Ben Dehner made beautiful strip laminated boomerangs in his home in Atchison, Kansas back in the 1980s. The technique that he used for his earliest ones was to glue the strips and then wrap rubber strips cut from an inner tube around the pieces until they dried. The early models were made out of a very light hardwood (spruce) strips, making them almost too light for sports throwing by adult throwers. The later models were made with heavier hardwoods, such as Mahogany and Ash and thee boomerangs were wonderful sporting boomerangs that were both functional and very attractive. Ben has not produced any boomerangs commercially for almost two decades, so his models have become quite collectable, especially the models made in the late 1980s that are still in excellent condition.

This Dehner strip laminated "U" shaped boomerang is made out of alternating strips af Mahogany and Ash(?). One tip is painted red and the other is painted green. There is a "Ben Dehner" logo on the elbow and a hand stamp on the underside of the elbow that says " Handcrafted by Ben Dehner ". The logo decal is slightly loose one on edge as shown in the photo. This is one of the better Dehner boomerangs. It is made out of the heavier hardwoods and is in excellent condition.