Hawthorne Cutlery

Great environment, very friendly staff, and a wonderful selection of knives, swords, and all sorts of bladed tools and decorative pieces. If you are a collector, this is the best shop to visit in Portland, possibly the entire PNW.

Decent prices and the owner is more than happy to answer any questions. Very knowledgeable in the history of many of the items there.

Place is constantly locked and you need to get buzzed in, I frequently pass the store and would love to stop in and browse but since you need to wait for someone to unlock the door it’s very unappealing and unwelcoming.

My son and I were looking for chefs knives and I was looking to invest in a good parring knife too.

Dale (the owner), took his time explaining the differences between blade styles, functionality, and manufacturing. He didn’t rush us, try to upsell us, or talk us into buying something we didn’t need.

I ended up purchasing two Knives. The Apogee 8.5” Dragonfire chefs knife, and the Apogee Dragon classic 3.5” parring knife.

My son wanted to look at some Japanese knives and Dave was very supportive, letting him know it was important to try a variety of knives.

I loved the sign out in front of his store. Dale has a witty sense of humor and friendly. He is the type of person you just know is trustworthy when talking to him. He made the whole process very enjoyable.

I plan on returning to make some additional purchases.

I haven't been to this great store for a little over two (2) years now, thanks to COVID-19 curtailing my trips out to Portland, OR to visit family over Christmas. Thankfully, both the store and the owner were just as I remembered them to be. The amount and diversity of the inventory here is outstanding. It's like a museum where you get to purchase the exhibits! The owner is awesome, so knowledgeable and very patient with me as I gawked at all of the great knives for sale. I ended up purchasing four (4) knives and I am, once again, very pleased with my experience. I highly recommend this shop to anyone who likes knives as the inventory and the service are outstanding!

Came here because it was recommended as I had 2 classic Cutco knives I needed sharpened, but I shouldn’t have bothered. Weird anti-social hand written signs posted all over the entrance and the interior and front display windows looked like a dusty used flea market. Wanted to support local, but couldn’t take them seriously.

None of this would have bothered me if they had any actual customer service. They’ve locked the door to only allow one customer at a time (COVID protocol?) and then let you stand and wait without communication. Of course it’s sprinkling. Waited in the cold as the owner was the only one to address me and simply said it would be a couple of minutes as they were helping the one person allowed inside. Afterwards he just walked out leaving only one employee working. As I waited another woman walked up and tried asking questions and the employee half answered her questions through the locked gate to which she just gave up explaining what she needed and chose to wait. When he finally came to the door he ignored that I was there first as he had already seen me waiting but instead addressed then allowed the other woman to go first. He told me I had to wait even longer for a knife sharpening with no further details as to why. Beyond disappointed as I was planning on buying more kitchen knives based on what I heard about them. I told him never mind, that I was leaving and gave my business to someone else.

I forgot what a pleasure it is to use a sharpened knife - thanks Hawthorne Cutlery! 5 minutes and minimal cash later, all my dull knives were sharp and I even got some entertaining banter for free.

A wonderful place to go and visit, they have a nice selection of current and antique knives and swords, whatever you come in looking for I'm sure you'll find especially if it's blade related!

Best cutlery around. Amazing collection of REAL ANCIENT KATANA! Samurai cool stuff. Wooden practice weapons of many kinds. Pepper spray and zappers. Throwing knives, pocket knives and kitchen knives.

My #1 neighborhood cutlery shop.
The owner Dave is very knowledgeable on all things cutlery. If you need anything sharpened or looking for a locally made pocket knife or military sword or just need a quality set of knives for the kitchen go to Hawthorne Cutlery.