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Vintage Bonna 1800 Norwegian Hickory Sole Wooden Skis with Original Poles

Lot # 798545

1919 E Kilgore Service Road, Kalamazoo, MI, 49001

Kalamazoo, MI - top of showcases

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Item Description

Vintage Bonna 1800 Norwegian Hickory Sole Wooden Skis with Original Poles

Vintage Bonna Model 1800 Norwegian Hickory Sole Wooden Skis with Original Poles (75mm + *NEVER USED*). Highly Sought After, Highly Unique, Highly Desirable, ONCE IN A LIFETIME FIND! Made by Hand by Trained European Artisans! Best Quality & Northern European Craftsmanship that are Perfect for Use and or as a Beautiful (Highly Unique) Sports Display (these things are absolutely beautiful and a seriously stunning work of art, in ASTONISHINGLY good condition).
Bonna was a brand of the Lommedalen Ski Factory in Lommedalen, Norway. Ski Jumper Narve Bonna started the Lommedalen Ski Factory in 1939 with Captain Earl Willoch. Bonna, who won a silver medal in ski jumping in the Winter Olympics in 1924, had previously worked for three years at Splitkein Ski Factory, where he developed his own patents. Bonna not only liked to ski jump, but he worked on building skis.
Bonna experimented with gluing laminations in a ski in Dalarna in Sweden in 1921. The skis were three meters long, with a birch sole and mahogany overlay, which made for skiing ease over the marshes and frozen water. The experience made him intent on making a shorter glued ski, more adapted to Norwegian ski touring.
Earl Willock (1896-1955) partnered with the innovative Bonna, who had ski-building experience from Splitkein. Willock raised funds from people and asked them to sign share certificates, while Bonna provided professional ski-building knowledge at the Lommedalen ski factory.
Bonna and Sverre Brodahl took out patents on skis that they made at their own factory. Both made many skis and of good quality. They bought technology that was tested by Bjørn Ullevoldsæter, pioneer of glued laminations for skis. Ullevoldsæter sold his glueing patent to Peter Østbye, maker of Splitkein skis.
Bonna-brand skis were introduced in about 1959 and produced by the Lommedalen Ski Factory. The factory name was changed to AS Bonna-Ski in 1967 and models were wooden until fiberglass skis became popular in the mid to late 1970s. The Bonna brand name disappeared after 1980.
AS Bonna-Ski factory also made ski brands Eiger, Holmenkollen, and Sigmund Ruud.

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