Item L23
This Item was Sold on 7 August
2024 for $450
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This feather lapped hook was made out of tropical hardwoods in 1984. Signed and dated August 1984. This boomerang has a sheet of Aluminum as an internal core ply. It is in very nice condition with only minor wear. I acquired it in a trade with Oscar Cuartas in 1985. Oscar hand selected this one because it was such a good flyer. Although I throw with my left hand, I was able to throw this right handed boomerang 80-90 metres and the flight was low and circular. A rare and very collectible feather lapped hook by this famous boomerang craftsman. from Colombia. It is the last Cuartas boomerang in my collection and my favorite for throwing.
Oscar Cuartas made beautiful musical instruments out of tropical hardwoods in his native Colombia from the 1940s until his death in 2005. Oscar also made a wonderful line of high performance boomerangs using the same tropical hardwoods and advanced woodworking skills that included feather lapping and bonding aluminum sheet to wood. Oscar won the coveted boomerang design award with one of his large Parrot hooks at the 1984 World Cup, beating out the Janetzki brothers. Cuartas boomerangs were marketed through the Boomerang Man throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. The earlier models made before 1987 had Aluminum cores, and they were not mass produced boomerangs. These were the best performers. Some of these boomerangs may require fine tuning if they have been kept in storage and not thrown |
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