Item L50
This Item was Sold on 30 May 2021
for $73
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This left handed traditional boomerang is one of the first lap joint spinner models made by Lorin Hawes for export to the USA. It is the small three piece design and it was made out of beautiful Silky Oak from Queensland. In the USA, this species of wood is called Lacewood. I purchased this boomerang from The Boomerang Man in 1979. This one was produced before Lorin started painting the upper surface with Aboriginal style art, so all of the beauty is in the wood. I haven't thrown this boomerang since 1980 (more than 40 years) but I remember it to be a really nice flyer. It has been sitting in my collectible boomerang archival box since 1980 and it looks like it is in new condition. Several years after making this boomerang, Lorin changed his lap joint boomerang design and made them larger and out of 2 pieces. A very nice collectible in excellent condition.
Lorin Hawes is one of Australia's most famous boomerang manufacturers. Lorin is an American who emigrated to Australia in the early 1960s. He started a boomerang factory that produced large quantities of wonderful plywood traditional boomerangs. The Wham-O plastic traditional boomerang is based on Lorin's famous M-17 design. Lorin occasionally made special traditional boomerangs out of lapped Australian hardwood boards. The most famous of these lapped boomerangs is the Silky Spinner which was made out of Silky Oak (also called Lacewood in the USA). Lorin also made Spinners out of other Aussie hardwoods such as Blackbean and Hoop Pine. Lorin is also well known for the wonderful book that he authored titled " All About Boomerangs ". Lorin passed away several years ago. Lorin's daughter, Jenny Stone, had a thriving boomerang business with her husband called Stones Throw. |
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