Item LR06
This Item Sold on 6 June 2006 for
$87
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Rusty Harding is one of America's best known boomerang
manufacturers. Rusty was the first person that I ever met
who threw boomerangs and that I did not teach to throw.
Rusty is a lefty. He made a large number of Sporting and
competition boomerang models, mostly in the 1970s from his
home in Vero Beach, Florida and later from his home in
Lebanon, Tennessee in the 1980s and 1990s. Rusty still makes
a few boomerangs, but his old classics are becoming valuable
collectables. The boomerangs that have the highest
collectable value are the Concept models that were made out
of lapped boards of hardwoods with angles usually of 70 or
90 degrees and sometimes weighted. His Hurricane Hook and
Contender [omega] designs are the most popular
sporting models. This omega boomerang is the Contender, a wonderful
Sporting boomerang that was sometimes used in the Australian
Round event. This particular one was made in 1983 after
Rusty had moved to Lebanon, Tennessee. It is signed and
dated May 4, 1983. It is in mint condition and is painted
lime green with white bands on both blades. You will find
very few Harding Contenders that are this old and in this
good of a condition.