My very favorite Mandala from the mid-80s. The Aspen is one of the hardest to find of the older special editions from Tom Kuhn. It was made to promote Aspen Colorado by a gift shop there. A lot of the facts about this one have been lost, but we know that only 50 to 100 were made around 1985.
The one pictured here was owned by Dennis McBride for many years, and pictured in his travel case in many of his instructional videos. Like a true master, it was played but just like brand new. Not a nick on it. I also always like the darkened finish mandalas obtain from play due to oil from the skin.
Here is a story from Tom Kuhn regarding the history of this amazing Mandala...
"We visited Aspen in the 80's (and later at other times), and I remember yo-yoing in a gift shop, The store team and customers liked the wooden lasercarved yo-yo. It probably was a Flying Camel C. I gave them a TK custom yo-yos card, to pass on to the buyer. The buyer called and wanted a custom yo-yo. That's about all that i remember. Art design is a mystery, as is the quantity they ordered. "
