Wood market, fair, industry meeting and forum for wood enthusiasts all in one
OPEN HOUSE IN JUNE: ALREADY A TRADITION
For many years, we have traditionally held our
Open HOUSE on the first Saturday in June
It all started around 2002 with a small woodturning meeting in one of our warehouses, since then developed into an annual highlight. A steadily growing event with demonstrators who are not only
involved in woodturning, but also in other crafts of woodworking.
The interest and positive feedback motivates us every year to turn this day into a platform for exchange and networking in the industry. Unfortunately, such meetings have become rare in northern Germany. Even at our first events, we offered snacks- initially organized by ourselves, we now have a professional partner who takes care of this. The personal, but also rustic atmosphere characterized our open day from the very beginning.
Today, the event extends over our entire yard and warehouses of around 7000 m²: our three large warehouses are filled with exhibitors, where a wide range of wood products can be admired and purchased. The outdoor area is also fully used.
Traditionally, our program includes demonstrations in woodturning, carving and wood sculpting. A highlight is always the exhibition of the Thünen Institute for Wood Research, where visitors can
learn more about the identification of wood species - we often get questions about this.
The topic of musical instrument making also attracts many interested people every year. Here, experts make string and woodwind instruments from particularly tone rich types of wood.
In addition, extraordinary ideas from hobby woodworkers are presented and partly offered for sale, as well as tools especially for wood turners, knife makers and writing instrument
manufacturers.
Our wood store offers a wide range of raw materials for the home workshops of our customers, often for special offers on our open house day.
Knife makers also offer high-quality, hand-forged blades combined with fine wooden handles. Bowls, boxes, jewelry, art objects made from precious woods, writing instruments and chopping boards,
all made with creativity and attention to detail, are also for sale.
Smaller pieces of designer furniture can also be purchased.
Our open day is a cherished tradition that we would like to continue in the coming years in order to pass on our enthusiasm for the woodworking trade to especially to the younger generations.
REPORT OPEN HOUSE June 7th 2025
Last weekend we once again organized our open house in Hamburg Harburg for all wood enthusiasts. Traditionally, as always on the first Saturday in June.
The week before the event, we were busy tidying up, cleaning, making final preparations and checking the weather forecast on various websites several times a day. Unfortunately, it was forecasted
a bit mixed.
To be safe, we therefore accommodated all exhibitors inside our warehouses this year. It turned out to be a very good decision, as there were a few small rain clouds.
On Friday afternoon, some people were already setting up their exhibition stands, the final touches were made early on Saturday morning, as the first visitors were spotted on the yard even before
the official start at 9 am.
With the help of our exhibitors, we were able to introduce visitors to a wide variety of wood crafts.
With familiar faces, but also some newcomers, who were able to provide some new insights into topics such as varnishes, restoration, milling, lighting, wood art, cutlery, branding and inlay work.
As usual, there were live demonstrations by some wood turners, or you could watch sculpting and fire painting. There were also fine ukulele sounds coming from one of the warehouses.
The selection of pens, knives, chopping boards, candleholders, wooden jewelry, bowls, wood art and more for sale was once again very large this year.
There was a lot to learn at the Thünen Institute's exhibition on the subject of wood research and next door at Dr. Noldt's desk a lot of knowledge of insects and pests. Of course, every exhibitor
had a few tips and tricks to share with curious visitors.
In our wood store, every item was turned inside out and a lot of people went shopping here: many Cropp bags filled up were wandering around the yard with their happy new owners.
Our sized up range of milled and planed short lengths in the main warehouse number 10 was also pretty popular.
Weight guessing to win a 50, 100 or 150 euros worth Cropp voucher. The piece was a huge buckeye burl cut off and the weight was 157 kg.
Almost 200 guesses ended up in the collectionbox. Here are the top estimates and winners:
- the best estimate of 160 kg came from Florian Seifert - he secured the €150 voucher
- second best guess with 153 kg from Lea Kristin Petersen - she wins the €100 voucher
- third best guess with 150 kg from Kirsten Rusche - prize: 50 € voucher. Congratulations and thanks to all participants! The winners have already been contacted.
A big thank you to everyone who took part and helped to let this day happen.! To the exhibitors, our employees, the team behind the grill and fryer! And also to the estimated 600 visitors!
We are very happy about the grateful feedback from all sides, as the event takes a lot of preparation time and means a considerable amount of work. But it is worthwhile and honors us to be able
to offer this platform - for networking, exchange, preservation and inspiration to work with this great and unique material - our passion - wood.
See you next time! Your Cropp team
