2025 Louisiana
Knife Show

                                                    2025 Louisiana Knife Show Award Categories are as follows:

Best Fixed Blade - The best fixed blade knife of any length or size with or without guards or bolsters and of any steel shall be chosen given the voting criteria. Changer blade knives or folders are not allowed to be entered in this category. Damascus and engraving or embellishments are not required to be done by the maker.

Best Folder - The best folding knife of any design may be entered. Examples include: slip joints, friction folders, liner locks, lock backs, etc. The knife with precision lockup, overall fit, and overall quality shall be chosen. Attention shall be paid to springs lying flat on all appropriate positions and tight lock up. Damascus and engraving or embellishments are not required to be done by the maker.

Best Kitchen Knife - Any knife design suited for use in the kitchen may be entered. Cleavers, pizza cutters, fillet knives, boning knives, paring knives, bread knives, etc. The best knife for the given application shall be chosen.

Best Stock Removal Knife - Knives that are non-forged mono-steel are to be entered. No Damascus or San Mai or any other pattern welded material is allowed to be entered. Any style of knife and length of any type may be entered excluding swords.

Best of the Rest - This category is for any items that are knives of some type that are different than normal. Swords, tomahawks, axes, spears, etc. may be entered. The entered item must have a cutting edge of some sort. If a knife entered would be reasonably be expected to go into a normal category, should not be placed in this category.

Best of Show - The best overall knife of all the categories entered is chosen. This category will be chosen from all the winners of the categories by whichever knife has the highest number of graded points.

Louisiana Knife Show Challenge Knife - This Category is open to NON TABLE HOLDERS as well as table holders. The best knife (style of knife to be determined soon) shall be chosen, with careful consideration to design and fit and finish as well.