From: DONDE@brownvm.brown.edu ()
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Subject: Various 'rangs and dealers (long)
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 09:03:43 EDT
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I am posting the following information on behalf of Joseph D. Becker.
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If you are a beginner at boomeranging, your best one-stop mail order vendor is:

Rich Harrison
The Boomerang Man
1806 North 3rd St.
Monroe, Louisiana 71201
(318)-325-8157

Ask him about the hurricane, ask for his catalog, and read the descriptions.
My favorites:

Beginners and kids:  Boomerang Fever by Barnaby Ruhe:   Friendly, accurate,
unbreakable, and cheap]

Beginners and kids:  Outback Tern Omega by Doug DuFresne:   Friendly, accurate,
cute, easy to catch.

Random use:  Bijou by Tomahawk of France:   Cool looking *transparent* ice-blue
plastic, flies well, hard to break.  But may chop your fingers off if you try
to catch it.

Medium distance:  Gerhards-Style Distance Hook by Stick Around:  Homely but
accurate.  For *real* distance, see below.


For the nicest generic wooden 'rangs, try some by Jim Mayfield (Colorado
Boomerangs).  He also sells direct:

Jim Mayfield
Colorado Boomerangs
409 N. Colorado
Gunnison, Colorado  81230


Beyond The Boomerang Man, there are many great 'rangs sold by the individuals
who design and make them.  Below are some of my favorites.  Most of these folks
have (or had) a price sheet of their wares, I can't vouch for the current
status of their business or production, but I hope they are all still
available.


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Neil Kalmanson
Route #2
812 Old Nunez Road
Swainsboro,
Georgia  30401

Siamese Airfoil KRIII:  Wood covered with weird gesso.  Very friendly.  Stops
and hovers over your head, fantastically easy to catch.  Flies equally well
with either side up]]]


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John Flynn
Green Mountain Boomerangs
P.O. Box 181
Hartford, Vermont  05047

Suncatcher:  Translucent indestructable plastic.  Pleasing shape and feel.
Good traditional flight and accuracy.  Easy to catch.


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T. W. Smith (RangSmith)
P. O. Box 266
Saginaw,
Oregon  97472-0266

Whisper:  Plywood.  Beautiful wavy triangular shape.  Beautiful whooshing
sound.  Difficult to throw, but who cares.

Key Rang:  Plywood.  Way cute microscopic mini-mini-'rang.  Flies like the big
boys.  Easy to throw and catch.  Totally cute.

Silhouette:  Plywood.  Irresistably weird.  Shaped like a Martian.  Attracts
bees.


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Gerhard Bertling
Potsdamer Strasse 150
1000 Berlin 30
Germany

Paxolin Omega Mini (3mm):  Made of a resin material called paxolin which is
somewhat fragile.  Small and very cute.  Not overly easy to throw, but can be
very accurate.  Friendly hover and easy catch.


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Michael Girvin
Gel Boomerangs
2124 Kittredge St., Box 61
Berkeley,
California  94704

Majestic Beaut (Madonna):  Plywood.  Looks a little big and threatening but is
rather graceful.  Good homing instinct.

Fenolic Sunshine:  Weighted paxolin rendition of the wooden Sunshine.
Dramatic, accurate mid-range flight.  Throw it as hard as you can, it somehow
comes floating back.


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And if you are talking *L O N G* distance, you are only talking:

Volker Behrens
Beuthiner Hof 4
2420 Eutin
Germany

Straight Shooter:  Weighted paxolin.  Amazing range of around 80-90 yards.
Relatively controllable and accurate.  On the best throws it even hovers so it
can be caught (wear a glove]).

Challenger III:  Weighted paxolin.  Requires a wind to help it back, but still
flat-out unbelievable.  Incredible.  Unreal.  Has set world distance records
around 150 yards]]  Not easy to control.  Throw it outasight and pray ... then
get out of the way]

These are far and away the ultimate boomerangic experiece.  They are not for
beginners, they are VERY VERY DANGEROUS heavy, sharp, flying knives.  DO NOT
THROW THEM WITH ANY HUMAN BEINGS (or *anything else except open field*)
ANYWHERE WITHIN 300 FEET OF YOU.


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For further info on all this stuff, please join the

United States Boomerang Association
P.O. Box 182
Delaware,
Ohio  43015



Special Bonus:  What was buried in King Tut's tomb?  His boomerangs]]  No lie,
they're on exhibit in the museum in Cairo.  Jacques Thomas studied them and
wrote a nice little book about them which is probably still available (ask The
Boomerang Man):

        The Boomerangs of a Pharaoh

What a title.  Joe B. says check it out]