Well, actually on Friday afternoon. And the windy city has been definitely that. Hats and hoods were flying. Made it to the International Home and Housewares Show yesterday. This is Carl's 4th visit to this incredible show and Nicole's first time. McCormick place has grown over the years to a three building exhibit destination that pales only to the Frankfurter Messe, in Germany, which now has 11 halls (each of which is larger than any of the halls here)! McCormick Place is huge, though.Our first stop was at the Wüsthof booth which was right on our way in. The South building, where we spent all of Saturday, is at least 3 stories tall, maybe more! Wüsthof had a magnificent booth and even had a second miniature level. They were constantly busy as far as we could tell. But, we didn't stop there!
Starting at 12:30, until about 5:30, we perused the South Hall, seeking out our familiar vendors and checking out all the new items that other companies had to offer. Along with Wüsthof, we visited Messermeister, Victorinox Swiss Army, Kai (the makers of the Shun knives), Opinel, Böker, and Kyocera. A lot of these companies are coming out with some really great new things and some exceptional improvements to their already known products.
A couple examples would be the new color Edge Guards that Messermeister has, as well as translucent ones which give you the capability to see the silhouette. Now you will actually be able to know what knife you're pulling out of the drawer. Victorinox is coming out with new block sets, and new colors in the paring and utility knives. Böker has some new manicure tools and scissors coming out. Wüsthof and Opinel are the most exciting in our opinion and we will be giving you the details later tonight!
We will have more details on what we saw for you later! Right now, we have some business to attend to!
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