Our story :)
OJ Bron are Tina and Tomaž Kvasnik with partners,
who we refer to as our friends and more often our teachers.
Our path towards tools made of copper alloy was full
of ups and downs - just like life. We collaborated in several
different successful and unsuccessful projects
We learned a lot along the way.
We were uncovering secrets of herbalism, ecological and
biodynamical farming, the art of shaping, old wisdoms and skills.
The idea of a Slovenian brand of gardening tools, made from copper alloy, developed for a long time. It hung on to us day by day; while talking to seniors, who still used these kind of tools in the Bača valley in the 1970's, or when we met with Slovenian biodynamics experts.
We live in an old Slovenian town Radovljica, where a blacksmith had been making bronze hoes even before WWI. The Austrian innovator Viktor Schauberger, who carried the awareness of using copper gardening tools over to the 21st century, had an immense influence on our idea and us aswell.
We finally got to work and produced our first hoe named Vesna. It was our first herald of spring, soon followed by the small garden hoe Vida. We continued to develop both tools for another two
years to make them as stable and strong as possible to withstand hard everyday work in the garden.
During the years that followed the collection of OJ Bron tools grow on 18 models and other items presented on these web site.
Our handles are made in a traditional way from Slovenian wood. From the very beginning, we cooperated with master Krek from the Poljane Valley near Škofja Loka who masters sustainable logging and wood processing.
We combine our knowledge of farming, woodworking, toolmaking, ecology, biodynamics, geometry, and acoustics to create tools—tools that, over the years, become a part of you. You can often find us at various events, lectures, and fairs in Slovenia and abroad. We love sharing our expertise, bringing knowledge back to the fields with bronze tools.
What we love even more is to listen to your suggestions and experiences, because we realized that without you and our beautiful homeland, our common journey would be too difficult.
We are deeply thankful.
