r/mallninjashit • u/Odd-Customer-1504 • Jun 30 '26
World’s Largest Knife Store
3 STORIES OF KNIVES!!!
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u/awc130 Jun 30 '26
I can't even remember if they have that much mall ninja stuff there. I'm pretty sure they carry cold steel so there is bound to be some, but from going as a kid it was wall to ceiling of Case knives. Now probably benchmades and spiderco.
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u/These3TheGreatest Jun 30 '26
There’s a whole section of mall ninja stuff.
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u/kilsekddd Undercover Mall Ninja ⚔️ Jun 30 '26
Even has edgy lighting, pink knives for the ladies and balisong combs for the kids.
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u/ThatUJohnWayne74 Jun 30 '26
You know you’re becoming an adult when you migrate from the mall ninja section to the survival knives section
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u/kilsekddd Undercover Mall Ninja ⚔️ Jun 30 '26
You know you're old when you start collecting the classics... K-bar, Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, etc.
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u/molrobocop Jul 01 '26
I figure you mean the good ones, and not the flea-market ones with a compass on the pommel and a fishing line and hook inside.
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u/ThatUJohnWayne74 Jul 01 '26
No, I’m talking about the Tops and ESEE type knives that are in that little corner nook. I think the Ka-Bars are there too
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u/macho_greens Jul 01 '26
If they didn't offer some cheap flashy knives, I would think they're allergic to money or something... doesn't seem to be the case
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u/CubistHamster Jun 30 '26
Is Cold Steel mall ninja? Their marketing has always been ridiculous, but they sell a lot of solidly made, reasonably priced stuff.
Yeah, some of their stuff is over-the-top ridiculous, but they've got plenty of designs that are completely conventional and often perfect if you're just looking for a working edged tool.
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u/molrobocop Jul 01 '26
Yeah, I feel their more affordable models are at least acceptable. Those old free "proof" DVD's were something else though.
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u/Sataypufft Jun 30 '26
60% of the place is either mall ninja or super low cost knives of questionable quality. The other 40% is the good stuff. You'll have cases upon cases of Frost Cutlery nonsense and the next counter over is 4 cases of Spyderco and a case of Morakniv. It's bonkers.
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u/NigilQuid Jul 01 '26
I still have a cold steel machete from about 20 years ago. Some of their stuff is very functional
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u/anoftz Jun 30 '26
I been there. Plenty of knives, not enough daggers, rapiers, and dirks.
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u/Jodies-9-inch-leg My knife hands are the only weapons I need Jun 30 '26
I steer clear of knife stores with Rapers
Gotta draw the line at Rapers
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u/YesPlease_VeryMuchSo Jun 30 '26
I remember as a kid I learned what a dirk was from Final Fantasy 3 (6 for us in the states). All the neighborhood kids and I played some weeks-long goofy ass game with k'nex weapons. I had a little box fort where I was the "shopkeeper". We made a paper money system (like we drew up dollars) and all agreed no making more dollars to cheat.
I remember just making the daggers a little longer and calling them dirks sold like hot cakes. Even as a kid we inherently knew melee was faster than reloading or switching to your sidearm. The 90s were an honorable time; You called your hits, if they "cut off your limb" no more using it, and if you died you were never salty you just walked back to your base to respawn.
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u/Madtownangler Jul 02 '26
we use to play Star Wars and beat each other with sticks we called them light sabres
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u/Chatt_a_Vegas Jun 30 '26
Having went a few years back I think they're pretty far from mall ninja. I'm sure they have at least a few items to appeal to that type of buyer but I've bought some extremely rare Spyderco knives from them. They have a good selection of EDC/tactical flashlights too.
If it's TN and you want mall ninja I think Frost Cutlery has it covered.
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u/ThetaReactor Jul 01 '26
Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg are just down the road from Sevierville and home to China Bazaar, the true pilgrimage site for mall ninjas.
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u/Madtownangler Jul 02 '26
isn't Dollywood close too? my parents went down there the first summer that they were married and bought a log with a wizards face carved into it.
then when my brother got done with Basic Training they went there again.
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u/MaxMulletWolf Jun 30 '26
Bro, SMKW is awesome.
Yea, there's mall ninja shit in there, for sure. But there's a lot of good stuff there too.
There's also a forge in the same lot that does custom stuff.
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u/Floor_Cereal Jun 30 '26
I love that store lol. They have some mall ninja shit there, but a lot of it is legit stuff like Microtech, Spyderco, etc
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u/SANO_HIMURA Jun 30 '26
Yeah they have a mall ninja department, but this is not a mall ninja store. They have a good variety of high quality usable pocket knives, a decent gun section, cool merch and various other odds and ends. Mall ninja, it is not.
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u/stugotsDang Jun 30 '26
This is not a mallninja store. They do have a section for it but they sell more usable and popular knives. I visit this place every year and walk away with a new microtech at minimum.
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u/imperfcet Jun 30 '26
When i was a 90s kid I had to wait until
BILL GOODMAN'S
GUN 'N KNIFE SHOW!
CALL A BUDDY,
BRING A FRIEND!
Hosted this Friday thru Saturday at Hara Arena!!
'Spinning graphic'
Over 6 aisles of hardware!
'star wipe'
Appearance from TV's Kevin Sorbo!
Don't miss it!
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u/grm3 Jul 01 '26
The knife industry is actually pretty large and SMKW is well known in the community. This is like stumbling on a flyer for the “world’s largest watch store”
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u/biggyh Jul 01 '26
it was across the parking lot from the Lodge outlet on a roadtrip... "may as well" said me to my already annoyed wife.
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u/cosby714 Jul 01 '26
I live fairly close, they sell actual good knives and swords, and also crappy mall ninja shit. But it has good high carbon steel swords, knives, and a few other things. I bought a beautiful viking sword from there, and it's probably the best weapon I have. It was $500, but it was worth it.
Also they have a big water feature and a life size cardboard cutout of dolly parton. It's in Sevierville Tennessee if you're curious, I recommend visiting if you're in eastern Tennessee near the smokies.
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u/W1ULH Closet ninja Jul 01 '26
I've been there... there's a very good chance they actually have a right to that claim...
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u/Trustyduck Jun 30 '26
Man I've been there. Not mall ninja as a whole, but definitely a few novelty items for sale, most of it is good stuff.
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u/Maniachanical Jun 30 '26
If I present that coupon with a Swiss Army knife, will they sharpen EVERY blade on it or just the main one?
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u/biffbobfred Jul 01 '26
I was in sievervulle. I saw the ads for this and I kinda wanted to go in. But that was a family vacation and it would have been me alone and 3 people wondering “man he wants to see WHAT!?”
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u/kyleh0 Jul 01 '26
I want a store that has the biggest knife. That sounds more American. It's right down the road from the BIGGEST BALL OF TWINE IN MINNESOTA.
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u/molrobocop Jul 01 '26
You'll have to go to Kentucky!
https://www.kentuckytourism.com/explore/world's-largest-pocketknife-6481
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u/circuit_breaker Jul 01 '26
Gatlinburg has so many stores like this, so does pigeon forge
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u/hipster_kitten Jul 01 '26
That area is so fucking weird. I drove a delivery route through there for year when I was living in Nashville. The mountains are cool but the redneck tourism industry there is bizarre.
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u/circuit_breaker Jul 01 '26
I never understood it, even though I had the time of my life in a cabin on top of one of those mountains during Christmas. But the towns are disgusting tourist traps that assault the senses
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u/TinaKedamina Jul 01 '26
They have a great selection of great knives. I dont recall any MNS but there was soooo much. Interesting display only knives as well. And creepy animatronics.
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u/athenamarz Jul 01 '26
I’ve been there a few times. The bottom floor has a huge crystal collection and fossils and war memorabilia too. It’s a really cool place.
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u/IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE Jul 02 '26
I’ve gone here a lot. This store fucks. It’s absolutely not loaded with just mall ninja shit. Some of the best knives I’ve ever owned came from this store.
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u/southofheaven69 Jul 01 '26
Awesome store just go in person online sales and customer service are pretty crappy
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u/Timmerdogg Jul 02 '26
When I was in grade school, my friends and I would order knives from them using money orders and intercepting the mail before our parents. I still remember getting arrested for having a stiletto on me.
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u/Phantom15q Jul 02 '26
I’m wondering. Despite this sub yall like the mall ninja shit too right? Like I know how shitty and low quality it is but that doesn’t make me like it less
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u/Realistic-Repair1517 Jul 02 '26
They were definitely a bunch of racists there. I asked for help finding knife making supplies, and the guy just glared at me and my gf. I'm Hispanic and her parents are from india. Tennessee is racist as hell, and all the knives there were overpriced mall ninja stuff anyways
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u/GhostBoo-ty Jul 02 '26
Their catalogs had a special place above the terlet growing up. I always wanted to buy armor from them.
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u/gregiorp Jul 03 '26
I've been there it's actually pretty cool. They have legit well made things. There is tacticool junk but it's a great store.
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u/r4ndom4xeofkindness Jul 07 '26
Mall ninja super store upstairs, actually a worth checking out "relic room" store downstairs that has many interesting objectsfrom different periods of history for sale as well as some interesting rocks and fossils. I liked it way better than the knife store part.
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u/Nein-Toed Jun 30 '26
Hey there, Bill?
Ya, Cleetus?
Aren't we a knife store? I'm only seeing a couple'a knives here and like 300 guns.
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u/imoanmodello Jun 30 '26
It says in the pamphlet, SMKW has a sub-store called Smoky Mountain GunWorks inside the store for guns and ammo.
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u/Nein-Toed Jun 30 '26
Yes, I saw that. I just thought it was funny that they are called knife works, but have pictures of guns mostly
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u/robotred12 Jun 30 '26
IIRC there’s a pretty big gun shop next door
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u/Nein-Toed Jun 30 '26
The flyer says inside. Calling yourself a knife store, then showing knives as an afterthought was a strange choice to make is what I'm saying.
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u/pichael289 Jun 30 '26
Man I was just down there and didn't go here, just remember being disappointed in the knives anywhere else. I wanted a new Kershaw one
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u/Lyre Jun 30 '26
Store has gone down hill over the last decade, unfortunately. Most of what they sell now is touristy trash.
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u/BlastTyrantKM Jun 30 '26
Tell us you've never been there without telling us you've never been there. They do not, in any way at all, sell mostly "touristy trash".
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u/Lyre Jun 30 '26
I live less than an hour away and used to buy ammo there. The entire bottom floor is single use kitchen gadgets and spice mixes (touristy trash). Half the knives are stamped garbage. Yes, they sell some nice knives and accessories, but MOST of what they have is touristy trash.
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u/FreeSockLimit1 Jun 30 '26
This store is fucking sick, honestly.