Bumar
Fabryka Broni

Civilian products

As of 1929 the Fabryka Broni started a side-show: civilian production to make at least a modest side-income and ease-up o­n the military budget. Bicycle manufacture was started, based o­n a French license. As many as 17 models of the bicycles were offered, showing for the first time a civilian trademark of the FB – £ucznik (Archer) depicted by the art deco-stylized 18th Century Podhale mountain robber wielding a longbow. Up until the outbreak of the war almost 90000 bicycles were made and sold, o­n both domestic market, and exported to China, India, Chile, Brazil, Syria and Saudi Arabia. Other civilian products encompassed flat grinders, thread-cutting machines, and a wide array of spanners, files and other tools.