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February 2025 by Tommy Wonder
I bought an amazing set of Messermeister knives for my kitchen. Custom wood handles and incredibly beautiful. Even bought a pocket knife on the way out, best set of knives I didn’t know existed! Great selection, Thanks Alex for being such a great help, lovely store, love my purchase.
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December 2024 by Bobby Kane
Great selection of knives, friendly and knowledgeable staff, and fair prices. Quinn Knives is a hidden gem, tucked in the back of this little shopping center in downtown Julian.
I came in looking for a utility, camping, hiking, fixed blade knife and left with a beautiful 4 1/2” Madewell knife with an ironwood handle and sheath. I couldn’t help myself because Alex was such a nice guy and the shop was so great so I bought a quality pizza cutter too.
I’m already excited to head back to QK for the next knife in my collection in the future.
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April 2024 by Jessica tellez
Thank you for your help in choosing my very first knife. I’m very happy with it and can not wait to use it for my hiking/foraging and for work. If you're active duty military I recommend you come here for great pricing and selection.
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April 2024 by Ian Davenport
Was visiting the town of Julian the other day and Quinn Knives caught my eye from across the street. Stopped in and had great conversation with the owner and ended up purchasing a new Benchmade EDC. I highly recommend visiting this store if you’re anywhere near Julian and checking out their growing collection.
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January 2024 by Bret Bradford
Great selection of high quality blades. The owner Alex is very knowledgeable about all of the pieces in his store. Was able to pick up a hard to find monoblock crow folder by HFB. Alex is friendly and accommodating too. Worth the drive out to Julian if you’re looking for a great knife, you never know what you’ll find.
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November 2023 by Nate Bailey
We have purchased two very nice knives over the years from here. We live 2,500 miles away so we don't get there very often but definitely a must stop for us when we do get to Julian.
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August 2023 by Danny Freeman
Great selection and knowledge here with these guys, and lots of local and US made products. I have always been a knife enthusiast but Alex the new owner has a passion for everything he does and it shows. Probably 50 miles from my home but this will be my spot from here on out. Thanks Quinn Knives Crew!
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August 2023 by Danielle Nunez
I love the owners here. Very friendly, helped my husband and I learn the difference in blades, handling and sharpeners, great stock. Owner has many locally made blades, I highly recommend going in and getting the experience we did.
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June 2023 by Samantha Diaz
Came in with my husband who is knife enthusiasts, was NOT greeted or even spoken to once. The man behind the counter greeted EVERYONE else who entered and asked how they were, we were not even looked at. My husband was looking around and ignored as was I. Walking out we were told have a great day. I know it's a small town/community but the feeling that your not welcome is huge! So sad to see.
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June 2023 by Jordan Tolentino
Great people. Collection on knives is second to none. Favorite spot in Julian
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June 2023 by Jake Lyman
I stopped in this store as I just saw "Knife Store" down a back alley. I wasn't prepared to be impressed as it is a tourist spot and expected to be greeted by nothing but cheap tourist knives. I cannot tell you how wrong my initial thoughts were. I was greeted by an amazing selection of top tier brands accompanied by the knowledge on these brands. The man behind the counter and I had about a 15 minute conversation (I usually only shop for 5 minutes tops) and I was pleasantly surprised with his passion and knowledge on the steel types, brands and just general knowledge on the products. I collect knives as a hobby at this point but if I were to still be using them for field work, I cannot recommend this store more. He had everything from the sturdy Bugout by Benchmade, to the OTF by SOG and everything in-between. I am not native to California and have been looking for a knife shop with good steel and fair prices, I found that in Quinn Knives.
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April 2023 by Gary Giffin
Love going up to Julian to eat apple pie and walk the town. Was surprised to find such a great selection of knives here. Before you know it I had Civivi, Kershaw, Spyderco and other local Brands on the table. Found a really great CIVIVI Tanto style knive picked out and bought it. Can’t do that on the internet or Amazon. This is the place to go so you can see what your buying!
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December 2022 by Evanpa alexander
I went in to get help about a stripped bolt on my Benchmade 940 and was greeted with exceptional customer service, I got exactly what I needed and even walked out with a new Benchmade bug out which I am extremely happy with. 10/10 customer service and product selection.
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October 2022 by Teresa R.
My boyfriend and I popped in to check out this knife store. We are not knife experts by any means but the man that was there was so friendly we stayed and chatted with him for a long time. He seems extremely knowledgeable about knives and one day I hope to return to buy one for my boyfriend using his expertise! Thank you for making our trip to Julian so very memorable with your friendliness!
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October 2022 by Michael G.
We used to come here under the original owners for many years and we had a degree of trepidation visiting for the 1st time since Covid. As we came in we were greated by the owners father, Sydney I believe, and he was a delight. My wife had a great time chatting with him and he was happy to take out whatever we wanted to look at. Many of the same knives were there and some new models as well. My wife ended walking out with a custom knife. We will be back again soon.
