Wow, that stinks!
Where i work we are often sent all over the state, and there is one particular location in far western Virginia that we service that i love going to because it usually requires an overnight stay and happens to be within 30 minutes of Bluefield WV where a very nice knife shop is located.
I've had to cancel out of those trips multiple times and it bums me everytime it happens because i plan my trip around being able to stop into that shop for an hour or two as we don't have anything like that where i live.