2025 Non-Guild Knifemaking Competition was very successful!
We had multiple quality entries and are very pleased to announce that Nikolai de Nobrega was the deserving winner. Our grateful thanks to all of those that entered and made it a successful event. We look forward to the next competition, which will be in 2027.
The 2025 competition was hosted by the Knifemakers’ Guild of Southern Africa and proudly sponsored by BladeGallery. It showcased exceptional skills, creativity, and craftsmanship among some of the finest knifemakers in the country.
The competition centred around the creation of a Japanese Petty knife, designed by Neels van den Berg.
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