2025
AWARD-WINNING KIZLYAR SUPREME KNIVES
Recognised where design meets performance.
From practical field-oriented knives to folding, EDC and kitchen designs, Kizlyar Supreme models have repeatedly earned recognition at specialist exhibitions in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
14DOCUMENTED RESULTS
10RECOGNISED MODELS
2018–2025CONTINUING RECORD
MORE THAN A BADGE
Recognition grounded in specialist assessment.
The awards listed here were presented within the competition programmes of Blade: Traditions and Modernity and Blade on the Neva. Their juries bring together museum, cultural, forensic, practical and industry expertise.
Depending on the category, knives are assessed for design, execution, materials and aesthetics, or subjected to practical cutting, control, edge-retention and construction tests.
Evidence-led presentation
Every result is supported either by an original diploma or by the exhibition organiser’s signed statement. English certificate translations link directly to their Russian originals.
THE RECORD
Awards across categories and generations.
2025
2024
2024
2022
2021
Special recognition
General X1
Budget Knife That Made It
5th Blade on the Neva
Saint Petersburg
Organizer statement
2021
1st Place
General X1
Utility / Boning Knife
5th Blade on the Neva
Saint Petersburg
Organizer statement
2021
2020
2nd Place
Alexander M
Medium Kitchen Knife
41st Blade: Traditions and Modernity
Moscow
Certificate available
2019
1st Place
Alexander M N690
Medium Kitchen Knife
39th Blade: Traditions and Modernity
Moscow
Organizer statement
2019
3rd Place
Alexander S M390
Short Kitchen Knife
40th Blade: Traditions and Modernity
Moscow
Organizer statement
2019
1st Place
Alexander S
Short Kitchen Knife
Blade on the Neva
Saint Petersburg
Certificate available
2019
2018
1st Place · Experts’ Choice
Shark
Utility / Boning Knife over 150 mm
Blade on the Neva
Saint Petersburg
Certificate available
CERTIFICATE TRANSLATIONS
Five original diplomas, translated for international readers.
41st International Exhibition
BLADE
TRADITIONS AND MODERNITY
DIPLOMA
2nd PLACE
MEDIUM KITCHEN KNIFE
KIZLYAR SUPREMEALEXANDER M
Kitchen Knife Competition · Series Production
Moscow · October 2020
Translation from original document
International Exhibition
BLADE
ON THE NEVA
DIPLOMA
1st PLACE
SHORT KITCHEN KNIFE
KIZLYAR SUPREMEALEXANDER S
Kitchen Knife Competition
Saint Petersburg · May–June 2019
Translation from original document
5th International Exhibition
BLADE
ON THE NEVA
DIPLOMA
WINNER · 1st PLACE
CITY TACTICAL KNIFE
KIZLYAR SUPREMEURBAN
Practical Knife Trials · Series Production · D2 steel
Saint Petersburg · May 2021
Translation from original document
44th International Exhibition
BLADE
TRADITIONS AND MODERNITY
DIPLOMA
1st PLACE
CITY TACTICAL KNIFE
KIZLYAR SUPREMESTURM
Practical Knife Trials · Blade up to 120 mm · Series Production
Moscow · April 2022
Translation from original document
International Exhibition
BLADE
ON THE NEVA
DIPLOMA
1st PLACE · EXPERTS’ CHOICE
UTILITY / BONING KNIFE
KIZLYAR SUPREMESHARK
Practical Knife Trials · Blade over 150 mm
Saint Petersburg · May 2018
Translation from original document
HOW THE KNIVES ARE ASSESSED
Design judgement and practical testing.
Artistic competition entries are assessed for concept, quality of execution, continuity of craft traditions, originality, materials, composition and cultural appropriateness.
Practical trials examine initial sharpness, control, cutting performance, ergonomics, edge behaviour and residual sharpness. Folding knives can also face a separate lock-reliability check.
Paper
Initial and final sharpness, clean cutting and edge retention.
Felt and rope
Cutting control, effort and performance through resilient material.
Pine and hose
Edge stability, handling and controlled cutting under varied loads.
Construction
Ergonomics, assembly quality, strength and folding-lock reliability.
QUESTIONS
Understanding the awards.
Who presents these awards?
The competition programmes are organised within the specialist exhibitions Blade: Traditions and Modernity in Moscow and Blade on the Neva in Saint Petersburg.
Are the knives actually tested?
Practical categories use multi-stage cutting and handling trials. Other competition streams evaluate design, execution, materials and aesthetics through specialist juries.
Why are the certificates shown in English?
The English layouts help international readers understand each diploma. The words “original document” at the foot of every translation open the corresponding Russian diploma.
Do all fourteen results have diploma scans here?
Five distinct original diplomas are currently available. The remaining results are confirmed in a signed statement from the exhibition organiser and will receive translated certificate presentations when their scans are added.
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