Backpacking around Europe
Sorry about the slight disruption in programming lately, especially when it comes to Warship Wednesdays. I’ve been traveling for the past couple of weeks in Europe for work. One of the cooler things I did for a few days was attend the IWA Outdoor Classics in Nuremberg.
Like Europe’s version of SHOT Show, the Internationale Waffen Ausstellung (International Weapons Exhibition), is an annual trade fair held since 1974, making this year the event’s 50th anniversary. In that half-century, over 1 million have attended an IWA show. This year’s event saw more than 40,000 visitors from 120 countries trekking through halls filled with 1,072 exhibitors.
My favorite thing about IWA: I got to catch up with Dan Shea for an hour or so which felt like a minute or so.
I had an extended visit with Czech firearms designer Jan Lysak and got the details and history behind his Creapeiron company, which has spent the past eight years developing the Elysium and System pistols.
Some of the cooler things I saw, including more on the Elysium, after the jump.
