Item JB04
This Item was Sold on 11 October
2013 for $60
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This beautiful left handed lap joint boomerang was made out of Brazilian Rosewood hardwood boards that overlap at the elbow and are reinforced with 3 small dowel rods that are pressed into small drilled holes in the elbow. The angle between the blades is 75 degrees. This Concept 75 is the first one ever made made (#1) with this configuration! It is different from Item JB03 such that it is larger and the tips of both blades have a flat circular section without profiling to increase the range to 50 metres. I have seen similar profiling on early Herb Smith Paxolin boomerangs that were made later than this one, so Herb Smith may have gotten that idea from Rusty. The underside of the dingle arm has " Custom Concept 75 ; handcrafted from Brazilian Rosewood by Rusty Harding ; Vero Beach, Florida, USA ; May 4, 1979 " neatly written in black ink. This boomerang is in very fine condition. There are no dings or cracks or other major damage, but there is light wear from handling. It is a very good flyer with a flight range of 40-50 metres. A wonderful and very rare collectable. Rusty Harding is one of America's best known boomerang manufacturers. I first met Rusty in 1979 when Rusty and I lived in Florida only 30 miles apart. Rusty was already an experienced boomerang thrower and manufacturer. I had been throwing longer than Rusty, but Rusty put a lot more effort into making premium boomerang products. The quality products that I made and sold in the 1980s and 1990s was highly influenced by my association with Rusty. Rusty was left handed and his lefty booms were exceptional. He made a large number of sporting and competition boomerang models. In the 1970s and early 1980s, Rusty made boomerangs from his home in Vero Beach, Florida. In the early 1980s, Rusty moved to Lebanon, Tennessee where he continued to make boomerangs until the late 1990s. Rusty's old classics, especially those from Vero Beach, have become valuable collectables. The boomerangs that have the highest collectable value are the Concept models that were made out of lapped hardwood boards and with angles of 70 or 90 degrees. These were sometimes weighted. His Hurricane Hook and Contender [omega] designs are the most popular sporting models. Rusty died in November 2010 after a lengthy battle with coronary disease, so his models continue to grow in demand. |
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