. I DON'T do Atlanta for anything. As far as I'm concerned they should have never rebuilt it after Sherman got through with it.

 

[catchdogs]

They have really good prices on guns right now .

 

[northgeorgiasportsman]

Might be worth a visit, especially since they carry Wetterling axes.

I picked up a dandy little Wetterlings Hudson Bay. It's a fine camp axe. One of these days, I'm gonna use it to skin and butcher a deer.

 

[NCHillbilly]

I always wind up spending all my money at the Lodge cast iron outlet there beside it before I get to the knife place.

 

[Hillbilly stalker]

Check out the Opinel Knives. They are cheap but they have great carbon steel in them. If you know what your doing, you can make them dangerous in about 15 minutes on a rock. Their the only French thang I care for.