What) The Smoky Mountain Knife Works claims to be the World's Largest Knife store and they back up their claim by having over 1.5 million knives in stock. In addition to knives they have a full kitchen department, hundreds of wildlife displays, fossils, custom jewelry, preserves, tin signs and assorted collectibles.
Where) 2320 Winfield Dunn Parkway January 3rd - May 1st Sun - Thurs 9am - 6pm, Fri - Sat 9am - 8pm
Why) I was
fully intending to stop in at the Great Smokies Flea Market but some highway advertisements
convinced me that this place would be even better. 
Here is a flyer that I found in the store. Would you have been tempted into making a stop here?
The store had a
whole wall of tin signs and many of them had some
beautiful and or "interesting" artwork.
...
"interesting" category. For some reason, I seem to be
overly fond of evil looking skull
based art.
Perhaps looking
at it put me in the gift buying mood. This jar of
jam is for my Grandmother and ...
Then I found
this nice green heart for my mother but in
the same section I found ...
... this rock
crystal for me and ...
... this coin for my father. Would you be surprised to learn that Pam was the one who spent her time browsing and purchasing in
the knife section? In fact, after we returned home she wished that she had bought more knives than she did.
