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Australian Knife Making Awards 2024 Live Stream summary slidesWed 22nd May 2024 at 8 PM AEST, your hosts Riley Burns (Nordic Edge) and Kevin Room (Australian Knifemakers Guild) had guest Jackson Rumble, Master Smith on the live stream.Link to live stream recording on Youtube: LINKTopics covered The 6 judging criteria your knife will be scored onThe scoring matrix 0-8The judging commentsJudging knives only by photos - limitationsCoaching - how to benefit from the judging commentsReachin …

Australian Knife Making Awards 2024: Join us!Beginner-friendly knife making competition Held each year in MayFree to enterGet feedback on your knife - become a better makerLive streams with more detail + Q&A + GIVEAWAYSPrizes and trophies to be wonWhen is the AWARDS held?The AWARDS are held in May each year. The knife can be started any time but has to be completed in the month of May. Beginner-friendly?This is for all makers wanting to take part.The Best Knife From Kit catego …

The Australian Knife Making Awards or AWARDS for short is a free to enter, online knife making competition held each year in May by Nordic Edge for the Australian and New Zealand knifemaking community.Each maker gets feedback on their knife to help up their knife making, as well as the opportunity to win trophies and prizes.We are very lucky to partner with the Australian Knifemakers Guild for scoring and judging the knives, so you will get quality feedback from very experienced makers here.Host …

The Australian Knife Making Awards is a free, online knife making competition organised by Nordic Edge in May every year.The judging is done by the Australian Knifemakers Guild, each maker taking part gets feedback on their knife.This year it all kicks off with the Kick-off presentation on Wed 3rd of May at 8 PM:what are the AWARDS?What are the new updated Category criteria?What is the timeline for entry, live streams and winner announcements?GIVEAWAY - win prizes by answering the quiz on the li …

Heads-up for the Australian Knife Making Awards 2023 coming in May:Enter a knife in one of 5 categoriesFree to enterPrizes and Trophies to be wonGet feedback on your workThere will be categories for both beginners and advanced makers.Here are a couple of highligts from last year to get you thinking about what to enter:Best Knife From Kit: Use a ready-made blade, design your own handle. Scored on fit and finish, material suitability and flow of blade and handle.Best In Show: Awe the judges!& …

Here are the summary slides from the live stream Wed 11th of May 2022: Prizes per top 15 spotsTrophies for the Australian Knife Making Awards 2022Clarification of what type of knives to enterHosts were Jamie Bishop and Riley Burns, with guest Jerarmie "Jezz" Heywood from Oblivion Blades. …

Australian Knife Making Awards 2021 - recap from 2020In May 20201 the biggest online knife making competition in Australia is happening again!Full details will be posted on the Australian Beginner Knifemaking Group: LINKStart planning for taking part, this year will be bigger than ever! In short, the knife has to be completed within the month of May, and submitted online the last weekend of May 2021.Here is a quick look back at how it went in 2020 and some of the knives that were enter …

* Australian Beginner Knife Making Group is running the Knife Making Awards 2020 competition online only between May 20th and May 30th 2020 for makers in Australia and New Zealand.  The below is a summary of the prizes only, for full details join the group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ABKMG Trophies: Custom made trophies to Top 3 in all categories.Prizes: Top 3 in all categoriesBest Knife From Kit: $200 Gift Certificate from Creative ManUncle Bjorn's Handle FinishNTBOBFW Set …