Item TB389
This Item was Sold on 1 May 2018
for $121
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This very large ear;y traditional boomerang was made out of Queensland Maple plywood in the early 1960s. This is one of Lorin Hawes earliest models. The elbow and both tips are weighted with hammered copper sheet that was glued onto the surface of the finished boomerang. The underside of the elbow has " Hawes Boomerangs Australia etched into the surface. I have seen only a few of these early traditional Hawes boomerangs and this is the only one that had the copper weights still attached to the boomerang. Other than a few light scratches on the underside, this boomerang is in very nice condition and it is a rare collectible made by this famous boomerang manufacturer.
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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