Item L53
This Item was Sold on 24 August
2020 for $70
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This traditional boomerang was made out of boards of Queensland Hoop Pine. The reverse side of the lapped elbow has an Australian Map with "1982; Made from Queensland Hoop Pine by Sir Lorin Hawes; Australia". Removable instructions are attached to the underside of both blades. Decorated on the upper surface with a black kangaroo and colored geometric designs. This boomerang is in new condition. I have never thrown it, but I have thrown similar ones and they are usually gentle flyers with some hover and a flight range of 20+ metres. Most of Lorin's lap joint boomerangs were made out of Silky Oak. Only a few were made out of Hoop Pine. A great collectible in new 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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