Un-natural Canadian Walnut Elbow #1 by John Cryderman

Item N38  

This Item was Sold on 2 October 2020 for $128


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This beautiful traditional boomerang was made out of an Un-natural Canadian Walnut Elbow. The Un-natural Elbow looks like a natural elbow, but the bend was achieved by steaming and loading a straight hardwood board without inducing a tensile surface fracture. The shape is similar to Herb Smith's Sycamore model. It is signed and dated 1992 and marked as No. 1. The flight range is 30+ metres. Because this is a heavy boomerang, there is no hover at he end of the flight. The surfaces are finished with Polyurethane. There are a couple of small compression marks on the underside. This boomerang is quite impressive when hanging on the wall or when flying in the air.

Specifications: Right Handed ; Tip-to-tip Span = 50 cm ; Weight = 146 gm


John Cryderman (from Chatham, Canada) is well known for making high quality strip laminated and Birch plywood boomerangs. Many of these are John's original designs. However, he occasionally makes replicas of boomerangs made by other famous boom makers, such as the strip laminated hooks and omegas made by Al Gerhards of Downington, Pennsylvania. John usually makes his strip laminated boomerangs out of native Canadian hardwoods, but he will often use exotic woods, such as Mahogany and Ebony. Some of the plywood and strip laminated boomerangs are decorated with inlaid plugs of exotic woods arranged in pseudo-floral patterns. The vast majority of John's boomerangs are large in size and they require a strong thrower in order for the boomerang to make a full return.



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