A knife shop is a great business venture that you may want to start today. This cutting tool remains to be high in demand and your business can become the leading supplier for many different stores in different industries someday. But before that can happen, you need to realize the most important factors that you should take into consideration to successfully run this kind of business.

In opening a store selling knives, there are some important things you need to take into account. These include the following:

Create a Business Plan

You can never run a knife selling business properly when you do not have a business plan. If you plan to start a knife shop today, you focus first in creating your business plan. When it comes to financing your business, this will assist you and even when you are lucky to have money to set up a business, a business plan would help you a lot when it comes to your business approach. It would increase the chances of your business to succeed. In creating a business plan, the following should be included:

An executive summary about your knife shop. It should be written last after you are done with the ground work in writing a business plan. It is intended to sum up everything your business plan talks about.
Your objectives. While the executive summary of your business plan includes a breakdown of the initial 3 years, your objectives must also be set for the first three years of business operation.
Your mission. There are many people who start up a knife store view both the mission and objectives of their business plan as they are the same things. Keep in mind that the objectives you have are designed to help you in meeting your mission. In reaching a fundamental mission, you will need different smaller missions to complete such as attracting a specific turnover, reaching a specific number of customers, to sell a particular number of units of the product you offer. Your objectives will be there to meet the mission of your business.

If you start selling 100 knives a year (approx $10,000), and are making an income from the sales, then you should become a business. The annual business license is where the cities/counties get their part from your sales, and it is usually based on a rate per $100 of gross income. People in California can carry folding knives (other than switchblades) concealed on their person and freely in the open. Folding knives include pocketknives, box cutters, and other “utility” knives. Certain knives are completely illegal to possess, manufacture, sell, and import in California. Examples of these types of knives include.

Finding Reputable Suppliers of Your Products

A knife sharpening business is a great way to make money while doing something you love. You don’t even need to have a high profile location to open up your business because people will come to you when their knives grow dull and useless.
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Are you thinking of selling knives in different brands? What you need to do is to start looking for reputable suppliers online. You have to decide whether you want to work with local or international suppliers out there. Typically, it is best to deal with a local supplier so that you can easily get in touch with them if you have any concerns. Also, there are so many things that you can use to start looking for the best suppliers of high quality knives for your knife store. You can use the directories to easily find them or you can also use the internet to visit directly their websites and to gather more important information. It is not right to deal with the first company you met online. You should at least choose five different companies and compare them in terms of pricing, their credibility, their products, etc.

Know Your Products Very Well

There are many types of knives that your knife shop may start selling someday. There are knives that are mainly designed for cooking and other industrial applications. If you are thinking of being a seller of knives for commercial and residential cooking then all your products should be all forms of knives used in the kitchen. This should be one of your top priorities and you have to think about it first before you start finding suppliers online. You need to be specific.

Get Ready to Secure Permits and Licenses

Your knife shop has to be legal. In this case, you get ready to secure all the important licenses and permits you need. You should never start selling your products unless you have all the licenses and permits needed. These papers are needed to be regularly updated. These business documents are mostly needed to be renewed every year. You need to find out more about getting your store licensed today.

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I am especially drawn to the bottom pic, Schrade 15OT and what appears to be 2 Western Cutlery fixed blades, my favorites.

If you could provide closer pics of the tangs from knives in question, I may be of some help.

Permalink Reply by Bruce McLain on October 15, 2014 at 16:14

Thanks Brad

Attached a picture of tang stamp on soligen knife,The other side is stamped 13918 Soligen,Germany

Also close up of scandi knifes signed blood groove and stamp on handle

Yes that is a Schrade 150 (My Dads hunting knife my Grandfather bought with my Dads money cause he was tired of loaning his to my Dad ) The knife to the left is also a Schrade #148 the forerunner to the Old Timer line and the furthest to the right is a Kinships Y330

Y330

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by John McCain on October 15, 2014 at 16:15

Bruce, a few answers--

1- The fist holding 3 arrows is not a makers mark, it is an importers mark-.
Owned by Precise International Corporation of Suffern NY. That mark was used 1954-1966. Knives with this mark were made by Schlieper; also by Voos, Linder, and other mfrs in Solingen, Germany.

2-Your other knife is a Iisaaki Jarvenpaa Oy- The oldest knife company in Finland-- Still in business, and have been since 1898. These are tough to date, because they never used any type of date code.If you can provide some good individual pictures of the knives you have questions about, I will try to help you narrow the dates down if I can-- The Finnish knives from this Mfg. sometimes have subtle differences that help date it-- I know, cuz I have a horsehead puuko knife from the same Mfg. I found there were minor differences in the horsehead that helped date it-- Same may be true with yours--- I'll have to brush up on my Finnish in the meantime--LOL

Permalink Reply by Bruce McLain on October 15, 2014 at 16:23

Thanks John

As all ways a wealth of knowledge. .

I am starting to really like these Scandi knives

The other knife by same maker is a knife that fits well to the hand and has a deadly edge

I posted more pics of the older knife

Thanks again for the info

In MemoriamPermalink Reply by John McCain on October 15, 2014 at 18:56

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