Item TB478
This Item was Sold on 15 August
2021 for $120
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This beautiful traditional boomerang was made out of an UnNatural Canadian Walnut Elbow. The UnNatural Elbow looks just like a natural elbow, but the abrupt bend was achieved by steaming and putting a force on a straight hardwood board. The shape is similar to Herb Smith's Sycamore model. It is signed and marked as #3. It is not dated, but my notes say that it was made in 1992. The flight range is about 40 metres. Because this is a heavy boomerang, there is no hover at he end of the flight. This is the nicest of the three unnatural elbows I have seen. The grain on the lift arm has a fiddle back or tiger tail pattern, unusual for Walnut. This boomerang is quite impressive when hanging on the wall or when flying in the air.
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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