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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 …

In July we ran the Off-cuts challenge on the Australian Beginner Knife Making Group on facebook.Here are the winners and a couple of the knives entered!Challenge rules: make a handle from off-cutsaim to use at least two piecesno piece more than 50% or so of the handlebonus points for complexityyou do not need to make the blade, this is a handle-making competiton The challenge was held on the facebook group only, with 3 winners each receiving $100 on Nordic Edge.The scoring was done by the group …

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 2022: CATEGORIESThe Awards 2022 is about completing a knife between May 1st and May 29th and entering online in the free competition. Every week there is a live stream on the Nordic Edge Facebook page, as well as on the Australian Beginner Knifemaking Group. The below is the summary from the stream detailing the categories and requirements for each.Wednesday 4th of May at 8 PM was the live stream covering the categories of the 2022 Awards; Best Knife From KitBest …