Bicentennial World Cup Signature Hook by Rod Jones

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This Item was Sold on 20 December 2022 for $150

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This beautiful art boomerang was made out of 6.0 mm Aussie plywood and decorated with air brushed art depicting the 7 national flags of the teams that competed in the 1988 World Cup held in Barooga in 1988. The boomerang is signed by most (or all?) of the competitors.

This hook was part of Brother Brian Thomas' throw kit. I acquired it after Brian's death. It is in excellent condition except for a couple of small areas on the outer edge of the elbow and lift arm tip that is missing paint, possibly from impact with the ground while throwing. The damage is not visible from the front side and only visible on the outer edge on the underside ( see photo). A very important signature boomerang from this important World Cup competition.

Specifications: Right Handed ; Tip-to-tip Span = 33 cm ; Weight = 60 gm

Rod Jones was recognized in the early 1980s as a manufacturer of high performance sport boomerangs with beautiful art. His boomerangs were painted with air brush art and finished with a high gloss coating that made his boomerangs glow like jewels. Prices were high and buyers didn't like to throw them for fear of damaging the art and high gloss finish. Rod also made boomerangs for competition events. His competition boomerangs included MTA, Doublers, Fast Catch and Aussie Round models. The MTA was laminated on a jig with a spherical surface to build in tune as he laminated 6 to 10 thin layers of hardwood to make the blank. This was important because the boomerang flight behaves like a spherical pendulum in motion. Al Gerhards is the only other boom maker who used a spherical shell to make his boomerangs and Al used his spherical shell to tune, not to laminate his blanks. In the 1990s, Rod quit making boomerangs and he took up fishing as a hobby. It has been almost 30 years since any of his art boomerangs have been sold commercially, so they have become valuable collectibles.
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