2025 Louisiana
Knife Show

On behalf of the entire team at the Louisiana Custom Knife Show, we want to extend our heartfelt thanks for your participation and support in this year’s event. Your presence as a valued vendor/sponsor helped make the 2025 show one of our best yet. From outstanding displays of craftsmanship to the support that helped bring everything together behind the scenes, we couldn’t have done it without you.

We hope you had a successful and enjoyable experience—connecting with fellow makers, enthusiasts, collectors, and customers who share a passion for custom blades and fine craftsmanship. The energy and excitement throughout the show were truly inspiring, and it’s clear that the knife-making community continues to grow stronger each year.

We’re already looking ahead to 2026 and hope to see you back with us for another great show. Your continued support is what makes this event special, and we’re committed to making each year even better than the last.

Thank you once again for being part of the 2025 Louisiana Custom Knife Show.

Let’s hear a big ole round of applause for the 2025 Louisiana Knife Show award winners are:

Louisiana Knife Show Challenge - Sam Roddy

Best Stock Removal - Quintin Hardtner

Best Kitchen Knife - Chris Jones

Best Fixed Blade - Quintin Hardtner

Best Folder - Derek Beans

Best of the Rest - Mike Kahil

Best of Show - Quintin Hardtner

Congrats guys, great job and well deserved.

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

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 Nessmuk style of knife shall be chosen, with careful consideration to design and fit and finish as well.