Item L76
This Item was Sold on 25 December
2023 for $60
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This lap joint boomerang was made out of Black Cherry 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. The underside of the dingle arm is signed and it has " Concept 70V; handcrafted from Black Cherry by Rusty Harding; Vero Beach, Florida U.S.A.; September 29, 1982; #36 " neatly written in black ink. This Concept 70V was owned by H. L. Mayhew and he threw it at tournaments in Ohio during the 1980s. It is one of the lightest weight Harding booms I have seen. I purchased it from H.L. when he retired to an assisted living facility in Columbus, Ohio in 1989. A very nice collectable in great condition. Rusty finished this boomerang with a high gloss varnish and there are areas where the varnish is worn away, but there is no damage to the wood. You can burnish a small amount of high gloss finish over the surfaces if desired, but I think it looks fine as it is. It also has a small tag with H.L. Mayhew's name.
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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