Bona Knives Frontier Smooth Antler is one of the most popular projects carried out in the workshop of
Marcin Bona.
Frontier is a knife bordering on reality and imagination. On the one hand, it is a tangible, great utility tool that can be sharpened on a roadside stone if needed. On the other hand, it is a talisman that will take us into the world of imagination, childhood memories filled with playing trappers and adventurers. And it is really hard to resist the impression that
Frontier was "brought alive" from the border, where just a moment ago he was helping his owner in the hardships of survival.
Frontier knives are made of steel that can be easily sharpened in the field (
NCV1), which goes back to the past of cutlery and the art of using knives.
The blades have a variety of
fancy finishes and patterns. Each of them is unique and one of a kind. In the knifemaker's dictionary, this type of finish is referred to as
"chaotic satin coated with random oxidation". These treatments and
amphibian roughness are
performed in an original way by a knifemaker. The
handles are
mainly made of deer antlers dyed by the creator and have a
leather wrapping prepared by a knifemeker in a way that guarantees resistance to weather conditions.
Sheaths made of natural vegetable tanned leather (
cowhide and deer chamois) have a variety of colors and accessories individually selected for each project by the creator. The Frontier is a knife that appears to have many irregularities at first glance, but is in fact planned in every unevenness and roughness from start to finish by the creator.