2026 Louisiana
Knife Show

That’s a wrap on another incredible show!

A HUGE thank you to all of our vendors and sponsors for your continued support and for helping make this show possible year after year. To everyone who came through the doors—thank you for coming out and supporting these incredibly talented craftsmen and women who keep the tradition of handmade knives alive.

A special shoutout to Byron Meche, Nona Mayes, Daniel Mayes, Heather Jones and Jordan Perkins for all of their help behind the scenes. And to everyone who volunteered their time this weekend, we truly appreciate you! This show takes a lot of people working together, and we couldn’t do it without you.

Most of all, thank you to everyone who helped make the 2026 Louisiana Custom Knife Show one to remember!

Until next year, Cheers!

Let’s hear a big ole round of applause for the 2026 Louisiana Knife Show award winners are:

Louisiana Knife Show Challenge - Sam Roddy

Best Hunter - Josh Hults

Best Kitchen Knife - Curt Zimmerman

Best Bowie/Fighter - Curt Zimmerman

Best Folder - Pete Truncali

Best of the Rest - Jim Provost

Best of Show - Curt Zimmerman

Congrats guys, great job and well deserved.

Thanks to JFrasier photography for the amazing photography. And thanks again to our awesome panel of judges.

2026 Louisiana Knife Show Award Categories are as follows:

Best Hunter - The best hunter shall have a blade of any length or size with or without guards or bolsters and of any steel. 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 Bowie/Fighter Knife - Knife must have a minimum 6" blade. Damascus, San Mai or any other pattern welded material is allowed to be entered but must be made by the maker. Must have a bolster or guard.

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 - Filet Knife - The best filet style of knife shall be chosen, with careful consideration to design and fit and finish as well.