Ok, so I'm North of Denver on business this week and have a few hours to kill before my flight home. My coworker and I decide to drive to Boulder. We heard it was picturesque and needed to grab some lunch anyway.
Just driving around looking for city center. Get into an area that looks interesting, and turn into the first big lot to park and then walk around. Get out of the car, turn around and see:
McGuckin's Hardware: World's biggest hardware selection.
The man-dar hits again! The place was pretty awesome. Like an old time hardware store on Steroids. Could've killed the whole day there. They probably had as much woodworking stuff as Woodcraft (OK, I know that's not setting the bar real high...), plus tons of other tools and all the plumbing, electrical, hardware, etc. you could want. Not real heavy on power tools, but hand tools galore.
Couple of examples: They probably had 200 hammers, including the good stuff, like Vaughan (sp?). You know how you go into the Borg after some heat shrink tubing and they have a little pack of assorted size 6 inch pieces, all black. McGuckin's had probably 15 colors, each in a bunch of sizes and lengths. I saw a bunch of Veritas stuff, Japanese saws, and on and on. The most amazing thing to me, was the number of people working there. It seemed like there must have been a hundred! I'll bet 20 people asked me if they could help me find something in the hour I was able to spend there.
Stop in if you get to Boulder.
Here's the web site, but it doesn't come close to doing the store justice.
Paul F.