Steven Janik
SUPERMOD & AWARDS BOSS
Introducing the 1st Annual Knife Dogs Awards 2010.
Ok, we didn't invent this, but we plan on doing it better than anyone else. That can only be possible with help from all of our members, so we are asking for great participation. We want these to grow into a very prestigious and coveted awards program.
So heres the suggested program. Please review it and load us up with your thoughts. We will leave this open for suggestions for a week and then pare it down and get on with the next phase.
The Category Suggestions:
1. Best Damascus Fixed Blade
2. Best Single Steel Fixed Blade
3. Best Tactical Fixed Blade
4. Best Damascus Folder
5. Best Single Steel Folder
6. Best Tactical Folder
7. Best Art Knife
8. Best Neo Tribal Knife
9. Best Leatherwork
10. Best New Builder
11. Best Educator (hammer-ins, etc)
12. Collectors Award
13. Some Special award, possibly a memorial award named after a past maker for charity work or humanitarianism.
The Nominations:
We will have a pre-determined amount of time after the categories are chosen to nominate knives and makers. You can't nominate yourself and we are going to make all nominations from existing photos already posted on KD from our first day until Dec 31, 2010. I think the makers can refuse a nomination if they feel it's in the wrong category and we won't accept knives that have already won awards on other forums.
Collectors are a huge part of our industry and I feel we would be remiss to exclude them from recognition. Need help here.
The Finals:
After the nomination phase we will take the top three in each category and move onto the final online vote.
We have a budget for about 10 plaques.
We will need help on plaque design also.
Let's get the thoughts pouring in and make this a huge success.
Thanks for your support.
Steve :steve:
Ok, we didn't invent this, but we plan on doing it better than anyone else. That can only be possible with help from all of our members, so we are asking for great participation. We want these to grow into a very prestigious and coveted awards program.
So heres the suggested program. Please review it and load us up with your thoughts. We will leave this open for suggestions for a week and then pare it down and get on with the next phase.
The Category Suggestions:
1. Best Damascus Fixed Blade
2. Best Single Steel Fixed Blade
3. Best Tactical Fixed Blade
4. Best Damascus Folder
5. Best Single Steel Folder
6. Best Tactical Folder
7. Best Art Knife
8. Best Neo Tribal Knife
9. Best Leatherwork
10. Best New Builder
11. Best Educator (hammer-ins, etc)
12. Collectors Award
13. Some Special award, possibly a memorial award named after a past maker for charity work or humanitarianism.
The Nominations:
We will have a pre-determined amount of time after the categories are chosen to nominate knives and makers. You can't nominate yourself and we are going to make all nominations from existing photos already posted on KD from our first day until Dec 31, 2010. I think the makers can refuse a nomination if they feel it's in the wrong category and we won't accept knives that have already won awards on other forums.
Collectors are a huge part of our industry and I feel we would be remiss to exclude them from recognition. Need help here.
The Finals:
After the nomination phase we will take the top three in each category and move onto the final online vote.
We have a budget for about 10 plaques.
We will need help on plaque design also.
Let's get the thoughts pouring in and make this a huge success.
Thanks for your support.
Steve :steve:
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