T. EDWARD NICKENS

An expert sportsman, author of , frequent contributor, and a ten-time Outdoors judge, T. Edward Nickens was on the hunt for two things: a product as handcrafted as possible, with “a story rooted in the Southern experience.” This year, he says, the “melting pot of the contemporary South was evident” in the breadth of entries, from a Hawaii-influenced knife to this grill inspired by Argentinean cooking.