Registration for the IWA Knife Award

Category 1: Outdoor (any knife/cutlery product that is particularly suitable for use in the outdoors, e.g. for survival and bushcraft)

Category 2: Kitchen/Cooking (any knife/cutlery product that is particularly suitable for use in the kitchen/cooking)

You can submit several different knives/cutlery products per category.

The submitted knives will be displayed in secure showcases for the entire duration of the trade fair for jury assessment and trade visitor presentation.
The area will be guarded at night. This security does not affect the liability provisions set out in Item 19 of the General Terms of Participation for Trade Fairs and Exhibitions.

The exhibits will be returned to the submitter on the last day of the fair (02.03.2025) at the above-mentioned area from 3 - 4 p.m. against confirmation of receipt. Products not collected will not be returned.

For the presentations on site, the exhibits must be delivered to the forwarding agent Schenker by 20.02.2025.

Delivery address:
Schenker Deutschland AG 
c/o IWA Knife Award, Your company name
Messezentrum 1 (Zufahrt via Große Straße, Tor 5)
90471 Nürnberg
 
IMPORTANT: Please state the stand number and product within the shipment!

Please use insured shipping with shipment tracking! We recommend DHL as a service provider.

Late, lost or deliveries without an indication of the intended use are not eligible for participation. If the product is not available by 20.02.2024, participation in the IWA Knife Award 2025 is no longer possible. Participants are responsible for compliance with customs and other legal regulations.

An independent international jury of experts independently evaluates all submitted knives/cutlery products based on the submitted documents (text and photo/graphics) using a points system. The winner and the subsequent placings will then be determined from these exhibits and verified once again on site using the original product. The exhibits will be presented by the moderator as part of the stage program during the trade fair. The expert jury has the opportunity to award a special prize for special submissions, the “Special Jury Prize”. Trade visitors to IWA OutdoorClassics will also have the opportunity to vote for their “Trade visitors' favorite” on site using digital voting.

The award ceremony will take place in the BLADE Demo Area on Saturday, 01.03.2025, 4:00 p.m. All participants are requested to be there in good time. The benefits for the winners and all participants can be found in the separate list. All participants will receive the greatest possible media attention through the communication measures of NürnbergMesse GmbH.

All products submitted may be published as part of NürnbergMesse's communications.

However, there is no entitlement to publication. By taking part in the competition, each participant agrees to his/her name and company being mentioned. Each participant grants NürnbergMesse the right to use his submitted data and content (e.g. photos, graphics, descriptions, etc.) free of charge for the purpose of this competition, for presentation in the relevant media and for reporting on the IWA Knife Award in all media. The competition participants assure that they are authorized to provide the submitted content, data and documents in accordance with these competition conditions. Participants indemnify NürnbergMesse against all third-party claims made in connection with the products submitted for the competition, including the costs of legal defense. Legal recourse is excluded.