Rietveld Knives

Brooklyn Knife Show (Pretoria) Awards

2021 Best overall knife on show
2021 Best Art Fixed Blade
2021 Best Dagger
2021 Best Bird and Trout
2022 Best Dagger
2022 Best Art Fixed Blade
2022 Best Knife on show
2023 Best Dagger
2023 Best Art Fixed Blade

International Awards

2000 WW Cronk - Knifemakers Guild Show - New Orleans
2001 Best of Show - Las Vegas Classic Knife Show
2002 Best Dagger - Las Vegas Classic Knife Show
2004 WW Cronk - Knifemakers Guild Show - Orlando
2004 Best Overall Knife - Knifemakers Guild Show - Orlando
2005 Most Innovative Knife - Knifemakers Guild Show - Orlando
(for Bertie-lock bolster tilt mechanism on Sahara Folder)
2016 Best Art Knife - Blade show - Atlanta USA
2023 Best knife on show. (chosen by the exhibitors) Solvang, California
2023 Buster Warenski peoples choice award for best body of work
at the Art Knife Invitational

Knifemakers Guild
Of Southern Africa Awards

2001 Points of Interest

2002 Best Bird & Trout
2002 Points of Interest

2003 Best Overall Knifemaker
2003 Best Fighting Knife
2003 Finest Own Damascus

2004 Best Art Fixed Blade
2004 Best Dagger
2004 Best Overall Knifemaker

2005 Best Art Folder
2005 Best Art Fixed Blade
2005 Best Knife on Show
2005 Best Overall Knifemaker

2006 Best Knife Set
2006 Best Art Fixed Blade
2006 Finest Own Damascus
2006 Best Overall Knifemaker
2006 Best Knife on Show

2007 Best Knife on Show (3 years in a row)
2007 Best Overall Knifemaker (5 years in a row)
2007 Best Art Folder
2007 Best Art Fixed Blade
2007 Best Bird & Trout

2008 Best Art Folder

2008 Best Art Fixed Blade
2008 Best Bird and Trout
2008 Best Dagger
2008 Finest Own Damascus

2009 Best Art Fixed Blade
2009 Best Bird and Trout
2009 Finest Own Damascus

2010 Best Dagger
2010 Best Bird and Trout

2011 Best Dagger
2011 Best Bird and Trout
2011 Finest Own Damascus

2012 Best Art Fixed Blade
2012 Best Bird and Trout (6 years in a row)
2012 Best Dagger
2012 Best Sets
2012 Finest Own Damascus
2012 Best Knife on Show
2012 Best Overall Maker

2013 Best Dagger

2014 Best Bird and Trout knife
2014 Best Dagger
2014 Best Art Fixed Blade
2014 Best Knife on Show
2014 Best Overall Knifemaker

2015 Best Bird and Trout knife
2015 Best Dagger
2015 Best Sword
2015 Best Knife on Show
2015 Best Overall Knifemaker

2016 Best Bird and Trout knife
2016 Best Dagger

2017 Best Bird and Trout knife

2018 Chairmans Award

2019 Did not enter, was a judge

2020 Did not show (Covid)
2021 Did not show (Covid)

2022 Best Bird and Trout
2022 Best Dagger
2022 Best Art Fixed Blade
2022 Best Overall Maker

2023 Best Bird and Trout
2023 Best Art Fixed Blade
2023 Best Overall Maker
2023 Best Dagger
2023 Best Art Fixed Blade