Item SE8
This Item was Sold on 12 November
2015 for $190
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This copy of a Gerhards Big U was made out of strips of African Padauk, Canadian Tulop and Walnut in 1995. Both tips are inlain with beautiful floral patterns using exotic hardwood dowels. The airfoiling and tuning on this one is excellent. I gave it a test throw prior to listing it in 2013 and found that it is a fantastic flyer. It makes a huge 55-60 metre low circle. I lack enough strength to get a full return because I am left handed, but there is nothing in the flight that suggests anything but a full return. If you want only one Cryderman boomerang in your personal collection, then this is one of the best boomerangs that you can get. The underside of the elbow has " Canadian Tulip, African Padauk Walnut by John Cryderman 1995 " written in pen. This is a beautiful and very collectible boomerang. It is one of the finest made by John Cryderman and it is a terrific flyer. Because of size, this boomerang will cost extra to ship to a destination in the USA and it will be very expensive to ship it overseas.
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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