Item L43
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This left handed lap joint boomerang was made out of Northern Maple boards that overlap at the elbow. The joint is reinforced with 6 small dowel rods that are pressed into small drilled holes. The angle between the blades is 70 degrees. Both tips have a full lead weight. The underside of the dingle arm is signed and it has " Concept 70VW; handcrafted from Northern Maple by Rusty Harding; Vero Beach, Florida U.S.A.; March 31, 1979; #9 " neatly written in black ink. Rusty Harding and George Leavens visited with me in North Palm Beach a month before this boomerang was made and I was able to test throw several of the Concept models before Rusty released them for sale. As soon as the first batch was finished, I ordered this lefty from Richard Harrison because it was and early lefty and it had a flight range exceeding 50 metres. A wonderful and very nice collectable in mint condition.
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 collectibles. 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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