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27 February - 2 March 2025 // Nuremberg, Germany
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Programme of IWA OutdoorClassics 2024
XPERIENCE
BLADE Demo Area
All Lectures
Partners
Strengthen your own network through exchange and discover a variety of knives: The BLADE Demo Area in Hall 5, Stand 5-300 is once again the hotspot for all knife experts and enthusiasts.
The varied stage program will focus on topics such as the future of the knife/axe/saw segment. In the Designers' Corner, knife designers and knife makers will meet industry representatives and trade visitors.
The IWA Knife Award will be presented by the international jury in the categories "Innovation" and "Classic". This time, visitors will choose their favorite from the special category "THE knife from 50 years".
Visitor voting “THE knife from 50 years”
For the 50th anniversary of IWA, choose “THE knife from 50 years”. The exhibits submitted by well-known brands will be shown in the BLADE Demo Area.
On Saturday, 2n of March 2024 at 4 p.m., the IWA Knife Award 2024 will also be presented in the “Innovation” and “Classic” categories by an international jury of experts.
All events
- Thursday 29 February
- The success factors in the knife industry for internationally successful brands
- Company Overview and new product info with demonstration
- Panel discussion: Challenges between the outdoor boom and economic downturn
- Will it Cut? – The importance of blade geometry.
- Knife making with materials from another world?
- Exciting artefacts from the German Blade Museum
- From “Messer Magazin” to the BLADE Demo Area
- Stage opening at the BLADE Demo Area in the anniversary year: Milestones in the industry's...
- Meet & Greet Knife Designer
- Friday 01 March
- Exciting artefacts from the German Blade Museum
- 650 years “made in Solingen” in international context
- When is a knife too sharp? – Edge Apex Stability
- What increases awareness and reach in the knife business?
- Meet & Greet Knife Designer
- From “Messer Magazin” to the BLADE Demo Area
- The forensic expert reports on his tasks and his case practice
- Saturday 02 March
- 650 years “made in Solingen” in international context
- Will it Cut? – The importance of blade geometry.
- German Knifemakers Guild - between art and craft. The DMG introduces itself in dialogue.
- Award ceremony IWA Knife Award 2024
- Impress at festive occasions! Professional sabrage (Presentation)
- Panel discussion: Has the classic knife shop had lost its significance?
- Brief overview of all finalists for the IWA Knife Award 2024
- Brief Overview of IWA Knife Award Winner 2023 und Participants 2024
- Presentation of new products: Knife 2024
- Meet & Greet Knife Designer
- Sunday 03 March
- Presentation of IWA Knife Award 2024: Participants and Winner
- When is a knife too sharp? – Edge Apex Stability
- Knife making with materials from another world?
