Lame sotto i portici 2024, a custom cutlery exhibition now in its 24th edition, opens today and will close tomorrow, Sunday 26 May 2024, in Romano di Lombardia (Bg).
As always, the local section of Avis is organizing the exhibition under the porticoes of the Misericordia in Romano di Lombardia and has been able to make the event grow over the years.
Today it is an event that attracts many visitors to the Lombard town, including collectors and simple enthusiasts, coming from all over Italy. The exhibitors will be artisan cutlers: the best Italian custom knife brands will be present but also some emerging young people who have already made themselves noticed for the quality of their creations.
It is forged live
As is now customary, the members of the “Bergamo cutlery forgers – Damascus steel research laboratory” group will be present and will give a live demonstration of the forging of some damascus blades.
The 24th edition will see numerous competitions to elect the best knife in the different types, such as the best knife-set of chef’s knives, the best folding knife, the best fixed blade, the best knife with Damascus steel blade, the “best in show” , and the “best gentleman’s folding pocket knife” (blade between 5 and 11 cm long, maximum length when closed 13 cm).
This year too, on Saturday, in the adjacent Piazza Fiume, the hard-fought knife cutting competition (discipline spread throughout the world and also established here in recent years), organized by BrokenBlades Italia Asd, will return: the competitors they will compete in timed races with cutting wood, ropes, water bottles and much more.
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