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    Seward Outdoor Store

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    PW Knives

    PW Knives

    3.7(3 reviews)
    48.5 mi
    $$

    Been in town for 10 days and tried many times to get into this place as I was on the hunt for…read moresomething uniquely Alaskan. I even called PW on Tuesday, he said he would be open on Friday. NOPE. Leaving town tomorrow (Saturday) morning. I'm still looking for a knife but I'm not sure this guy wants my money. We'll see if he's open tomorrow but I doubt it given the irregular schedule.

    My wife and I were traveling from Anchorage to Homer while visiting from Wilmington NC and passed…read morethis shop on the way. We didn't have time to stop so we planned to stop back on our way back on Sunday. After reviewing his website we learned he was a third generation knife maker and didn't open on Sundays till 1 pm. We knew we would be coming through earlier so we were a little bummed we may miss him. I found Paul's number and sent him a text. He called me immediately and setup a special time for us to stop in on our way back. We were very excited he would do this. On Sunday 1/19 we stopped in about 12:15 pm and greeted us as we walked in. He showed us different knives and showed us around his shop. My wife and I love to cook so we were in the market for kitchen knives. After looking around and explaining what we wanted he said he could make it. He doesn't technically take orders and you don't pay for anything till it's made. He will basically make the type of knives we want when he is in the process of making a batch of knives and he will text me to see if I want any of them. He doesn't take "orders" because he wants to make what he wants then sell them. He doesn't want to be tied to an order book. I ordered 2 knives and will order a third soon. I would like 1 to pass down to my three kids. If your in the area please stop by his shop. You won't t be disappointed!! Or check it his facebook page. He has lots of videos of his knives

    Backcountry Safaris

    Backcountry Safaris

    1.0(2 reviews)
    1.7 mi

    To be clear, I'm reviewing the company not bear glacier and the kayaking. That was breathtaking…read more But the company sucked. And it's funny because the other review on them I just saw complained about the owner and many people in my 20 person group also had issues with him. But the tour which cost $430 per person was lackluster. The owner had terrible customer manners. Good was supposed to be provided, but we got trail mix. The guides were nice but my guide only took us to .5 miles from the glacier and we could barely see the seals which is a total disappointment. The other guide took them within 100' of the glacier and seals were all around. Such a bummer because the day was awesome, but the tour company left me with a bad taste. Definitely go there and kayak, just find a different tour company.

    in June 2012 we travelled in Alaska - kayaking (with Ron) and bear watching (with another company)…read more- our trip was organized in advance by Ron who "runs" www.backcountrysafaris.com My husband and I have extensively travelled (India, Nepal, Africa, Pacific, Australia, NZ, Europe, North and South America) and live abroad since 12 years. We never had to write any review about our traveling that involved trekking, mountain biking, kayaking, rafting organized by local or non local outdoor agencies. Our kayaking experience with Ron at his camp located in Bear Glacier State Park had to be "shared" so people will know what to expect from him: - no sense of welcoming when we met him in Seward - no warning that access to his camp depends on weather condition and TIDES (therefore trip can be cancelled or rescheduled) - camp had just been put together due late snow on camp but tools/gear/equipment was spread everywhere around camp - little respect for the environment: NO portable toilet or form of toilet and put "grass" on fire when he started a charcoal bbq without digging a hole in the ground (assuming that it was humid enough since snow was present until a fe days ago) - Trash left around with black and coastal bears present in the area - cots in Weather ports were not put together (which is fine with us) but he would leave us put them together (since it was complicated :)) and another person had to beg to get his one put together - Unsocial: Ron's subject of conversation were focused on his own life - not even interested about others interests and conversations - Not Respectful of his clients - he made very comments regarding one of the clients just before we jumped on the boat back to Seward - client's space: on last night I had to ask him to speak away from our tent so we would not hear his late ongoing loud satellite conversation(s) - NO form of daily schedule at camp - and when one was vaguely mentioned it was not followed which made us wait or did not know how to organize our time in between waiting or kayaking - Food: Ron looks very unhealthy and cook/prepare unhealthy food - (for 1st breakfast - nothing was available at 9:30am so the 5 of us (1 couple/ 1 single) started to help ourselves which made him unhappy! - 2nd and last breakfast was only ready by 10:00am. Diner by 10:00pm if lucky) - Ron did not give us the impression to have ideas about distances + time related to the speed of kayak boats (single and double) - 2 out 5 persons had specifically asked for single kayaks - but only 1 person had it - the 2nd person had to kayak in a double & in order to get the "missing" single kayak a whole morning had to be spent pulling it from dropping place - since we were running late to paddle around the island where camp is located we carried Ron's single kayak to "help" him as he was busy pulling the single - no appreciation of any sort were expressed from him (not that we help others to get that but you would guess it is part of being an outdoor guide and a human being) - Unorganized: he did not give us details of how we would get to our following activity, Bear watching (not run by him!) - we had to find out that after 1 taxi + 2 shuttles rides, a lunch somewhere + a flight that we would then arrive at bear camp - but until we figured it out we felt unrelaxed. only because we did not trust him anymore after the camp experience we had.

    Seward Outdoor Store - outdoorgear - Updated May 2026

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