Item AG75
This Item was Sold on 21 October
2014 for $249
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This right handed omega lap joint was made by Ted Bailey in 1984 out of hardwood boards of Hawaiian Koa with Ebony, Walnut, Zebrawood, Padauk and Tiger Tail Maple inserts on the tips. Lots of color in this boomerang, but there is no paint. Everything is in the color of the natural wood. This is the largest lap joint that I made and it was constructed especially for the collection of Al Gerhards. The blades are made out of Koa. The midspan bands are Zebrawood with Ebony borders. The tips depict wing feathers with tapered wedges of Padauk and Walnut separated by bands of 150 year old Tiger-tail Maple. This boomerang is in excellent condition. Al kept it as a collectible and I do not think that he ever threw it.
Ted Bailey is a retired Aerospace Engineer who has been making and throwing boomerangs since the early 1970s. The first boomerangs that he marketed were multi-bladers that he sold on the C.S.U. Sacramento campus in the early 1970s. In the late 1970s, Ted sold traditional boomerangs at the West Palm Beach Mall. In the early 1980s, Ted moved to Ohio and became an active Ohio tournament competitor. He developed a line of miniature boomerangs that performed well in competition. In the mid 1980s, new products included lap joint boomerangs made out of exotic woods and high performance competition boomerangs, especially Fast Catch and MTA. Ted was active in the USBA and served as Secretary, President and as a board member in the 1980s. He was the editor of the USBA newsletter, Many Happy Returns, for two decades and also produced two independent publications: Boomerang Journal and Boomerang News. Currently, Ted is involved in internet marketing of boomerang products (this internet catalog) and teaching math, physics and flight science in private schools located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Find out more about Ted Bailey on the About Ted Bailey web page. |
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