The 2018 Custom Knife Awards were handed out on Saturday, June 2, at the BLADE Show in Atlanta. Here are the winners. Congratulations to all!! More than half won by ABS members.

Best Fixed and Best in Show: Anders Hogstrom

Best Sword: Matthew Parkinson ABS MEMBER

Best Damascus: Jimmy Chin - ABS MEMBER

Best New Maker: Ed Cope

Best Art Knife: Jean Louis Regent - ABS MEMBER

Best Knife Collaboration: Ben Breda & Ben Seward - ABS MEMBERS

Best Folder: Gusatvo Cecchini

Best Utility Hunter: Haley Desrosiers - ABS MEMBER

Most Innovative Design: Corrado Miro

Best Fighter: Josh Fisher - ABS MEMBER

Best Handle Design: Steve Rapp - ABS MEMBER

Best Bowie: Jean Louis Regel - ABS MEMBER

Best of the Rest: Thomas Ward - ABS MEMBER

Best Miniature: Toshiaki Michinaka

Best Tactical Folder: Svarn II by Cultrotech