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AWARDS 2024: Judging & Prizes
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
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22nd May 2024
AWARDS 2024: Join us in May!
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
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27th Feb 2024
AWARDS 2023: Summary of Kick-Off stream with Categories, requirements and timeline
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
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3rd May 2023
AWARDS 2023: Kick-off Presentation 3rd May 8 PM
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
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29th Apr 2023
Get Ready for the AWARDS 2023!
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!&
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2nd Mar 2023