Saturday 5 September 2026 · Anna Bay NSW

Opening Day

Over $10,000 In giveaways

The new workshop is open and everyone's welcome. Free entry, free feed off the smoker, 4x4 show, butchering demo, and the showroom open with 10% off everything. RSVP and you're in the draw.

RSVP Free See What's On

Free to come · Drawn 12:30pm · RSVP to enter

Iron Gate Knives Opening Day, Saturday 5 September 2026, 10am to 2pm at Anna Bay NSW. Over $10,000 in prizes including a Traeger pellet grill and a Yeti cooler. Free entry and free feed.

10am – 2pm · 4236 Nelson Bay Road, Anna Bay

Free entry Free feed 10am to 2pm Kids and dogs welcome Parking on site

Over $10,000 in prizes

What You Could
Walk Away With

Some of the best brands going have thrown in for opening day. One draw, one winner per prize, and this one runs online as well. You don't have to be here to win these three, your RSVP is enough.

Prize 1 Traeger

Pro 575 Pellet Grill

The full size grill, not a tabletop. 575 square inches, WiFi on board. Set it up and start smoking that weekend.

Prize 2 Yeti

45 Litre Hard Cooler

The one that actually holds ice for a week. Rotomoulded, bear proof, built to be thrown in the ute.

Prize 3 Iron Gate Knives

Chef Set and Chopping Board

Three Damascus kitchen blades and a solid Iron Gate board, engraved with whatever you want on them.

Drawn live at 12:30pm and online, so these three you can win from home. You just have to have RSVP'd. The rest is different. Lucky door prizes go out all day, along with a few one of a kind custom knives built for this and nothing else, and those only go to people standing in the room.

Four hours, plenty in them

What's On

Doors at 10, gone by 2. Wander in and out of whatever you like, it's all free.

Showroom Open

Every knife on the bench, and 10% off everything for the day. First crack at the Opening Day knife.

4x4 Show

Park it up and show it off. Judging runs through the morning, awards handed out at 12:30.

Free Feed

Giant smoker going all day. Brisket, corn and burgers on us. Come hungry.

Butchering Demo

Watch a deer or two broken down properly, start to finish. Runs 11:30 to 1pm.

The Iron Gate Knives team at the benches in the Anna Bay workshop

The reason we're doing this

Come and see
where they're made.

Every knife we sell is made by hand by five blokes in Anna Bay. For three years that's happened behind a roller door most of you have never been through. This is the day it opens. Same benches, same grinders, same blokes, and you can stand there and watch it happen.

A one-off Iron Gate Knives custom knife with a copper clad Damascus blade and burl handle, held in hand

Drawn 1pm · Fundraiser

A Custom Knife
for Rural Aid.

Farmers have been doing it tough for a long time. So we're raffling off a one-off custom knife on the day, and every cent of every ticket goes straight to Rural Aid.

It's not a showroom knife. It's the best work we've got, made for this and nothing else. Tickets are on the day at the front bench, cash or card, and it's drawn at 1pm.

100% Of every ticket goes to Rural Aid

A run of Iron Gate Knives handmade blades laid out on deer hide

Showroom only

The Opening
Day Knife

While stocks last

Made for one day and never again. You can't buy it online, we're not holding any back, and we're not making a second run. Doors open at 10am. When they're gone, they're gone.

Saturday 5 September

Doors at 10.
Get In Early.

The draw is at 12:30 and you have to be standing here to win it. Everything else runs around that.

10:00am

Showroom opens

Doors up, smoker going, 10% off everything. First crack at the Opening Day knife.

11:30am
to 1:00pm

Butchering demonstration

Running the whole time, so wander in and out as you like.

12:30pm

Awards and the big draw

4x4 awards handed out, then the over $10,000 draw. The big three are drawn online too, so RSVP is all you need. Door prizes and the custom knives go to whoever's here.

1:00pm

Rural Aid raffle drawn

The one-off custom knife goes to whoever holds the ticket. Every cent to the farmers.

2:00pm

Showroom closes

That's a wrap. Thanks for coming.

An Iron Gate Knives handmade blade on dark leather

Free · 30 seconds

RSVP and You're
In the Draw

Over $10,000 worth of gear going out. The Traeger, the Yeti and the chef set are drawn online as well, so RSVP and you're in whether you make it down or not. One entry per RSVP, so you only need to do this once.

You're in.

Check your email for the details. See you 5 September.

Not you? RSVP again

Before you come

Questions

Does it cost anything?

No. Free to get in, free to eat, free to enter the draw. The only money changing hands is the showroom and the Rural Aid raffle tickets, and both are optional.

Do I have to RSVP?

Not to come along, no. But you have to have RSVP'd to go in the draw for the big three, the Traeger, the Yeti and the chef set. That draw runs online as well, so you don't have to be here to win one of those. The lucky door prizes and the one of a kind custom knives are different, they only go to people here on the day.

Do I need to RSVP for my whole family?

Just RSVP once and put your number in the how many coming field. That number is only so we know how much food to put on, it does not change your odds. Every RSVP gets one entry in the draw, whether you turn up on your own or with six mates.

Is the food really free?

Free. Giant smoker running all day with brisket, corn and burgers. Come hungry.

Can I bring the kids?

Absolutely. Bring them. Plenty to look at and plenty of room to run around.

What about the dog?

Yes, on a lead, and keep them close through the day.

Where do I park?

On site at 4236 Nelson Bay Road. Follow the signs, there'll be someone directing traffic.

I want to put my 4x4 in the show. What do I do?

Just turn up and park in the show area, we'll sort you out. Judging happens through the morning and awards are handed out at 12:30.

How does the Rural Aid raffle work?

Tickets are on the day at the front bench, cash or card. One one-off custom knife, drawn at 1pm, and 100% of every ticket goes to Rural Aid. You don't need to be present for that one, we'll get in touch if it's you.

What if it rains?

We're going ahead. Most of it is under cover and the smoker doesn't care about weather.

Where is it?

4236 Nelson Bay Road, Anna Bay NSW 2316. About ten minutes from Nelson Bay, and there's parking on site.

Getting here

4236 Nelson
Bay Road

The workshop 4236 Nelson Bay Road
Anna Bay NSW 2316

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Opening Day