# Swiss Army Knife store closes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880 "2017-04-20T22:18:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/1 "2017-04-20T22:18:44Z")
☹ Not really pit-able, just sad. It was an official Victorinox outlet at the Mall of America here in the Twin Cities Minnesota. Now if I want to buy accessories for my pocket knives I’ll have to order off the web site and pay big shipping fees. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/2 "2017-04-20T22:46:18Z")
Tragic. No touchy, feely before buying. I likes Victorinox. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/3 "2017-04-20T22:49:06Z")
Yet another victim of the disappearing American middle class. Will the Scotch™ Tape Store be next? ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/4 "2017-04-20T23:00:03Z")
This was the beginning of the end of retail and malls as we’ve known them. . . [http://www.theonion.com/article/mall-of-central-america-looted-on-opening-day-17](http://www.theonion.com/article/mall-of-central-america-looted-on-opening-day-17) It was prescient. I think Jeff Bezos read it and knew he was on to a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/5 "2017-04-20T23:06:05Z")
Can’t you buy them at general-purpose stores like K-mart? That’s where I got mine lo, these many years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/6 "2017-04-20T23:27:10Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > ☹ Not really pit-able, just sad. It was an official Victorinox outlet at the Mall of America here in the Twin Cities Minnesota. Now if I want to buy accessories for my pocket knives I’ll have to order off the web site and pay big shipping fees. They folded. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/7 "2017-04-20T23:33:36Z")
> [@penfeather](#): > > they folded. goddammit!!! ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/8 "2017-04-20T23:57:30Z")
REI sells spare parts for Swiss army knives. I’ve replaced lost tweezers more than once. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/9 "2017-04-21T02:05:50Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Can’t you buy them at general-purpose stores like K-mart? That’s where I got mine lo, these many years ago. You can buy the knives, but all the little doodads are hard to get anywhere else > [@Twoflower](#): > > REI sells spare parts for Swiss army knives. I’ve replaced lost tweezers more than once. Thank you!! I’ll check them out. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/10 "2017-04-21T02:32:13Z")
> [@Twoflower](#): > > REI sells spare parts for Swiss army knives. I’ve replaced lost tweezers more than once. Spare parts I can understand; I’ve had a Swiss Army knife with both tweezers and a plastic toothpick (full disclosure: both of which I lost, before losing the knife). But wtf are SWK _accessories_? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/11 "2017-04-21T02:33:45Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > They folded. Just like the origami business. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/12 "2017-04-21T02:55:47Z")
Was that the one next to the dive shop that went under? ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/13 "2017-04-21T19:35:33Z")
When all the food at the food court was freeze dried that was a sign that mall traffic was down. Then Santa started to only appear on leap years. The parking lot became a used car lot. Sad! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/14 "2017-04-21T19:55:22Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Was that the one next to the dive shop that went under? It was near the elevator, which had its ups and downs. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/15 "2017-04-21T22:23:25Z")
Moved to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/16 "2017-04-21T22:26:57Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > They folded. Niche retailers are always balancing on a razor edge. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/17 "2017-04-21T23:29:44Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > But wtf are SWK _accessories_? They also sell cheapo watches with their brand on it for a high markup. [Luggage, shirts, and fragrances too.](https://www.swissarmy.com/us/en/Products/cms/products) Your lady will just love getting a small bottle of Victorinox Swiss Army For Her Eau Florale. So yes, for people with a loyalty to a damn \*brand \*of all things, this is indeed a tragedy. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/18 "2017-04-22T02:08:05Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Spare parts I can understand; I’ve had a Swiss Army knife with both tweezers and a plastic toothpick (full disclosure: both of which I lost, before losing the knife). > > But wtf are SWK _accessories_? An eyeglass-screw sized screwdriver that fits into the corkscrew! ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/19 "2017-04-22T12:04:52Z")
I buy replacement packs of differently sized Victorinox toothpicks from Amazon on a regular basis. If you’re a Prime member, shipping is fast and free. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880/20 "2017-04-23T03:23:33Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > They folded. > [@digs](#): > > Was that the one next to the dive shop that went under? Yeah, and across the way from that clinic that specialized in treating rectal prolapse. They closed when the bottom fell out. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swiss-army-knife-store-closes/784880.md?page=2)