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Just like the title says. Share your experiences the good and bad experiences with online retailers.

I personally have had really good luck with “Blade Headquarters”.

I am curious to hear people‘s experiences with Bento Box Shop” and “Sooner State Knives” to be specific.

I have been very tempted to buy from both.

I have bought from bento box shop once, zero issues. I have bought from soonerstateknives several times, zero issues.

I don't shop at BBS. The service isn't bad, but the ridiculous shipping cost and no return policy are sketchy.

I choose not to give my business to shops like that.

I’ve had great experiences wwith...BladeHQ, Cutlery Shoppe, Knifeworks, Bento Box Shop, DLT Trading, GP Knives, New Graham Knives, Warriors and Wonders, Spyderco directly and National Knives. I’m sure there are more that I’m regretbly forgetting. Order from any of those and you won’t be disappointed.

I know people are sketched out by BBS but real talk I've had very good customer service from whoever it is (lol) running that operation.

Knife Center, Knife Art, BladeHQ, Cutlery Shoppe, DLT Trading, GP Knives.

So far, all good experiences. I have used GP Knives, Blade HQ, Knife Joy, Knives Plus, and Hand Tools.com.

Knivesshipfree.com and Indiana knives are also run by people trying to do right by the community.

BBS isn't trying to be competitive with the free shipping and low prices crowd, which is a bit of a surprise. Their exclusive models are my favorites, though. They used to be quite accommodating when it came to the quirks of shipping to Canada, though. (Haven't bought anything from them for a while, though.)

DLT, KSF, W&W, OldeTowneCutlery, TSA, Knifeworks, White Mountain Knives, S&R Knives. That’s all I can think of right now. W&W and S&R are Canadian so I check them out first but they are usually slower to get new knives.
- Most recently DLT and had a great experience, great communication and shipping costs!
- If I remember correctly shipping was a bit of a hassle with KW due to minimum order for international shipping. (That might be different now?)
- Tried Knife center twice, once a never ending preorder wait I had to cancel and the other time shipping costs were gong to be astronomical so again I cancelled.

Blade HQ are my go-to, but I've also had good luck with Knife Center, Cutlery Shoppe, DLT, and Sierra Trading Post. I'd sooner drive across country to any of those places than order from Amazon.

Steve at New Graham and Jordan DLT are my current favorites. Rob at National Knives has also been good to me over the years.

Bento Box has delevered when I ordered from them a couple times. Sooner accepted my return on a Al Mar dud a few years ago.

I've purchased from most already mentioned. I'll add Osogrande, River's Edge (Brian is the man) and re-mention Indiana Knives (Eric is great).

I like New Graham the best. Great service and they often include extras. I got a Spyderco bag with my Waterway.

Knifeworks is nice. Fast shipping, they have exclusives from time to time and the website has really good photos.

DLT trading for LT Wrights.

Sumdumguy wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 24, 2019 3:59 pm

I don't shop at BBS. The service isn't bad, but the ridiculous shipping cost and no return policy are sketchy.

I choose not to give my business to shops like that.

Same. I won't support a shop with those policies.

I've yet to have a bad experience with any of the major dealers and I've bought from most of them.

BLUETYPEII wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 24, 2019 3:42 pm

Just like the title says. Share your experiences the good and bad experiences with online retailers.

I personally have had really good luck with “Blade Headquarters”.

I am curious to hear people‘s experiences with Bento Box Shop” and “Sooner State Knives” to be specific.

I have been very tempted to buy from both.

I've had good experiences with Sooner State.

I’ve bought from most of the major retailers and have never had a bad experience. Knifeworks is my dealer of choice. They have fast and free shipping and I’m from Louisiana so I’ll always support the local guy when given the chance.

Warriorsandwonders and SRKnives in Canada, and BladeHQ. Except for the high prices, I really like W&W.

Liquid Cobra wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 24, 2019 4:06 pm

I’ve had great experiences wwith...BladeHQ, Cutlery Shoppe, Knifeworks, Bento Box Shop, DLT Trading, GP Knives, New Graham Knives, Warriors and Wonders, Spyderco directly and National Knives. I’m sure there are more that I’m regretbly forgetting. Order from any of those and you won’t be disappointed.

Are you having any issues ordering from the States lately?

I'm not too far in Canada from SRKnives which is a good brick and mortar place. Their stock levels is typically pretty good.
Online ordering I've used BladeHQ and National Knives. Good experiences from both.

Surfingringo wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:51 am

I’ve bought from most of the major retailers and have never had a bad experience. Knifeworks is my dealer of choice. They have fast and free shipping and I’m from Louisiana so I’ll always support the local guy when given the chance.

Knifeworks is also my go-to dealer when all else is equal. I have no connection to Louisiana, and I don't know why you'd spell anything with an X on the end, but I've had very good experiences with them.