Distinguished Service Awards: Sally Gauvin Cassidy and Dan Cassidy
Margaret Moran Silver Slipper Award: not awarded this year
W.F. Moran Award: Kyle Royer
B.R. Hughes Award: Rodrigo Sfreddo
George Peck Award: Kyle Royer
Antique Bowie Knife Association Awards: Mastersmith- Doug Noren and Journeyman Smith- Jerry Van Eizenga
ABS Master Smith Knife of the Year: Steve Culver
ABS Master Folder of the Year: not awarded this year
ABS Journeyman Smith Knife of the Year: J. Neilson
Order of the Mystic Brotherhood Knife of the Year: Billy Bob Sowell
Masters Collaboration Knife: Shawn Mc Intyre and sheath by Russ Andrews
Scott Taylor Scholarship Knife: not awarded this year
Chairman Awards: Dr. James Batson, J.R. Cook, Thelma Gaston, Dickie Robinson, and Jean-Paul Theriault
American Bladesmith Society Awards History
Honorary Lifetime Achievement Awards
Awarded to these Gentleman, who demonstrated their foresight in forming and guiding the American Bladesmith Society
2001 W. F. "Bill" Moran, Jr.
2002 Billy Ray Hughes
W.F. "Bill" Moran, Jr Award
For Knife of the Year
1988 James Crowell
1989 Charles Ochs III
1990 Jerry Fisk
1991 Alfred Pendray
1992 Hugh Bartrug
1993 Joe Flournoy
1994 Keith Batts
1995 Jerry Fisk
1996 Dan Peterson
1997 Tim Hancock
1998 Harvey Dean
1999 Red St. Cyr
2000 Wade Coulter
2001 Mark Sentz
2002 No Award
2003 Ron Newton
2004 Ken Durham
2005 James Rodebaugh
2006 No Award
2007 John White
2008 Jason Knight
Don Hastings Award
The ABS's most prestigious award which is given to an individual who has performed outstanding services in behalf of the forged blade in the tradition of the gentle founder, Don Hastings
1986 Paul E. Burke, Jr.
1987 Margaret Moran
1988 Billy Ray Hughes
1989 C. Houston Price, J. Bruce Voyles, and Ken Warner
1990 W. F. "Bill" Moran, Jr. and Judge James Pilkinston
1991 Dr. Robert Johnson
1992 Hanford Miller
1993 Dr. Carl Nelson and Jeffrey Harris
1994 Al Williams
1995 E. Jay Hendrickson
1996 Jim Phillips
1997 James Powell
1998 David Etchieson
1999 Jerry Fisk
2000 Joe Drouin
2001 Steve Shackleford
2002 Dr. James Batson
2003 Johnny Perry
2004 Don Fogg
2005 Al Lawrence and Greg Neely
2006 Nancy Hendrickson
2007 Arthur and Julia Britton
2008 not awarded this year
William Wales Scagel Award
Awarded to a Bladesmith for longtime service to promote the forged blade
1998 Alfred Pendray
1999 Steve Schwarzer and Jerry Fisk
2000 Don Fogg
2001 W. F. "Bill" Moran, Jr.
2002 No Award given
2003 Dr. James Batson
2004 E. Jay Hendrickson
2005 Mike Williams
2006 Red St. Cyr
2007 Joe Keeslar and Don Hethcoat
2008 not awarded this year
Margaret Moran Silver Slipper Award
Awarded to a lady of the ABS for outstanding and memorable service to the American Bladesmith Society
2001 Margaret Moran
2002 Carolyn Hughes
2003 Nancy Hendrickson
2004 Jo Anne Perry
2005 Lora Sue Bethke
2006 No Award given
2007 Anne Walker
2008 Suzanne Keeslar
B.R. Hughes Award
For the best knife submitted by a Master Smith Candidate
1995 Roger Massey
1996 Ed Halligan
1997 Don Fogg
1998 J.D. Smith
1999 Wade Coulter
2000 Ron Newton
2001 Bailey Bradshaw
2002 Tim Foster
2003 Kevin Harvey
2004 Ken Durham
2005 John Perry
2006 Jon Christensen
2007 Jason Knight
2008 Shawn McIntyre
George Peck Award
For the best knife submitted by a Journeyman Smith Candidate
1994 Christopher Deringer
1995 Ken Trisler
1996 Jim Jackson
1997 Wade Coulter
1998 Ron Newton
1999 Bailey Bradshaw
2000 Bill Herndon
2001 James Rodebaugh
2002 Russ Andrews
2003 Jon Christensen
2004 John White
2005 Tommy Gann
2006 Rodrigo Sfreddo
2007 Nick Wheeler
2008 Fuad Accawi
Antique Bowie Knife Association Awards
For the Master Smith and Journeyman Smith Knife that is the finest representation of a 19th Century Bowie Knife