Working at an outdoors store, and being in the knife department, I CANNOT tell you how cool this video was. To recognize so many of the knives, and then to not recognize the rest was even cooler! I would so love working there.
The pocket check with Jason was my favorite part! The "lowly" Ganzo and the story behind it was great. Knives don't have to be expensive to be special and/or useful. Glad I watched!
I have a nice microtech and some nice sogs, and yet, my favorite is a cheap $30 sog my dad bought me shortly before he passed. You are 100% right, they don’t have to be expensive to be special.
Loved watching this. My father LOVED SMKW’s ! He passed last November and now I have 100’s + maybe 1000’s of knives. He never really knew how UA-cam worked but I know he would have love to watch this !!
I love smkw! Recently, my daughter went to Gatlinburg to visit family. She heard me telling her mom that I wanted desperately to go check it out..this was during the Christmas holidays and they were closed for the weekend. She stayed an extra day just to get me a knife from smkw. I love my children to pieces.
That's the trouble with today!!There's just to much choice on almost everything you buy!! We need less choice and more quantity!!!Mass production crap from China is a No No!! 😮👍
2 road trips through there I made my buddies stop in. 1st trip they were all about it but after 2 hours they threatened to leave me there. Next trip as soon as we see a billboard on the highway they wanted to go but they set rules on time I was allowed. Thanks guys.. Spyderco matriarch 2 emerson wave, Ka Bar TDI, Streamlight ProTac, Victorinox swiss card lite. That little victorinox card is my 3rd I believe. The scissors are excellent. Light is tank. Knives... scary awesome. That Emerson wave is not for beginners lol. Thinking about getting one of the SpiderCo with the new handle texture. Or a Yojimbo I have a problem lol
Thank you TC. That was wonderful. I got my flex cut whittling jack, my Victoria, Knox, tinker, and my case large stockman! Great video thank you TC and thank you Smoky Mountain knife Works!
Hey TC!!! I’m glad my pocket check was worthy. I change what folder I carry(you caught me with my Manix 2), Gerber Dime and Olight Arkfeld. P365XL in a G-Code appendix holster. Olight keychain light. Prytool, and small Gerber keychain knife. It was awesome meeting with you and Greg in the store the other day!!! The fiancé really enjoys watching your videos with me and has become a super fan of y’all and knife collecting
hows that arkfeld working out for you? how long have you been carrying it so far? in the pocket does it feel similar to an 18650 flashlight? do you see yourself going back to an i5t?
@@MrNiceGuy80x5 , the Arkfeld with UV, seems super slim in my pocket. I own both types of Arkfeld. The light output is better than the i5T. Been carrying it for about a month now.
Enjoyed the video and mostly “meeting” some of the staff who served to make SMKW so great. Special shout out to Jason. Really miss seeing him on GTK. Glad he is well. Thanks a lot TC. Todays pocket carry is a Victorinox Tinker as it is Swiss Army Saturday and there are projects to be done and my flashlight is an OLight
On the daily I have a Spyderco Roadie on my keys, a neck knife, a Leatherman and a fixed blade on my belt (along with my Pew-Pew), a pry-bar and a folder in my R&L front pockets. I also carry a headlamp in my daily jacket pocket and sometimes I have an OTF in a back pant pocket as well as a Vic-nox on a lanyard.
I was just there 4 days ago buying a brand new Spyderco!!! Every year I go to Tennessee on vacation in the winter and every year I go to Smoky Mountain Knife Works and get a new knife been doing it for 20 plus years I freaking love The Knife Works
Pretty cool to see so many of the behind-the-scenes people, plus a few familiar faces. Today I have a Benchmade Mini Griptilian, a Leatherman Wingman exclusive from White Pass & Yukon Railroad, a Jowbeam knockoff flashlight, and a Victorinox Tinker with Zorro scales, purchased from SMKW at Blade Show in Atlanta last year.
Loved this video. I own a few knives, but the one I treasure most was an old Gerber given to me by a retired Navy Chief that collected and traded antique knives. I started receiving your catalog 2 years ago and was blown away by your selection. I’ve told so many about your unbelievable stock and now I need to get busy and start ordering so I can do a pocket dump.
Awesome video!! I was surprised by a lot of the carry’s. Not what I was expecting to see “in a good way”. That new roughrider was fantastic, and the Schatt and Morgan was awesome. I’m glad someone had a TOOR on them, becoming such a huge fan of them. 🍻
I’ve been to this store many times when I visit Tennessee. Never have an issue everyone is very helpful and knowledgeable and the selection is amazing. Never thought I would be a DPX guy, but the moment I held it I had to have it that was my last purchase from you guys few months back… I have a question. The fellah at the 10:22 mark of this video has some sick looking Oakleys on. Can you ask him what they are ?
What a great vid! The Store/Employees look like heaven!!!! I must visit soon. I'm new to knives. I bought a CKC Colonial Quick Flick Spring Assisted Knife Green Camo. I just adjusted it so that the blade is perfectly centered now too. Starting at the bottom here and learning about all these brands, super steels etc....I can only move up and start to add more knives to collect. Cheers from Canada SMKW!
Loved seeing everyone's choices. Can't beat a good pocket check video. Today I'm carrying a WE Banter, solid little knife. I made my first video this week too showing EDC gear, inspired by all the awesome EDC videos on UA-cam, including yours. 👍🏻
Got a QSP Hawk. Honey Badger (small) that’s for my daughter. Camillus mini bushcraft (beater) and nebo 2000 (light). I usually only carry one blade but the honey badger is too much fun to fidget with. And I’m doing some grunge work. So the Camillus came out of retirement. Great video. Very likable people there.
What a fantastic show.. Brilliant idea. The question I have is, has the rough ryder reserve prototype that Brian had been released yet. I'm in the uk and the non locking blade is ideal. Thank you.
I just love this store…. I was there earlier in the year for the first time. They have an amazing amount of knives from sooooo many different companies…..the employees are awesome too.
I like the screen saver of the girl in the office. "I don't always roll a joint, but when I do, it's my ankle". That was an enjoyable video. I love the stories that go along with the knives. Everybody has one, a pocket knife and a story. So do I. About thirty years ago I lost a new folder I was carrying that had a pocket clip. I took it out to use and must have been standing in front my car at the time and then I put it back in my pocket or so I thought. I drove home from where I was about 20 miles from home. When I got home, I went to use my knife and it was gone. When I went to use my car, while approaching it from the front, I saw my new knife hanging from the front license plate frame and it was open hanging by the pocket clip just off the ground. The blade edge at the tip had a couple small chips in it from the drive home earlier, but it worked as normal. I call it my lucky knife.
I pretty much within the last couple of years got away from the "new hype of the week" stuff. I use most everything I carry now and have put away my custom higher dollar pieces. I've now gotten myself into the fixed blade frenzy and it's a lot of fun! Appreciate the show TC and all the good folks at SMKW
I like the diversity of knives shown and in the diversity of people; great to see grey hair (wisdom, patience, and good judgment). Keep shining, and best wishes from the Gold Coast, Australia (p.s. Today I carried a purple Javelina and LT Wright Frontier First in ironwood).
SMKW is great to buy from. some of my collection came from there. Some of my favorites that I own are all of my Microtech autos. Folders would be Benchmade as I worked 27 years in private security and always carried a griptilian. Fixed blade would be my Randall 14 attack with all the bells and whistles, Black micarta border patrol handle, stainless blade with saw teeth, nickel silver double curved hilt, and black sheath.
We went to pigeon forge for vacation back in 2018. I drove over to your store and was in Heaven!! One of the coolest places I’ve ever been to! Unfortunately I only had about 2 to spend so I was kinda rushed but it was still a great time and a great memory. Such a beautiful area too!! And I’m also a huge Spyderco fan!
Love those Bucks, S&W, C.R.K.Ts. Enjoyed this video and am patently waiting for the newest catalog. Hope to visit your showroom soon. Hey...... love that selection of Case also. Good work folks.👍🇺🇸🙂✌️
Awesome employee pocket dump. My carry today was spyderco shaman from SMKW. Victorinox super tinker with custom green scales. Victorinox SD SMKW sasquatch. Flash light Thrunite Archer mini in green and Olight copper i3. Keep up the great content.
I was there year before last. My wife surprised me with a detour when we were traveling through Tennessee and KY. It's amazing in there. Too many knives to see all of them. My favorite part was the stuff on the walls not for sale. Got to handle amazing blades that I couldn't afford which to me is really great. Overall, it's just an amazing store.
Great one terrific pocket dumps! The green edelweiss classic has been discontinued for a while. The Evoke looks very much like old Alox Hunter Pro. I also have that little cat Novelty knife!
I loved this. I am carrying a Benchmade Aileron in S30V in my right pocket and a SOG Visionary II in VG10 in my left pocket. I do have the clip flipped on the SOG for left side carry. Thrunite BSS W1 is my light. I also have a Civivi Crit and a Pokka Pen.
I carry a Victorinox Huntsman every day of my life. HAHAHA. That new Victorinox that Jason has is a nice looking knife. If only it had scissors on it.😂
I am very much into utility/function over style. I have to ask, why carry 3, 4+ knives? Do they serve different purposes? Personally, Im like "Something needs cutting? Use the one knife I have on me."
For some of it us about different uses, prefer using one style to another for separate task, and Greg even keeps a personal food knife on him because he can never find a sharp steak knife at restaurants
SOG flash 2. Me and the wife are planning on coming down the week after Thanksgiving. We were there the last week of March and I picked up a Boker OTF, a Schrade SCHF 21 boot knife and a Frost Falcon Bowie.
WOW! I really enjoyed this " what are you carrying pocket dump" video ! Very entertaining! Its so interesting . My carry varies. This morning its a ZT 0452 in titanium with carbon fiber scale. A Benchmade SOCP Elite carbon fiber axis lock. And from SMK, the B'YND Navajo. A Gerber Covert Auto in S30V Plum/ Gray handle. Last, a Daggerr Vendetta frame lock in Titanium Satin Blade w in Blue Lighting.
Thank you for sharing this informative and entertaining video. The employees have a great variety of EDC knives. The best to you and your Business. Stay safe. 🤗 👋
Absolutely love the selection you have to offer. I just happened to see the video out of the blue for no reason whatsoever and I am going to buy at least a few knives...if not more. Awesome vid bro!!
@@SMKWcom My pleasure, however I may have purchased more than just a few knives . 🤦♂🤷♂ It's like a kid in a candy store... It looks like a fun place to work.. Good luck to all of you! 🔪🔪🔪
I've bought many knives from SMKW both for myself and as gifts and have always been very happy with the service and quality of the products they sell.... I miss the weekly T.V. show they used to have where they promoted and sold many different knives. My wife used to get on me about all the knives I bought, until I pointed out that just one of her fancy designer hand bags cost more than most of my knives all together!!!...... She don't complain any more....
My dad had a sporting goods/gun shop for 30 years (I worked there off and on in high school and through college) and my brother worked in several big box sporting goods stores for 20 years. I can tell that working at the store and having access to deals and wholesale prices is items, what we bought then is much different than what we buy now that we don’t have access to those deals. What would be very interesting is to find out what ‘experts’, who pay the same prices for their items that the public pays, carry and use.
I emptied one of my CR bags and I gave out the last Old Timer stockmans that I had to my Sons. Bought several back in the late 70s along with a few Bucks and Schrades when a local shop closed.
Been to SMKW number of times. Its a cool place. Bought a few blade's and several items for my firearms. There are so many knives and displays. Amazing what you can see there.
I love this store so much, haven't been in a few years but were planning a trip to ruby falls and lookout mtn. soon so definitely gonna be stopping in!
Great video..! I loved seeing what everybody was carrying - this would be a very good regular “series” of videos. Today I’m carrying a Spyderco Para 3 LW and a Sage 5 LW. I love them both.
What a fantastic video! The laws about knife carrying are a bit tricky in my country, but I have a Spyderco Byrd Finch with me quite often. My ''home knife'' is the Astute.
Good stuff! I’m always carrying one of my Strider SMF’s as my primary and usually a Case or Spyderco….lately it’s been my Emerson Mini CQC7NW though. For my flashlight I alternate between the Olight S2R2 and Fenix PD35. My wallet is the Maxpedition Micro Wallet that I’ve used for years. Pen is the Hinderer Investigator that’s been in my pocket everyday for the last 11 or 12 years now. Also carry an Aroundsquare Knucklebone and a Vox Snailor or two for fidgety stuff lol…..Rexford RUT for work…and SOMETIMES my Leatherman Wave+. Don’t carry it near as much as I should though.
Man awesome pocket check vid. As soon as that Raider knife comes out I want that! Today I have my Leatherman sidekick, an Ozark trail fixed blade, an old uncle Henry 124uh USA made I found at an antique store. Also my lumintop tool aa a Bic lighter and my worksharp pocket tool.
Too many crazy good EDCs, but that employee carrying the customer gifted ganzo is just extraordinary wholesomeness
That was a great story!
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Nice looking knife too. Don't know much about them though (if they're good, sharp, durable, etc...).
Jason sold me the Benchmade Adamas last week. Thank you brother.
lol the guy with 7 knives, a multitool and a flashlight is living his best life.
Never know who is carrying what at SMKW
True
This is one of the most genuine pocket dumps I've seen. Very genuine people too. Appalachian style. Thanks
All of these were their knives and what we carry on a daily
Chase, sod, buster, wish it had a lock blad
@@donnapendley7965 Donna, did you reply to the wrong person?
Man this really is Appalachian Style you can tell just by how they act there from TN
"I don't always roll a joint, but when I do, it's my ankle." 🤣 lolol
Great screensaver! 👍😉
No school like the old school and some of us helped build that old building lol
Working at an outdoors store, and being in the knife department, I CANNOT tell you how cool this video was. To recognize so many of the knives, and then to not recognize the rest was even cooler! I would so love working there.
We all geek out when someone gets something new esp when it is something we are seeing for the first time!
The pocket check with Jason was my favorite part! The "lowly" Ganzo and the story behind it was great. Knives don't have to be expensive to be special and/or useful. Glad I watched!
Thanks for watching! We love hearing a good knife tale 👍
I have a nice microtech and some nice sogs, and yet, my favorite is a cheap $30 sog my dad bought me shortly before he passed.
You are 100% right, they don’t have to be expensive to be special.
@@725niko Very cool!
Loved watching this. My father LOVED SMKW’s ! He passed last November and now I have 100’s + maybe 1000’s of knives. He never really knew how UA-cam worked but I know he would have love to watch this !!
That sounds like an amazing collection!
Sorry for your loss, I hope his collection brings you happiness.
God bless you and your family and remembering the good times with your dear father
You should show off his collection in his honor, I’m sure we’d all love to watch it!
@@gmoney5947 I will have to work on that ! That’s a lot of knives. Definitely be an ongoing series!
I love smkw! Recently, my daughter went to Gatlinburg to visit family. She heard me telling her mom that I wanted desperately to go check it out..this was during the Christmas holidays and they were closed for the weekend. She stayed an extra day just to get me a knife from smkw. I love my children to pieces.
That is so awesome!
The first time that I visited SMKW, I was so overwhelmed by the selection that I couldn’t decide which knife to buy.
That happens more often than you would think
That's the trouble with today!!There's just to much choice on almost everything you buy!! We need less choice and more quantity!!!Mass production crap from China is a No No!! 😮👍
@@keithroberts5611 I worry that they could succumb to Chinese business pressure, but you know better, living in the UK myself.
2 road trips through there I made my buddies stop in. 1st trip they were all about it but after 2 hours they threatened to leave me there. Next trip as soon as we see a billboard on the highway they wanted to go but they set rules on time I was allowed. Thanks guys..
Spyderco matriarch 2 emerson wave, Ka Bar TDI, Streamlight ProTac, Victorinox swiss card lite. That little victorinox card is my 3rd I believe. The scissors are excellent. Light is tank. Knives... scary awesome. That Emerson wave is not for beginners lol. Thinking about getting one of the SpiderCo with the new handle texture. Or a Yojimbo I have a problem lol
Thank you TC. That was wonderful. I got my flex cut whittling jack, my Victoria, Knox, tinker, and my case large stockman! Great video thank you TC and thank you Smoky Mountain knife Works!
That’s awesome!
@@Leftyotism yes auto correct is very funny sometimes. Especially if you do not check it. Lol.
@@Leftyotism yep
Holy crap , alot of Americans workin there and imagine this if you buy a Rough Ryder you are supporting them ALL !. Great pocket check fellas !
No doubt, thanks for watching!
Hey TC!!! I’m glad my pocket check was worthy. I change what folder I carry(you caught me with my Manix 2), Gerber Dime and Olight Arkfeld. P365XL in a G-Code appendix holster. Olight keychain light. Prytool, and small Gerber keychain knife. It was awesome meeting with you and Greg in the store the other day!!! The fiancé really enjoys watching your videos with me and has become a super fan of y’all and knife collecting
hows that arkfeld working out for you? how long have you been carrying it so far? in the pocket does it feel similar to an 18650 flashlight? do you see yourself going back to an i5t?
@@MrNiceGuy80x5 , the Arkfeld with UV, seems super slim in my pocket. I own both types of Arkfeld. The light output is better than the i5T. Been carrying it for about a month now.
@@davidbaize4825 now that I think about it, does it carry like a knife?
@@MrNiceGuy80x5 , yes, carries like medium sized folder, para 2, for example. I hardly notice it
Thanks for watching!
Enjoyed the video and mostly “meeting” some of the staff who served to make SMKW so great. Special shout out to Jason. Really miss seeing him on GTK. Glad he is well. Thanks a lot TC. Todays pocket carry is a Victorinox Tinker as it is Swiss Army Saturday and there are projects to be done and my flashlight is an OLight
Nice carry! Jason is the man behind the scenes that keeps it all running now days lol
On the daily I have a Spyderco Roadie on my keys, a neck knife, a Leatherman and a fixed blade on my belt (along with my Pew-Pew), a pry-bar and a folder in my R&L front pockets. I also carry a headlamp in my daily jacket pocket and sometimes I have an OTF in a back pant pocket as well as a Vic-nox on a lanyard.
That is a heck of a carry right there!
@@SMKWcom - Some days I'll ditch the neck or the belt blade, but I always make sure I have one or the other! - LoL
This work environment is so friendly i love it you guys just earned a sub
Thanks for watching and having fun along with us!
One of the first knife vids I watched. Started me down the long expensive road of collecting.... Thanks??
Visiting SMKW is definitely on my bucket list. I can't believe how massive it is. G'day from Australia!
Damn man hell yeah! 😍
Like Wonka's chocolate factory but with sharp things instead of candy and so much more. Been there a few times.
What state is this store in? I need to go too.
@@D33Lux Tennessee
2320 Winfield Dunn Pkwy, Sevierville, TN 37876
I was just there 4 days ago buying a brand new Spyderco!!! Every year I go to Tennessee on vacation in the winter and every year I go to Smoky Mountain Knife Works and get a new knife been doing it for 20 plus years I freaking love The Knife Works
Thanks for making us a part of your trip!
Pretty cool to see so many of the behind-the-scenes people, plus a few familiar faces.
Today I have a Benchmade Mini Griptilian, a Leatherman Wingman exclusive from White Pass & Yukon Railroad, a Jowbeam knockoff flashlight, and a Victorinox Tinker with Zorro scales, purchased from SMKW at Blade Show in Atlanta last year.
Maybe we do some more behind the scenes stuff? 🤔
Loved this video. I own a few knives, but the one I treasure most was an old Gerber given to me by a retired Navy Chief that collected and traded antique knives. I started receiving your catalog 2 years ago and was blown away by your selection. I’ve told so many about your unbelievable stock and now I need to get busy and start ordering so I can do a pocket dump.
Thanks for watching and sharing your knife tale with us Jerry!
That was fun! Got my Rough Ryder cinnamon bow trapper and a Marbles ram horn canoe today. Was very cool seeing Brian with the new bone RRR!
That's great!
Smokey is my favorite mail order knife company. Nice to see the people.
Thanks for ordering and for watching as well!
To heck with Disneyland, I want to visit SMKW !!!
🙌🙌🙌
So good to see Tony again. I haven't seen him since the SMKW TV shows. I used to watch on Direct TV every Friday night.
Tony helps run things behinds the scenes now days and keeps TC on the straight and narrow
Wow the dude at the benchmade counter had a lot he was definitely prepared
Jermey carries that on the daily!
That “Hey Mrs Donna” gets me everytime 🤣
Awesome video!! I was surprised by a lot of the carry’s. Not what I was expecting to see “in a good way”. That new roughrider was fantastic, and the Schatt and Morgan was awesome. I’m glad someone had a TOOR on them, becoming such a huge fan of them. 🍻
If it cuts we carry is more than a slogan lol
I love these SMKW pocket checks! Lots of fun!
We always have a blast doing them!
I'm totally looking forward to the tales of knife traders..... awesome vid man.
Thanks for watching!
Neck knife/keychain (and most used): Boker Kalishnikov in XHP and Lumintop EDC01 flashlight
Dress shirt pocket: CRKT CEO
Right pants pocket: Benchmade Griptilian or Milwaukee Fastback
Left pants pocket: Leatherman Wave+, Roxon C1 3-in-1 camping cutlery tool
Cargo pocket: Maxpedition Mini pouch w/ myriad goodies, including Victorinox CyberTool Lite, Victorinox Nail Clip 580, NiteCore Powerbank, Rolling Square 6-in-1 charger, and RovyVon Aurora A-8
Very nice!
@ Mathew Hebert
DANM that’s a lot of stuff.
You are like Mad Max in road warrior Beyond Thunder Dome.
I noticed that you did not mention a wallet 🤔
That was fun! I always knew SMKW was a special place.
Sounds like you have always been very smart! Thanks for watching!
Going Monday, any recommendations or sales?
There will be several Fathers Day Sales starting that day
Love going there every year. Nice to see everyone smiling and all
Thanks for making us part of your journey!
I’ve been to this store many times when I visit Tennessee. Never have an issue everyone is very helpful and knowledgeable and the selection is amazing. Never thought I would be a DPX guy, but the moment I held it I had to have it that was my last purchase from you guys few months back… I have a question. The fellah at the 10:22 mark of this video has some sick looking Oakleys on. Can you ask him what they are ?
We checked with Jonathan and he says they are Crankshaft Oakleys
My daily is a Cold Steel, Voyager and an Esee, Izula 2. I work at a home improvement store and I use them both daily.
#beateresee
What a great vid! The Store/Employees look like heaven!!!! I must visit soon.
I'm new to knives.
I bought a CKC Colonial Quick Flick Spring Assisted Knife Green Camo. I just adjusted it so that the blade is perfectly centered now too.
Starting at the bottom here and learning about all these brands, super steels etc....I can only move up and start to add more knives to collect.
Cheers from Canada SMKW!
Thanks for watching and welcome to the knife community! If you ever find yourself in East Tennessee please stop in and see us!
Loved seeing everyone's choices. Can't beat a good pocket check video.
Today I'm carrying a WE Banter, solid little knife.
I made my first video this week too showing EDC gear, inspired by all the awesome EDC videos on UA-cam, including yours. 👍🏻
Congrats on your video! The Banter, and Ben, are awesome!
This was a great video - i was smiling the whole way through
Thanks for watching Blawa! We had a blast with this one
Got a QSP Hawk. Honey Badger (small) that’s for my daughter. Camillus mini bushcraft (beater) and nebo 2000 (light). I usually only carry one blade but the honey badger is too much fun to fidget with. And I’m doing some grunge work. So the Camillus came out of retirement.
Great video. Very likable people there.
Thanks for watching!
Great video . I'm super stoked for the jigged bone reserve knife and hopefully a bunch more in natural materials
We can't wait until they get here!
@@SMKWcomdo you know when they’re coming? Can’t find them anywhere.
@@kaneEvro We are expecting a lot of Rough Ryders in the next week or so but I do not have which ones they will be.
What a fantastic show.. Brilliant idea. The question I have is, has the rough ryder reserve prototype that Brian had been released yet. I'm in the uk and the non locking blade is ideal. Thank you.
Not yet but we are hoping they show up soon!
Love the pocket dump videos. Seems like all the employees work for knives instead of money 😂
It is indeed a fact haha
This video was amazing. I loved it. Great coworkers/friends. More of this please 🙏 bless you all
Thank you!
I just love this store…. I was there earlier in the year for the first time. They have an amazing amount of knives from sooooo many different companies…..the employees are awesome too.
Thanks for stopping in and all the love!
I like the screen saver of the girl in the office. "I don't always roll a joint, but when I do, it's my ankle". That was an enjoyable video. I love the stories that go along with the knives. Everybody has one, a pocket knife and a story. So do I. About thirty years ago I lost a new folder I was carrying that had a pocket clip. I took it out to use and must have been standing in front my car at the time and then I put it back in my pocket or so I thought. I drove home from where I was about 20 miles from home. When I got home, I went to use my knife and it was gone. When I went to use my car, while approaching it from the front, I saw my new knife hanging from the front license plate frame and it was open hanging by the pocket clip just off the ground. The blade edge at the tip had a couple small chips in it from the drive home earlier, but it worked as normal. I call it my lucky knife.
Thanks for watching and that is a great knife tale! Thanks for sharing
What a way to spend your day.This guy has the best job imo.
TC loves his job! He has been an entertainer for over 20 years and we are very happy to have him with us.
Employee of the month stole my heart😭
Shes so pretty, and that flick was super slick👍
thanks for watching
I pretty much within the last couple of years got away from the "new hype of the week" stuff. I use most everything I carry now and have put away my custom higher dollar pieces. I've now gotten myself into the fixed blade frenzy and it's a lot of fun!
Appreciate the show TC and all the good folks at SMKW
I dig fixies as well. What blade you rocking
That place looks like heaven, talking knives , selling knives, playing with knives, who would want to go home?
If you ever find yourself near East Tennessee please stop in and see us!
I am suprised that practically nobody has pictures or posters on their walls! Thanks for the pocket checks! 👍🏻
Thanks for watching
I like the diversity of knives shown and in the diversity of people; great to see grey hair (wisdom, patience, and good judgment). Keep shining, and best wishes from the Gold Coast, Australia (p.s. Today I carried a purple Javelina and LT Wright Frontier First in ironwood).
Thanks for watching! We love seeing not only what our crew carries but you never know what the knife community that visits us has!
Nice one, guys! Today I'm carrying a Buck 112 slim pro with OD green micarta, and a Case mini trapper with smooth chestnut bone. Cheers!
Both are awesome carries
SMKW is great to buy from. some of my collection came from there. Some of my favorites that I own are all of my Microtech autos. Folders would be Benchmade as I worked 27 years in private security and always carried a griptilian. Fixed blade would be my Randall 14 attack with all the bells and whistles, Black micarta border patrol handle, stainless blade with saw teeth, nickel silver double curved hilt, and black sheath.
Thanks for watching! The Grip is always an excellent work carry
Great atmosphere there! Seems like a big family.
No doubt!
Can we just take a second to appreciate how smooth the camera handoffs were in the beginning?
Bradford Guardian 3, Hogue Extrak, Arcform Slimfoot "Darcform" auto, MKM Isonzo hawkbill.
Solid!
We went to pigeon forge for vacation back in 2018. I drove over to your store and was in Heaven!! One of the coolest places I’ve ever been to! Unfortunately I only had about 2 to spend so I was kinda rushed but it was still a great time and a great memory. Such a beautiful area too!!
And I’m also a huge Spyderco fan!
Thanks for making us a part of your vacation! We hope the next time you are in the area you get to stop by again 👍
A lot of cool knives! I expected more vintage stuff and definitely more Case knives.
Greg had his Case and many people keep the vintage stuff at home in their collections
Love those Bucks, S&W, C.R.K.Ts. Enjoyed this video and am patently waiting for the newest catalog. Hope to visit your showroom soon. Hey...... love that selection of Case also. Good work folks.👍🇺🇸🙂✌️
Thanks Mark!
Love this. Ganzo knives are not bad. Budget knives.
Awesome employee pocket dump. My carry today was spyderco shaman from SMKW. Victorinox super tinker with custom green scales. Victorinox SD SMKW sasquatch. Flash light Thrunite Archer mini in green and Olight copper i3. Keep up the great content.
Thanks for watching and nice carry!
Whenever the public alienates me for wearing several knives, I watch videos like this, so I don't feel alone in the world.
One of us, One of us
Leatherman signal, out door edge edc, surefire light, and CRKT M16 love them all
very nice!
Added to the bucket list! Your store looks amazing. Best way to spend the day looking at all the knifes in stock and making new friends.
We hope you get to come and see us!
I was there year before last. My wife surprised me with a detour when we were traveling through Tennessee and KY. It's amazing in there. Too many knives to see all of them. My favorite part was the stuff on the walls not for sale. Got to handle amazing blades that I couldn't afford which to me is really great. Overall, it's just an amazing store.
Great one terrific pocket dumps!
The green edelweiss classic has been discontinued for a while.
The Evoke looks very much like old Alox Hunter Pro.
I also have that little cat Novelty knife!
For sure!
Tales of the knife trader. Love it.
🙌🙌🙌
I loved this. I am carrying a Benchmade Aileron in S30V in my right pocket and a SOG Visionary II in VG10 in my left pocket. I do have the clip flipped on the SOG for left side carry. Thrunite BSS W1 is my light. I also have a Civivi Crit and a Pokka Pen.
Nice carry!
I carry a Victorinox Huntsman every day of my life. HAHAHA. That new Victorinox that Jason has is a nice looking knife. If only it had scissors on it.😂
Everything is better with scissors!
I am very much into utility/function over style. I have to ask, why carry 3, 4+ knives? Do they serve different purposes? Personally, Im like "Something needs cutting? Use the one knife I have on me."
For some of it us about different uses, prefer using one style to another for separate task, and Greg even keeps a personal food knife on him because he can never find a sharp steak knife at restaurants
I carry a Spyderco Delica.
always a great carry
SOG flash 2.
Me and the wife are planning on coming down the week after Thanksgiving.
We were there the last week of March and I picked up a Boker OTF, a Schrade SCHF 21 boot knife and a Frost Falcon Bowie.
Nice EDC! Thanks for stopping in and safe travels on your next journey down!
This video is the strongest evidence to show why I never ask opinions of the store employees
Every one has opinions and thoughts and thanks for sharing yours
WOW! I really enjoyed this " what are you carrying pocket dump" video ! Very entertaining! Its so interesting .
My carry varies.
This morning its a ZT 0452 in titanium with carbon fiber scale. A Benchmade SOCP Elite carbon fiber axis lock. And from SMK, the B'YND Navajo. A Gerber Covert Auto in S30V Plum/ Gray handle.
Last, a Daggerr Vendetta frame lock in Titanium Satin Blade w
in Blue Lighting.
Nice carry!
Thank you for sharing this informative and entertaining video. The employees have a great variety of EDC knives. The best to you and your Business. Stay safe. 🤗 👋
Thanks for watching and for the kind words!
Absolutely love the selection you have to offer. I just happened to see the video out of the blue for no reason whatsoever and I am going to buy at least a few knives...if not more. Awesome vid bro!!
Thanks for watching!
@@SMKWcom My pleasure, however I may have purchased more than just a few knives . 🤦♂🤷♂ It's like a kid in a candy store... It looks like a fun place to work.. Good luck to all of you! 🔪🔪🔪
I know this video is a year old but it was very entertaining. Loved seeing what everyone was carrying.
Looks like a great place to work…lots of good, friendly people who seem to like each other and their jobs.
We get to play with knives and talk to people who love knives all day!
Great selection guys.
Today I'm carrying my Kizer Vangino Zipslip, with blue G10 scales. Lovely little knife.
Love the Zipslip!
17:28 wow, how old is that shop? cool!
established in 1978
I've bought many knives from SMKW both for myself and as gifts and have always been very happy with the service and quality of the products they sell.... I miss the weekly T.V. show they used to have where they promoted and sold many different knives.
My wife used to get on me about all the knives I bought, until I pointed out that just one of her fancy designer hand bags cost more than most of my knives all together!!!...... She don't complain any more....
Thanks for watching all this time!
Love SMKW. Been there many times. Great products, great prices.
Thank you!
At the 5:34 mark, dang that guy had 7 knives in his pocket carry.
Seven is about normal around here lol
Awesome video!! Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Thanks Tyler! We had a blast with this one
My dad had a sporting goods/gun shop for 30 years (I worked there off and on in high school and through college) and my brother worked in several big box sporting goods stores for 20 years. I can tell that working at the store and having access to deals and wholesale prices is items, what we bought then is much different than what we buy now that we don’t have access to those deals.
What would be very interesting is to find out what ‘experts’, who pay the same prices for their items that the public pays, carry and use.
Thanks for watching
Currently carrying my Leatherman wave gen 2, crkt Pilar green g 10 and victorinox deluxe tinker. Thanks for the great video.
Very nice carry and thanks for watching
Holy cow that 15:56 knife is for me too. I need it. Im not super huge on classic knives typically but everything about that one is appealing.
We hope to have them soon!
I emptied one of my CR bags and I gave out the last Old Timer stockmans that I had to my Sons. Bought several back in the late 70s along with a few Bucks and Schrades when a local shop closed.
Nice knives to pass along!
This is so fun to watch. I usually carry a Spyderco Endura, a Gerber Truss, a Victorinox SD and a Olight Warrior mini
Nice carry!
It was Nice seeing Jason on Screen Again miss seeing him from Guys Talk knives.
Jason is the mad man that keeps it all together behind the scenes now days!
Nice to see the employee of the month. She’s carrying a tenacious that’s my favorite Spyderco to carry every day.
We love the Tenacious!
That was Great! Kinda like watching a strangely knife obsessed family.. Just like my family at Christmas!
Key word, Strange lol
Been to SMKW number of times. Its a cool place. Bought a few blade's and several items for my firearms. There are so many knives and displays. Amazing what you can see there.
Thanks for stopping in and seeing us Liam!
I love this store so much, haven't been in a few years but were planning a trip to ruby falls and lookout mtn. soon so definitely gonna be stopping in!
Thanks for making us a planned part of your and safe travels!
Good to see Kevin Pipes truckin' after all these years! Right now carrying a Brouse blades Bionic 2.0!!!
Kevin still works all of us under the table!
Great video..! I loved seeing what everybody was carrying - this would be a very good regular “series” of videos. Today I’m carrying a Spyderco Para 3 LW and a Sage 5 LW. I love them both.
That's awesome!
What a fantastic video! The laws about knife carrying are a bit tricky in my country, but I have a Spyderco Byrd Finch with me quite often. My ''home knife'' is the Astute.
Oh you are absolutely awesome and that looks like an incredible place to work!
Work and play all in one!
@@SMKWcom I am a knife junky and looking to move on to a new career... you guys need more people over there?
Good stuff! I’m always carrying one of my Strider SMF’s as my primary and usually a Case or Spyderco….lately it’s been my Emerson Mini CQC7NW though. For my flashlight I alternate between the Olight S2R2 and Fenix PD35. My wallet is the Maxpedition Micro Wallet that I’ve used for years. Pen is the Hinderer Investigator that’s been in my pocket everyday for the last 11 or 12 years now. Also carry an Aroundsquare Knucklebone and a Vox Snailor or two for fidgety stuff lol…..Rexford RUT for work…and SOMETIMES my Leatherman Wave+. Don’t carry it near as much as I should though.
The Snailor is so slept on!
I’ve bought from SMKW & these people are of America’s BEST-Of-The-BEST..!!! KUDOS TO YOU’LL…😁😎⚔️🛡️🇺🇸
Thank you!
Man awesome pocket check vid. As soon as that Raider knife comes out I want that! Today I have my Leatherman sidekick, an Ozark trail fixed blade, an old uncle Henry 124uh USA made I found at an antique store. Also my lumintop tool aa a Bic lighter and my worksharp pocket tool.
Awesome carry!