This store is the closest thing I know of in Kansa...

This store is the closest thing I know of in Kansas City to the old-fashioned hardware store. TONS of stuff that might only sell once a year (but when you need it, you need it), rather than only things that move fast (like most hardware stores and the big box stores have become). Those who don't like this store because it's "cramped," dark, etc., don't know what it's like to go into a real hardware store. They're lucky one still exists. I drive a long distance just to give them my business (and because they usually have things nobody else has).